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Posted June 7, 2023 Article

Strike Ready?

Perspectives on the U.S. Left, the Teamsters, and UPS

by Joe Allen

Tempest member Joe Allen explores the role of the Left in preparing for the potential Teamsters strike this summer.

Three people are shown from behind holding up signs toward oncoming traffic along a wooded street. One holds a cane, one is in a wheelchair, and the third has no assistive devices.

Posted June 6, 2023 Article

The political economy of disability

Part one: Disability and socialism roundtable, Socialism 2022

by Keith Rosenthal

In this first article of two on disability justice and socialism, from a roundtable held at Socialism 2022, Keith Rosenthal explains how the category of disability and oppression based on ability are rooted in the capitalist economic system.

Posted June 1, 2023 Article

Building a mass movement to stop Cop City

by Erwin Freed

Erwin Freed of Workers’ Voice writes on the ongoing struggle against the construction of Cop City in Atlanta, which has become a front-line battle against the carceral state.

Posted May 30, 2023 Article

The fight for migrant rights in the U.S.

Interview with Justin Akers Chacón

by Brendan Stanton

Brendan Stanton interviews Justin Akers Chacón, a socialist based in San Diego. Akers Chacón campaigns for worker and immigrant rights in the U.S.-Mexico border region and is the author of The Border Crossed Us: The Case for Opening the U.S.-Mexico Border.

Posted May 28, 2023 Article

Essential Uprising

A poem

by Demetrius Noble

In “Essential Uprising,” Demetrius Noble urges workers to organize to demand an end to alienation and the meeting of basic human needs.

Posted May 25, 2023 Article

Organizing for union democracy

An interview with five Tempest members in the UAW’s rank-and-file caucus

by Nevena Pilipović-Wengler

Tempest member Nevena Pilipović-Wengler interviews Tempest members Ron Lare (Local 600), Judy Wraight (Local 600), Ye-Eun Jong (Local 2710), Toly Rinberg (Local 5118), and Andrew Bergman (Local 5118) about their history-making rank-and-file caucus UAWD in the UAW.