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Political openings, material gains, and a winning socialist strategy
by Tempest National CommitteeThe Tempest National Committee argues that following the 2026 U.S. midterm elections, the massive defeat of Trump and the Republican Party creates an important political opening, but one that will not be met by any strategy centered on electoral politics within the Democratic Party.
A Tempest editorial
by Tempest National CommitteeThe Tempest National Committee argues that, despite the excitement of the Mamdani moment, the Democrats have no answer to Trump’s attacks on the working class.
Avery Wear argues that ignoring the differences between the increasingly authoritarian Republican Party and the Democrats isn’t politically effective. Socialists should acknowledge the reality of these differences while making clear that the Democratic Party—as a party of capital and capitalists, even liberal ones—will ultimately sabotage fights of working-class and oppressed people against the authoritarian and reactionary tendencies of the Republicans.
Now is the time for independent politics and solidarity without exception
by Tempest National CommitteeThe Tempest Collective argues that now is the time to throw ourselves into movements opposing President Trump and argue for the politics of solidarity.
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.