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.
“Written on Mars”
Is it time to lay Philip Foner to rest?
by Joe AllenThe final volume of Philip Foner’s groundbreaking history of the U.S. labor movement is now available. It covers the years 1929–1932. Despite its promise to frame the origins of the labor militancy of the Great Depression, Joe Allen argues that it presents a distorted picture.
Towards a new permanent global war?
NATO’s “new strategic concept”
by Jaime PastorWriting in the wake of last month’s historic North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) summit in Spain, Jaime Pastor, analyzes the current strategic path of NATO, as it seeks the global expansion of the U.S-led “western” bloc in a context of growing inter-imperial competition.
The continuation of politics by other means
Review of Class War: a Jacobin board game
by Keith RosenthalKeith Rosenthal reviews a new board game published by Jacobin.
The necessity of organizing DSA members as workers
by Aaron Hall
Aaron Hall, a labor activist and member of the East Bay Democratic Socialists of America (“DSA”), discusses the organization’s labor strategy and how it fits into a broader strategy for the U.S. Left.
Nicaragua summons!
The international commission for freedom of political prisoners
by TempestThis month an International Human Rights Commission made up of parliamentarians, social movement, and human rights leaders from different countries, will be traveling to Costa Rica and from there to … Continue Reading Nicaragua summons!