Defend Walden Bello!
by Kaycee Valmonte
Information on the arrest of Philippine activist, intellectual, and politician Walden Bello and a call to build a campaign in his defense.
The rise and fall of progressivism in Latin America
Review of The Impasse of the Latin American Left
by Anderson BeanAnderson Bean reviews The Impasse of the Latin American Left, a new book by Frank Gaudichaud, Massimo Modones, and Jeffery R. Webber on the experience of the Latin American Left, over the last couple of decades, in and out of power.
Sri Lanka’s democratic revolution
The latest episode in a decades-long drama
by Rohini HensmanMonths of protests brought down Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa last month. Scholar-activist Rohini Hensman situates this victory as one step in a protracted struggle for democracy in Sri Lanka.
Competing visions of the BDS Boston Mapping Project
Obscuring the map
by Naomi BennetNaomi Bennet critically unpacks the controversy over the BDS Boston Mapping Project.
The Vietnam War in comics, after the war
by Hank Kennedy
In the follow-up to an earlier article looking at the representation of the Vietnam War in mainstream U.S. comics, Hank Kennedy focuses on the years following the formal conclusion of the war.
Dropping like flies
How will UPS workers survive another summer without a/c?
by Joe AllenJoe Allen shares stories of UPS drivers endangered by the lack of air conditioning in delivery vehicles and the company’s failure to respond.
In the struggle for abortion rights, capitalism is the enemy
by Nancy Welch
Nancy Welch of the Tempest Collective and Upper Valley for Abortion Rights delivered these remarks on the fight to rewin abortion rights at a recent meeting of Movimiento Socialista de los Trabajadores in La Plata, Buenos Aires, Argentina.
Origins of the rank and file strategy
by Kim Moody
Kim Moody, a veteran of the International Socialists, explains the roots of the rank and file strategy in the Marxist tradition and how the International Socialists (U.S.) tried to put it into practice by diving into the rank and file rebellions of the 1970s.
A Rebel’s Guide to Walter Rodney
A kick-off talk from Chinedu Chukwudinma
by Chinedu ChukwudinmaA presentation by Chinedu Chukwudinma at a Tempest panel event on June 22, 2022.
Why we are going to Socialism 2022!
by Tempest
Three comrades from the Tempest Collective – Phil Gasper, Haley Pessin, Natalia Tylim – offer their reminiscences of the annual Socialism Conference and motivations for everyone to attend this year’s event over Labor Day, September 2-5, 2022.