New Articles

  • Between Trump and Putin

    Tempest republishes an article from Daniel Tanuro responding to the political alliance between Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin and its meaning for the European Left. Tanuro warns against any alignment with European capital and the imperial interests of the European Union while highlighting the importance of defending the Ukrainians right to self-determination. 

  • Far-right surges, but left surprises, in German elections

    Sean Larson analyses the outcome of last month’s German elections. 

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    The radical roots of harm reduction

    Even the best accounts of the movement for harm reduction leave out the role of Marxists, anarchists, and other radicals. Sam Friedman sets the record straight.

  • So-called axis of resistance  

    Iran has been attempting to achieve a regional balance of power against Israel and the U.S. as well as pursue its own military and economic aims in the region. The regime views any challenge to its influence in Iraq, Lebanon, Yemen, and the Gaza Strip, whether from below by popular forces or from Israel, other…

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    Trump’s anti-immigrant push 

    Aly Wane predicts what’s coming for immigrants in the Trump era.

  • Each blow against oppression advances us all

    The Tempest National Committee argues that struggles against oppression are an essential part of class struggle and charts a political alternative that rejects the dead-end of class reductionism.

Recent Articles

  • In bird flu, capitalism is the culprit

    Sam Friedman discusses the role of capitalism in the H5N1 virus’s potential to mutate and become a pandemic.

  • The (not so) new red scare

    Dana Cloud describes the crackdown on scholars in the Cal State system as an example of the broader pattern of weaponizing the charge of “antisemitism” against faculty and students who have spoken out against the Zionist genocide in Gaza.

  • Who and what is the ruling class?

    Josh On discusses who makes up the ruling class and how they maintain their rule.

  • The Left and U.S. politics today

    The International Socialist League interviewed Tempest member Aaron Amaral about the state of U.S. politics today and the role of a radicalizing Left in responding to economic crisis, the presidential elections, the labor movement, and the ongoing Israeli genocide in Gaza.

  • The transformative power of solidarity

    A review of Leah Hunt-Hendrix and Astra Taylor, Solidarity: The Past, Present, and Future of a World-Changing Idea

  • Imperialism and anti-imperialism today

    Ashley Smith explores the asymmetric multipolar world order and the challenges it poses for the Left.

  • Convergence of labor and Palestine on campus

    Interview with two striking grad workers at Dartmouth College, part of GOLD-UE’s newly formed Palestine caucus.

  • From student revolt to workers’ power

    As California academic workers prepare to strike against repression of pro-Palestine activism, Helen Scott discusses the connection between student struggle and workers’ action.

  • Defend the encampments!

    Julian Lin reports on the mob assault on UCLA’s pro-Palestine encampment and argues that the assailants were fascists—and the movement needs to respond with militant self-defense.