New Articles
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The conservative (d)evolution of Teamsters for a Democratic Union
Tim Goulet examines the history and recent right-ward direction of Teamsters for a Democratic Union (TDU).
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“Actually existing socialism” and the communist transition
David Camfield’s Red Flags: A Reckoning with Communism for the Future of the Left is a concise and insightful intervention into the renewed debates on the legacy of “actually existing socialism.”
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Electoralism cannot free Palestine
Shireen Akram-Boshar argues that a recent interview by Eric Blanc with Bashir Abu-Manneh and Hoda Mitwally in Jacobin offers a mistaken analysis of the challenges facing the Palestine solidarity movement.
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Breaking barriers to academic freedom
Tempest member Dana Cloud urges scholars to tell the truth and take sides to defend academic freedom.
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Loyalty to truth and solidarity—not to the authoritarian state
Seattle educator, author, and socialist Jesse Hagopian recently spoke at a National Teach-In on Loyalty Oaths organized by the American Association of University Professors, which notes that President Trump’s so-called Compact with universities “violates the First Amendment by forcing universities to surrender their right of free speech and academic freedom in exchange for federal funds.”
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Speak out! Tom Alter, MAGA McCarthyism, and the fight for free speech
The Tempest Collective is a supporter of the Committee to Defend Tom Alter and encourages everyone to attend this event on Thursday, November 6 at 7 pm ET, as well as to join the fight to defend Tom Alter and the growing list of victims of Trumpite repression and the broad attacks on all of…
Recent Articles
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Nationalism, workers’ power, and the myth of auto tariffs
Andy Sernatinger argues that Shawn Fain and the UAW’s pro-tariff stance misses the real threats to autoworkers and the role the union can play in resisting these threats.
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Building power now!
Lizartistry has created a new share-able ‘zine that speaks to the disillusionment with electoral politics and offers a vision of how to build political power from the perspective of socialism from below.
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In honor of May Day
On May 1, the day honoring the international working class struggle, the Tempest National Committee calls for labor mobilization and ongoing organizing against the Trump agenda.
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Madness as method
Thomas Hummel argues that Trump’s tariff policy is a desperate gamble to re-establish U.S. world dominance.
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Understanding the cynical efforts to dissolve UAWD
Tempest asked Andrew Bergman, Nevena Pilipović-Wengler, Toly Rinberg, and Judy Wraight, long standing organizers within UAWD, about the recent proposal, originating with a section of the UAWD leadership, to liquidate the important rank and file caucus. A key vote will take place on Sunday. They provide some basic background and explain the principled importance for…
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Listening to Victor’s Children
Tempest interviews David Camfield about his podcast Victor’s Children and its role in promoting the politics of socialism from below.
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Within and without?
BC Hamilton explains that Zohran Mamdani’s bid for mayor represents the ongoing battle and committed political tactics of the DSA’s inside-out approach. This is the playbook that Sanders, Ocasio-Cortez, and Mamdani have stuck with: democratic socialists who run as Democrats and, when they win, continue to operate within the Democratic Party, forming a left wing…
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Strategies of resistance
A panel discussion on the Trump attacks, the beginnings to the organized mass response, and the strategic paths open to the resistance.
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Trump and the Billionaires
DK Renton responds to Mel Bienenfeld, raising questions about how to understand the second Trump administration and its relationship to the capitalist class.