New Articles
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The candidate, the billionaires, and the Democrats
Mel Bienenfeld explains the relationship of Zohran Mamdani to New York elites.
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Introducing the UAWD’s Daily Struggle
UAWD, a rank-and-file caucus within UAW, is holding a launch event this Sunday, October 19, at 3 pm ET for a new worker-led publication by and for UAW members that will provide a platform for workers to speak for themselves. Register for the event here.
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Rehabilitating McCarthyism
As Trump continues to escalate his campaign of domestic repression, Tempest offers a perspective from Bill Keach on the repression of another period—the McCarthy era.
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Indigenous Peoples’ Day
The Tempest editorial board suggests a list of readings and resources for Indigenous Peoples’ Day.
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“A huge massacre awaits”
Tempest’s Shireen Akram-Boshar asked Toufic Haddad to characterize the current phase of the Gaza genocide.
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Statement by the Committee to Defend History Professor Tom Alter
A call for support for professor fired for speaking at a socialist conference.
Recent Articles
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Targeted scholars, targeted institutions
A Tempest roundtable of scholars and activists on the federal and state-level assaults on higher education and strategies of fighting back.
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We need to do this together
Tempest member David Whitehouse discusses the resistance to Trump, the arrival of a constitutional crisis, and the need for independent, member-driven Left organizations to protect working people and the oppressed.
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Lessons from the Quebec Amazon union campaign
Amazon’s shutdown of its entire operation in Montreal is a historic moment for capital’s assault on workers and their ability to organize for dignity. The shocking and abrupt move needs to be seen within a broader context, writes Mostafa Henaway.
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Death from above, resistance from below, in Ukraine
In the fourth straight year of Ukrainians defending themselves, Kris Parker writes that a new dynamic threat is rapidly developing under the guise of a Trump administration overtly sympathetic to the rightwing Putin regime and quickly moving to undermine Ukraine’s ability to defend itself.
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Union days, sweepin’ the clouds away
Phoebe Gilpin, Senior Director of Formal Learning at Sesame Workshop, is part of the union organizing committee and one of the workers recently laid off. Gilpin spoke with Keith Rosenthal for Tempest Magazine about the struggle, how it transpired, and what comes next.
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Ukrainian anarchists fighting imperialism and building mutual aid in wartime
Robert Francis reports on Solidarity Collectives, a network of Ukrainian anarchists who are organizing on an anti-authoritarian basis and fighting on the frontlines against the Russian invasion.
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Walter Rodney: a revolutionary for our times
Presenting at the 2023 Socialism conference in a panel organized and moderated by Lee Wengraf, Robert Cuffy and Leo Zeilig examine the revolutionary legacy of Walter Rodney, casting light on his break with state socialism and his embrace of working-class struggles from below. What follows is a transcript of their talk, edited for length and…
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Postal workers under attack and in struggle
Natalia Tylim interviews letter carrier and National Association of Letter Carriers leader Melissa Rakestraw about a bad contract and the attacks on postal workers by the Trump Administration.
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The Courts & Politicians Have Failed Us
Legal rallies and marches like here today have their place. They allow us to communicate and solidarize with each other. They allow new people to join our movement and meet each other so that they can do further, more valuable work in the future. However, as Andy Thayer points out, we need more!