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  • An orange-tinted collage of an oil tanker on the ocean and a gas sign to its right.

    A crisis everywhere, shared unequally

    The Iran war is spreading misery around the world, starting with the most vulnerable places. Sirantos Fotopoulos argues that the source of the war—and the misery—is the system of energy-for-profit.

  • Venezuela después del golpe

    Ashley Smith conversa con Federico Fuentes sobre la Doctrina Donroe, la crisis del chavismo y la resistencia antiimperialista. 

  • A close-up of a globe against a pink background.

    The Revolutionary Development of Global Marxism

    Paul Le Blanc reviews books on global Marxism by Simin Fadaee and Kevin Anderson.

  • Creations of the Third World

    What’s the connection between capitalism and plunder? Sarang Narasimhaiah replies to Vivek Chibber.

  • A blue-filtered photo of a line of ICE agents and a line of people facing each other at an intersection.

    UAW Local 2325 commits to a strike vote to fight ICE 

    Navruz Baum and Andrew Bergman detail how UAWD members in Local 2325 have organized for a strike authorization vote to prepare for mass, democratic labor action against ICE.

  • A pink and blue photo of a street in Cuba, with a smoke cloud edited over the top.

    Trump’s mounting threats against Cuba

    Samuel Farber discusses the escalating threats against Cuba from the Trump administration, building on a recent essay on the crisis in Against the Current.

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  • A photo of a protest crowd with signs such as "USA Hands off Venezuela" and "The People Demand ICE out of our communities." Across the top and bottom of the photo are a banner of yellow, blue, and red stripes of the flag of Venezuela.

    Oppose U.S. Imperialism in Venezuela

    The Tempest Collective statement in opposition to the Trump administration’s ongoing criminal actions in Venezuela.

  • Grey background. In the foreground are cartoon images of a diverse set of workers working on a car assembly line. Each worker has a string attached to them to the ceiling, and scissors are cutting the strings.

    Fighting layoffs

    Autoworkers Nevena Pilipović-Wengler and Andrew Bergman explain how workers can protect their pay and jobs even when the bosses make layoffs. 

  • Red background. In the center is a painting of two laborers working. Overlapped with it is a box that reads "Tempest Education series" with a graphic of a tornado.

    Socialism from below and the rank and file strategy

    An introduction to the rank and file strategy by Tim Goulet, part of Tempest’s 2025 political education series.

  • Dark red background. Against it, a map of South America, with the shape of China overlapping it.

    Beijing in Buenos Aires

    Trump’s use of pressure and deadly force against Venezuela is escalating. But as British socialist Richard Seymour explains, Trump’s regional agenda is incoherent and largely theatrical—and won’t restore U.S. dominance or stem the rising influence of China.

  • A vibrant purple background. Against it are black silhouettes of people and podiums. In the top right is a red square with a small graphic of a tornado below black text reading "Tempest Debates."

    For a strategy of independence and mass struggle

    Ashley Smith responds to Todd Chretien’s defense of Zohran Mamdani.

  • A dusky orange background. Against it are black silhouettes of people and podiums. In the top right is a red square with a small graphic of a tornado below black text reading "Tempest Debates."

    Mamdani’s fight is our fight

    Todd Chretien argues that socialists need to find “a useful role inside the Mamdani experiment” instead of issuing warnings from outside.

  • Red background. 5 arrows alternating in grey and yellow point upwards from below. In the top right is a small graphic of a tornado below black text reading "Tempest Education Series."

    Socialism from below   

    This introduction to socialism from below by Charlie Post was part of Tempest’s 2025 political education series.

  • A waving flag of Venezuela against a brown background.

    Trump’s Looming “Forever War”

    A statement in defense of the people and autonomy of Venezuela against Trump’s imperialism by the United Left Platform.

  • Dark teal background. On the left is a black and white cutout of a photo of Trump and Putin shaking hands. On the right is the part of a map of Ukraine, with the top half in blue and bottom half in yellow.

    Oppose Trump’s surrender plan for Ukraine

    Tempest re-publishes the statement of the Ukraine Solidarity Network-U.S. in opposition to the joint Trump/ Putin plan for Ukrainian surrender to Russian imperialism.