See you at Labor Notes
by Joe Allen
On behalf of the Tempest Collective, Joe Allen describes the political terrain ahead of the Labor Notes Conference and the importance of an open and serious engagement with the socialist movement.
A revolutionary socialist organizing project
On behalf of the Tempest Collective, Joe Allen describes the political terrain ahead of the Labor Notes Conference and the importance of an open and serious engagement with the socialist movement.
Bourgeois democracy isn’t full democracy, but British socialist David Renton argues that socialists should not be indifferent when the ruling class threatens to shed its democratic skin.
Interview with Walden Bello
by Ashley SmithTempest’s Ashley Smith interviews Walden Bello in this follow-up interview after the national elections in the Philippines on May 9, which saw the consolidation of power under the right-wing populist and authoritarian Marcos/Duterte ticket.
Bill V. Mullen reflects on the Ohio Senate campaign of J.D. Vance, in the aftermath of the white supremacist murders in Buffalo, and finds a through line of “Replacement Theory” and emergent fascist politics.
Jacobin’s misdirection on Bowman and DSA
by Joel ReinsteinJoel Reinstein unpacks Liza Featherstone’s recent defense of DSA’s ostensible solidarity with Palestine, and finds logical fallacies and factual mistakes.
Eric Adams and the return of law & order
by Ben RosenfieldBen Rosenfield profiles the rise of Eric Adams from police officer to Mayor of New York City in the era of Black Lives Matter.
From the Chilean October to Boric and beyond
by Joaquín Araneda and Luis MeinersJoaquín Araneda and Luis Meiners situate the recent electoral breakthrough for the Left in Chile in both the recent insurrectionary uprising of October 2019, and the longer term processes in Chile from the Pinochet dictatorship, and the period of custodial democracy from 1990 to 2021.
The BPP makes the case for political independence (1968)
by Kathleen CleaverKathleen Cleaver speaks on behalf of the Black Panther Party for Self-Defense in 1968.
Defeat the recall
by William GifisOn behalf of the Tempest Collective, William Gifis calls for solidarity with Kshama Sawant in the December 7 recall election.
Statement of support, endorsed by the Tempest Collective, for the Workers Left Front- Unity (FIT-U) in Argentina, ahead of the national legislative elections on Sunday, November 14, 2021.