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  • A photo of a line of soldiers standing in front of the Capitol building.

    Trump’s D.C. occupation is an attack on all of us

    In this interview, conducted before Trump’s direct control of the M.P.D. expired, D.C.-based scholar Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò discusses the forms of resistance and experimental collectivity that emerged in opposition to Trump’s takeover and considers the possibility of future escalation and organization.

  • A photo of a protest for Palestine. Background: signs in Spanish and Palestine flags. Foreground: 3 people, 2 of whom are wearing keffiyehs.

    Palestine on trial in Argentina

    As Argentina continues to arrest peaceful protesters, socialist Alejandro Bodart speaks to Tempest again about the criminalization of himself and other advocates of Palestinian freedom.

  • Edgardo Lander, a man with white facial hair and glasses, speaks at a microphone while gesturing with his hands. The photo has a red filter over it.

    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

  • Against a pink background, a sketch of a young person wearing a cap with a ponytail, holding the strings to a kite that floats in the air up to the left.

    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.

  • 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.

  • A photo of an Air Canada plane on a runway.

    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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  • Women’s liberation and the fight against the Trump regime

    Linda Loew replies to the Tempest editorial from January 2025 highlighting the misogynistic attacks on women and bodily autonomy and the centrality of these struggles to an anti-capitalist resistance to the Trump regime.

  • Trump seizes power in D.C.

    Unlike eight years ago, there is little protest against Trump, who seems all-powerful. But his administration will be prevented from establishing stable rule by its deep internal divisions, policies that will exacerbate not solve the country’s problems, and its tendency to overreach and impose deeply unpopular policies. All of this will inevitably trigger resistance.

  • Drawing of a person wearing a mask leaning over and holding the earth.

    Pandemic futures

    Sam Friedman, Sara Johnson and Karyn Pomerantz report on the threat of a Bird Flu pandemic, analyzing capitalism’s failures in mitigating pandemics like COVID-19. They argue for a socialist vision of public health that prioritizes the well-being of people, the welfare of animals and a commitment to protect the environment.

  • A man walks up the steps towards Congress. Image against a dark purple background.

    Who and what is the ruling class?

    In part two of “Who and What is the Working Class,” Josh On discusses the relationship between the market and the state. Part one is here.

  • Defending trans students in NYC schools

    Educator Danielle Bullock reports on the struggle to defend transgender students, arguing that  solidarity among teachers, transgender students, activists, and community members will be crucial for NYC to remain a progressive oasis in Trump’s America.

  • What’s next for the Syrian revolution?

    A Tempest sponsored panel: “What’s next for the Syrian revolution? Challenges and organizing since Assad’s fall”

  • Solidarity with Ali Abunimah

    Tempest joins the call to release Ali Abunimah from Swiss detention. 

  • July 9, 2024

    In this poem, Joel Sronce weaves together three different soccer matches including a pickkup game at a schoolyard in Gaza during the genocide.

  • Trump, the right, and the broader anti-trans reaction

    It is evident that Trump and the MAGAtized Republican Party have taken advantage of voters’ anxieties and created a sense of panic surrounding transgender issues. However, as Eric Maroney explains, what remains less clear are the reasons why these appeals resonate with certain voters, what drives this particular political reaction, and how the Left can…