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    The crisis of liberal hegemony

    Ilya Budraitskis discusses the successes of the far-right internationally, the post-fascists, and what the Left must do in response.

  • The battle of Los Angeles

    Tempest members provide a gripping account of the rise of pro-immigrant resistance and police and military backlash in Los Angeles.

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    Assessing the queer fightback

    Within a few days of Trump’s first anti-trans executive order, protests were called, and trans people and their allies began to gather in large numbers to demonstrate their opposition in NYC and beyond. To grow and sustain this opposition, it is important for organizers to recount and reflect on the shape and form of struggle…

  • A picture of a sign in a protest crowd with "resist tyranny" written on it.

    Prospects for organized mass struggle

    Mel Bienenfeld offers an optimistic assessment of the emerging struggles against Trumpism and calls for greater organization.

  • A mural depicting the inside of an industrial factory.

    Building solidarity in auto: across the shop floor, across the borders

    An interview with UAW Local 160 member and skilled mold-maker, Jessie Kelly, about Trump, tariff policy, U.S. nationalism and the struggle to build an internationalist and solidaristic class politics on the shop floor and within the Union. 

  • A photo of a school bus turning onto a street in a city. A mosaic-tile filter is over the whole image.

    NYC teachers may toss out union leaders

    The country’s biggest teachers’ union may vote for a major change, but a three-way election is making the results hard to predict. Peter Allen-Lamphere and Chris O’Brien explain what’s at stake.

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  • A zoomed-in picture on the face of a statue of Lenin.

    Theory and the question of organization (part 2)

    Nate Moore examines the theory, practice, and crises of the British Socialist Workers’ Party and the International Socialist Organization (U.S.).

  • The perplexing smiles of the children of Palestine

    Poet and activist Marcellus Williams was murdered by the state of Missouri by lethal injection on September 24, 2024. In the last year of his life, among his poetry was this piece, written in solidarity with the people (and children) of Palestine, other victims of state sanctioned murder. Tempest re-runs the piece here in solidarity…

  • A watercolor illustration of an atomic bomb cloud emerging from the ground. The strokes are all black with a background of dark green.

    Nuclear Devastation

    David Friedman reviews Annie Jacobsen’s latest book, Nuclear War: A Scenario (2024).

  • A zoomed-in picture on the face of a statue of Lenin.

    Theory and the question of organization (part 1)

    Nate Moore argues that Lenin’s main contribution was not a theory of organization but in his attention to concrete social analysis—revolutionary theory that could inform strategy, tactics, and ways of organizing.

  • A photo of Dr. Steven Thrasher looking at the camera wearing a keffiyeh, transposed against the background of an arch at Northwestern University. Entire picture is tinted dark red.

    Support Dr. Steven Thrasher 

    Tempest encourages our members and supporters to sign the petition in support of Dr. Steven Thrasher.

  • Block, squander, disorganize?

    Ashley Smith responds to Max Elbaum’s overheated polemic on the question of strategy for socialists in the 2024 elections.

  • A sketched drawing of Marcellus "Khaliifah" Williams, depicting a Black man with glasses and a curly beard.

    Stop the state sanctioned murder of Marcellus “Khaliifah” Williams

    Tempest member Kirstin Roberts urgently advocates for saving the life of Marcellus “Khaliifah” Williams who is scheduled to be unjustly executed by the State of Missouri on September 24.

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    Another view on the 2024 French Legislative Elections

    While Left enthusiasts for the results of the French elections rightly celebrate the electoral defeat of the right, Peter Solenberger argues that Marxists need to confront the problem that the elections do not offer a forward for the working class.

  • An illustration of the shape of Ireland covered with the pattern of the Irish flag. One hand with the Union Jack on it is pulling away the piece of land that is Northern Ireland, and one hand with the Irish flag is grabbing at the other hand to bring it back. The whole image is overlayed with an orange tint.

    A review of “Kneecap”, stage and screen

    Glenn Allen reviews the film Kneecap (2024).