A revolutionary socialist organizing project
A report back on the Higher Education National Day of Action
by TempestThe actions signal the beginnings of a convergence between academic labor organizing, Palestine solidarity work, and immigrant defense networks. They demonstrate a necessary and healthy development in the response to the Trump Administration’s attacks on immigrants, trans people, education, working people, and civil liberties, but they are only a first step.
Andy Sernatinger argues that Shawn Fain and the UAW’s pro-tariff stance misses the real threats to autoworkers and the role the union can play in resisting these threats.
The logic of Trump’s tariffs
by Thomas HummelThomas Hummel argues that Trump’s tariff policy is a desperate gamble to re-establish U.S. world dominance.
A comment on Ashley Smith’s “Trump Seizes Power in D.C.”
by Mel BienenfeldMel Bienenfeld considers the more puzzling aspects of “Trumpism” and opens up space for a much-needed conversation about how to understand our current political moment.
Europe at the crossroads of history
by Daniel TanuroTempest republishes an article from Daniel Tanuro responding to the political alliance between Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin and its meaning for the European Left. Tanuro warns against any alignment with European capital and the imperial interests of the European Union while highlighting the importance of defending the Ukrainians right to self-determination.
We can only rely on each other
by Aly Wane and Dana CloudAly Wane predicts what’s coming for immigrants in the Trump era.
A reply to the Tempest editorial
by Linda LoewLinda Loew replies to the Tempest editorial from January 2025 highlighting the misogynistic attacks on women and bodily autonomy and the centrality of these struggles to an anti-capitalist resistance to the Trump regime.
Authoritarian nationalism, liberal capitulation, and resistance
by Ashley SmithUnlike eight years ago, there is little protest against Trump, who seems all-powerful. But his administration will be prevented from establishing stable rule by its deep internal divisions, policies that will exacerbate not solve the country’s problems, and its tendency to overreach and impose deeply unpopular policies. All of this will inevitably trigger resistance.
Families, educators, and allies fight to rescind transphobic District Two CEC resolution 248
by Danielle BullockEducator Danielle Bullock reports on the struggle to defend transgender students, arguing that solidarity among teachers, transgender students, activists, and community members will be crucial for NYC to remain a progressive oasis in Trump’s America.
Solidarity, political independence, and fighting the new authoritarianism
by Tempest National CommitteeOn the brink of the second Trump presidency, Tempest offers this editorial statement on the current moment and the tasks ahead.