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    Will Mamdani be allowed to govern NYC?

    To win the Democratic Party nomination for mayor, Zohran Mamdani ran on a platform that won him a base of support in New York City’s working class. Shamus Cooke argues that Mamdani’s promises can only become a reality if his supporters are ready to fight against ruling-class resistance.

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    Suweida under fire

    Joseph Daher lays out the complex situation for activists in Syria’s recent struggles since the fall of Assad.

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    History without democracy

    Following an overwhelming membership vote in favor of a resolution opposing scholasticide in Gaza, the Executive Council of the American Historical Association vetoed the decision. Daniel Johnson provides an update on this important struggle.

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    Mutual ruin? Or working-class revolution?

    Sam Friedman reviews Volodymyr Ishchenko’s Towards the Abyss: Ukraine from Maidan to War.

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    Trump’s strategy to reassert U.S. dominance

    Despite all the chaos, confusion, and faction fights, the Trump administration is united behind one project—escalating Washington’s imperial rivalry with China—argues Ashley Smith.

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    May Day Strong!

    Tempest member Alex Schmaus interviewed Chicago Teachers Union activist Jesse Sharkey about the May Day Strong Meeting at CTU headquarters on July 18, 2025.

Recent Articles

  • Santa Socialism

    John Lang explores what it means to engage in wishful thinking about political change.

  • Rosa Luxemburg’s war against cynicism

    Sean Larson reviews the newest volume in The Complete Works of Rosa Luxemburg.

  • Uprising for democracy in the Caucasus

    Tempest’s Ashley Smith and Posle Media’s Ilya Budraitskis interview Georgian activists and scholars Ia Eradze, Luka Nakhutsrishvili, and Lela Rekhviashvili about the roots of the uprising, its trajectory, and Georgia’s place in global capitalism and the imperialist order.

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    Notes on an Interview with Joseph Daher

    Lizartistry shares graphic notes on the Tempest interview with Joseph Daher about the fall of Assad and the rebellion in Syria.

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    Borders are prisons and prisons are borders

    Kristen Godfrey argues that the Left must call for an end to borders and nation-states, and build solidarity among Black people and immigrants in and out of the United States to resist displacement and immobility

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    CEO murder sparks national discussion on privatized medicine

    Tempest’s Dennis Kosuth explains the reasons behind public anger at for-profit health care in the United States – anger expressed through public sympathy for the suspected killer of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson.

  • France: The impossibility of a democratic compromise with capital

    Behind the impasse of French politics is a crisis of economic stagnation, says Romaric Godin. Since no party can win consent for austerity, he argues, French capital seems bound to seek authoritarian means to impose it.

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    Understanding the rebellion in Syria

    Tempest interviews Swiss Syrian socialist Joseph Daher about the process that led to the fall of Assad’s rule, the prospects for progressive forces, and the challenges they face in fighting for a truly liberated country that serves the interests of all its peoples and popular classes.

  • Part Two: Resisting authoritarian populism

    Ashley Smith analyzes the Democrats’ failure to defeat Trump and what it means for the Left.