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  • A dark brown-green background. Against it are three red flags waving.

    “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.”

  • A drawing of a Palestinian flag waving behind a barbed-wire fence.

    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.

  • A sketch of an open book with blank pages and a latch on the cover. The whole image is a pale yellow.

    Breaking barriers to academic freedom

    Tempest member Dana Cloud urges scholars to tell the truth and take sides to defend academic freedom.

  • A drawing of a candle lit inside a chalice, against a plain, pinkish-red background.

    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.”

  • 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…

  • The left half of the image has a green background with a silhouette of a businessman in a top hat. The right half has a dark blue background with overlayed cutout photos of Zohran Mamdani, Chuck Schumer, and Hakeem Jeffries each speaking at microphones.

    The candidate, the billionaires, and the Democrats

    Mel Bienenfeld explains the relationship of Zohran Mamdani to New York elites.

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  • An illustration of all the Sesame Street characters lined up next to each other, with the Sesame Street logo faded in the back.

    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.

  • A blue-tinted image of a person wearing a beanie and scarf, made up of a collage of a few different images.

    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. 

  • A paint-style image of Walter Rodney facing left.

    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…

  • 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.

  • A green-filtered image of the Supreme Court with a FOR SALE sign in front of it.

    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!

  • What is Trumpism now? 

    Mel Bienenfeld considers the more puzzling aspects of “Trumpism” and opens up space for a much-needed conversation about how to understand our current political moment.  

  • Reflection on the January 1, 2025 Pasadena Rose Parade

    Tempest member Teto reports on the New Year’s Palestine solidarity march during the Roses Parade.

  • High school students walk out for immigrants

    Tempest member Kai B. describes a spirited high school student walkout for immigrants in Pasadena, California.

  • Free, Free Mahmoud Khalil!

    Tempest calls for the defense and release of Columbia Palestine activist Mahmoud Kahlil, ground zero for increasing attacks by the Trump administration on campus activism, the Left, and the working class.