DSA never recovered from Bowman
Assessing DSA’s membership figures, 2020-2024
by Andy SernatingerAndy Sernatinger looks at the numbers and diagnoses DSA’s rise and slide.
For an end to last-gasp liberalism
by Sarang Narasimhaiah
Sarang Narasimhaiah calls for a break with the deeply ingrained but unacknowledged principles and protocols of liberalism and the organization of an independent left alternative.
Santa Socialism
A diagnosis
by John LangJohn Lang explores what it means to engage in wishful thinking about political change.
What’s next for the Chicago Left?
Report on a post-election meeting
by Geoff GuyOn November 17, 80-90 activists joined Tempest members in Chicago for a vibrant discussion about organizing after the presidential election.
Block, squander, disorganize?
Socialists and the 2024 elections – A reply to Max Elbaum
by Ashley SmithAshley Smith responds to Max Elbaum’s overheated polemic on the question of strategy for socialists in the 2024 elections.
Prioritizing independent political action
For a broad party of the left
by Tom HarrisonTom Harrison makes the case for a broad party of the Left and for Tempest to carry this argument in its political work within the movements.
Join Tempest at the Socialism 2024 Conference in Chicago!
by Annabelle Guptill & Natalia Tylim
Annabelle Guptill and Natalia Tylim argue for the importance of the upcoming Socialism 2024 Conference in Chicago.
U.S. politics today
Chaos, conflict, and a creeping constitutional crisis
by Ashley SmithAshley Smith discusses the U.S. presidential election and the limitations of lesser-evilism.
Lesser-evilism is not a vote–it’s a strategy
by Natalia Tylim
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.
The French elections and the defeat of the far right
An interview with Sylvestre Jaffard
by Sylvestre JaffardTempest interviews revolutionary socialist Sylvestre Jaffard about the French elections last month, their political impact on both the right and Left, and the prospects going forward.