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.
Modi’s electoral setback
Immediate and medium-term effects
by Kunal ChattopadhyayKunal Chattopadhyay cuts through the complexity of Indian politics to assess the significance of the far right’s surprising electoral stumble.
The Left and U.S. politics today
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.
Confronting the backlash
Socialism and the anti-racist project
by Haley Pessin and Phil GasperIn this transcript of a session at Socialism 2023, Tempest’s Haley Pessin and Phil Gasper discuss how socialists should challenge the backlash against the anti-racist uprising of the 2020s and argue that it takes a combined anti-racism and anti-capitalism to mount the necessary resistance.