New Articles
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How should the Left respond to Trump’s threats against Canada?
Tempest member David Camfield lays out the proper Left response to Trump’s bullying.
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Organizing for reform and socialism in the Mamdani era
In this response to Ashley Smith, Alan Maass argues in support of electoral socialist campaigns, including those that make use of the Democratic Party line.
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Mamdani’s mayoral control mishap
NYC educators Peter Allen-Lamphere and Chris O’Brien analyze and critique Mamdani’s support for mayoral control of the city’s schools.
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The long arc of struggle
Harsha Walia argues in the context of the mass mobilizations against ICE in Minnesota, for a politics grounded in the long arc of struggle and learning across generations.
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Iran: The anatomy of Dey
Iranian exile Siyavash Shahabi explores the roots of the country’s crisis and the currents that make up the recent wave of resistance.
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U.S. out of Venezuela – ICE out of our communities!
The United Left Platform is hosting a meeting to help build the movements in opposition to U.S. imperialism and against Trump’s wars abroad and those here in the U.S.
Recent Articles
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Venezuela’s authoritarian turn and the repression of its Left
In this interview, conducted by Anderson Bean, Edgardo Lander reflects on the deepening repression in Venezuela, the criminalization of dissent, and the stakes for academic freedom, democracy, and international solidarity
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On the Flotilla to Gaza
Anderson Bean and brian bean interview Argentina socialist Cele Fierro about aid flotillas to Gaza sailing from Tunisia and Spain.
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Resisting anti-trans policies in NYC and beyond
Danielle Bullock discusses examples of organized resistance to the attacks on trans youth in New York City and beyond.
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More pay, but less union democracy
Striking flight attendants at Air Canada have won real gains in pay, but union officials bargained away the workers’ right to reject the deal and fight for more. As the ratification vote goes on, David Camfield explains.
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Democrats are saboteurs in the resistance camp
Avery Wear argues that ignoring the differences between the increasingly authoritarian Republican Party and the Democrats isn’t politically effective. Socialists should acknowledge the reality of these differences while making clear that the Democratic Party—as a party of capital and capitalists, even liberal ones—will ultimately sabotage fights of working-class and oppressed people against the authoritarian and…
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Solidarity with Venezuelan intellectuals
A call for solidarity with Venezuelan academics and intellectuals facing state repression. Please add your name to the petition.
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Mamdani and the tasks for NYC socialists
After much collective discussion and debate, the New York City Tempest Collective Organizing Committee here explains the local’s approach to the Mamdani campaign. This includes recognizing the acute need for collective organizing beyond the campaign to win crucial reforms, including those promised by Mamdani, and to defend ourselves against the coming attacks from the right,…
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Support Ukraine’s Nurses
A call for material support and solidarity with a campaign on behalf of the Ukrainian nurses union.
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Strike lessons from Massachusetts teachers
Peter Allen-Lamphere discusses the education strike wave in Massachusetts with presidential candidate for the Massachusetts Teachers Association and Educators for a Democratic Union member, Matt Bach.