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  • Socialism and the Kitchen Sink – December 2022

    Camila Valle returns with another puzzle in her series, Socialism and the Kitchen Sink for December 2022.

  • Blue graffiti on pink wall reading, "Ceci une critique du capitalisme," or this is a critique of capitalism

    Confronting authoritarian neoliberalism: the challenges facing the Left

    Warren Montag, in this interview with Dimitris Givisis, offers global perspectives for the current capitalist conjuncture.

  • image in blue and black tones of scholar and socialist activist John Molyneux, a bearded older white man with glasses, wearing a button-down shirt.

    In Memoriam: John Molyneux

    Tempest member Phil Gasper discusses the work and politics of the prominent and dedicated British Marxist John Molyneux.

  • solidarity with China protests

    Solidarity statement with protests in China

    A joint solidarity statement on the protests in China by New Politics, Spectre, and Tempest.

  • After the rail fiasco

    Joe Allen explains that Biden’s blatant strike-breaking in the imposition of an unpopular contract on rail workers with the support of the DSA “Squad” is a betrayal and a political blunder.

  • graffiti on a rail car

    The DSA caboose

    Andy Sernatinger looks at the votes by members of the “the Squad” for a Congressional bill that forces a contract on rail workers and what the stakes are for DSA and the Left.

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    In the second of a three-part series, Geoff Bailey, looks at the process of cultural commodification and the racial politics of The Beatles, Motown, and the rise of Soul. Plus we listen to some great music…

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    Emerson Bannon Cutri reports on this summer’s convention and reflects on what the political dynamics mean for DSA going forward

  • A union wave for Twin Cities hospitality workers

    Paul KD charts the rapid growth of a union movement among craft breweries and service workers in Minneapolis and St. Paul, Minnesota.

  • Tasks of the Left after the “debate”

    Ashley Smith responds to the debacle that was the first presidential debate, but argues that there are important lessons to take away and that the Left must fight to defend basic democratic freedoms from the Right.

  • Any way you cut it…

    Alex Schmaus reports on the state of the defund movement in San Francisco, including the strategic and tactical debates among its supporters.

  • A threshold has been crossed

    Joe Allen looks at the rising threat of the Far Right, its relationship to the Trump Administration, and its implications for the Left before and after the November elections.

  • Reflections on the rebellions

    Sudip Bhattacharya, mixes firsthand accounts of the rebellion for Black Lives with reflections of the political lessons that socialists and progressives should take away from the events of recent months.

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    British socialist, David Renton, looks at the historical approaches of the socialist movement to defining and fighting fascism.

  • Trump’s execution mania

    As Trump ramps up federal executions, veteran abolitionist, Lee Wengraf, lays out the recent history of the death penalty and abolitionist attempts to defeat it.