After decades, an insurgency falters
Philippine Maoists under pressure
by Alex de JongThe strongest force on the Philippine Left is faltering under long-term attrition. Alex de Jong explains the decline.
Why I joined Tempest
The need for political organization and community has never been more urgent
by Donna MurchIn the first of an ongoing series of personal contributions, Donna Murch shares her reasons for becoming a member of the Tempest Collective.
Assata Taught Me
A conversation with Donna Murch and Naomi Murakawa
by Naomi MurakawaDonna Murch’s latest book is Assata Taught Me: State Violence, Racial Capitalism, and the Movement for Black Lives. Naomi Murakawa spoke to her soon after its release.
Unleashing the fight for reproductive justice
by Ashley Smith
Ashley Smith urges those in the fight for abortion justice to build mass opposition to the abortion ban instead of looking to the Democratic party, elections, or liberal feminist organizations.
Competing visions of the BDS Boston Mapping Project
Obscuring the map
by Naomi BennetNaomi Bennet critically unpacks the controversy over the BDS Boston Mapping Project.
Inside the Ukrainian Resistance
Interview with Alona Liasheva and Denys Pilash
by TempestTempest interviews Alona Liasheva and Denys Pilash about the Ukrainian Resistance, the state of war, the dynamics of class struggle and popular consciousness, and the tasks of the international Left in building solidarity with Ukraine.
Revenge of the Essential Worker: What’s Next for Labor in 2022?
A Tempest Panel
by TempestWith the large turnout and organizing energy at the Labor Notes conference last weekend, the Tempest Collective hosts a public discussion to assess the conference and talk about the challenges and opportunities facing the labor movement.
A new era of labor revolt (1966)
On the job vs. official unions
by Stan WeirIn the mid-1960s, in the midst of Black urban revolt and radicalization on campuses, the U.S. working class was supposedly bought off and inactive. Worker-revolutionary Stan Weirdisagreed. In this 1966 speech, he detailed the broad stirrings of a rank and file rebellion—a revolt with roots in unbearable workplace conditions and a deep feeling that “something’s basically wrong with American life.”
What happened to Red Chicago?
by Joe Allen
Joe Allen analyzes the recent “yes” votes for Mayor Lightfoot’s Bally casino proposal as part of the narrowing horizons for the socialist alderpeople.
Solidarity with the Ukrainian resistance!
by Ashley Smith
Ashley Smith reviews the ongoing Left debates about the Russian invasion of Ukraine and the continuing need to defend Ukrainian resistance as the starting point for rebuilding international solidarity from below.