A revolutionary socialist organizing project
An anti-inauguration protest speech
by Andy ThayerLegal rallies and marches like here today have their place. They allow us to communicate and solidarize with each other. They allow new people to join our movement and meet each other so that they can do further, more valuable work in the future. However, as Andy Thayer points out, we need more!
Trump’s victory and the tasks of the Left
by Ashley SmithAshley Smith analyzes the Democrats’ failure to defeat Trump and what it means for the Left.
Tempest sponsored panel at Socialism 2024 conference
by TempestThe Tempest Collective panel at the Socialism 2024 conference.
Poet, activist, and teacher Demetrius Noble shares poems arising from the 2024 Democratic National Convention in Chicago.
Chaos, conflict, and a creeping constitutional crisis
by Ashley SmithAshley Smith discusses the U.S. presidential election and the limitations of lesser-evilism.
Tempest’s Natalia Tylim explains how pinning our hopes on the presidential candidacy of Kamala Harris against Trump is misguided and how the task is to build an infrastructure of resistance to both parties of capitalism and empire and make the case for a socialist horizon.
An interview with Aaron Amaral
by Aaron AmaralThe International Socialist League interviewed Tempest member Aaron Amaral about the state of U.S. politics today and the role of a radicalizing Left in responding to economic crisis, the presidential elections, the labor movement, and the ongoing Israeli genocide in Gaza.
Interview with David McNally—Part 2
by David McNallyThe Tempest Collective Editorial Board recently sat down with David McNally to discuss current geopolitical dynamics, economic fault lines, and labor struggles—and perspectives for socialists in 2024. This is the second part of a two-part interview. Part one can be read here.
David Renton argues the answer to Trump’s potential election is not to minimize the risk posed by Trump but to insist that our organizing is the only protection against the rise of authoritarianism in the United States and worldwide.
Tempest’s Keith Rosenthal argues that, in the context of looming environmental catastrophe and ongoing social crisis, we cannot place our faith in the Democratic Party to advance the interests of the working class and the oppressed.