New Articles

  • Lady justice holds the scales and lifts her blindfold.

    Two cases, one tradition

    Blanca Missé argues that the legal repression of activists calls for a political response inside the courtroom—linked to organizing on the outside.

  • A spinning circle of paint on a canvas in purple, yellow, white, and turqoise hues.

    Afro-surrealism with a banging soundtrack

    What makes I Love Boosters distinctive is the clarity of its class politics—a review by Glenn Allen.

  • Photos in picture frames of Napoleon III Silvio Berlusconi Tayyip Erdoğan Narendra Modi Viktor Orbán and Donald trump

    Patrimonial Bonapartism 

    Anthony Teso makes the case for seeing Trump’s regime as patrimonial and Bonapartist in character rather than fascist or populist-authoritarian.

  • A crowd of protestors holding signs with slogans like "No Kings No ICE"

    Tempest, the United Front approach, and “the Resistance”

    Aaron Amaral assesses how revolutionaries should relate to the constellation of forces that have grown up in opposition to the Trump administration and its authoritarian efforts

  • A soldier holding a gun in a field.

    From squats to trenches

    Paweł Jędral reports on the activity and ideas of a Ukrainian leftist collective in the armed resistance to the Russian invasion.

  • A photo of a crowd of riot cops next to a photo of a sign reading "Delaney Hall Concentration Camp".

    Solidarity with striking ICE hostages!

    Tempest interviews Izzy, a NYC activist, about their experiences in organizing in support of the strikers and their families at the Delaney Hall ICE Detention Center.

Recent Articles

  • A landscape photo of buildings in Tijuana, mountains in the background, and the sky above.

    Rebuilding labor solidarity across the border

    Héctor Rivera and Hannah M report on a binational labor summit between workers in the U.S. and Mexico that took place in April.

  • People standing in a line behind a wall holding signs.

    War, economic crisis, and discontent in Putin’s Russia

    Ashley Smith interviews the editors of Posle, a Russian socialist website, about Putin’s war, regime, popular grievances, and the challenges of resistance under autocracy.

  • Sandra Reed points and speaks over a crowd.

    A tribute to Sandra Reed

    Lee Wengraf writes this tribute to the recently deceased death penalty abolitionist, Sandra Reed. As the mother of the wrongly convicted death row prisoner Rodney Reed, Sandra spent decades both fighting for her son’s freedom while calling attention to the barbarity and racism of the U.S. criminal injustice system. Free Rodney Reed! Sandra Reed presente!

  • A photo of Juniper Blessing, edited in front of pink flowers.

    Violence enabled by the state

    Eric Maroney speaks out about the stabbing death of trans teenager Juniper Blessing.

  • A pink filtered photo of a woman standing in front of a sign saying 'alternative für deutschland'

    Femonationalism in the Alternative for Germany

    Aya Anzouk analyzes the weaponization of feminism in right-wing populist movements, specifically in the influential Alternative für Deutschland (AfD).

  • 3 images of protests.

    May Day 2026

    San Francisco/SFO Airport Tempest members joined hundreds of workers and community members in support of SEIU-USWW SFO airport workers as they campaigned around raising minimum wages to $30/hr. The action blocked vehicle access to the International Terminal starting at 11 AM. As first vice president, Sanjay Garla reported, LAX workers recently won $30/hr minimum wage,…

  • Muznan Alneel looks towards the camera against a grey background.

    Muzan Alneel, 1986-2026

    Shireen Akram-Boshar pays tribute to Muzan Alneel. Her sudden passing at the young age of 39 last month is a major loss for the Sudanese revolutionary movement and the people of Sudan.

  • A navy sketch of a rose against a pink background.

    The coalition that swallows you

    DSA member Anthony Teso observes that, although they might deny it, the Democratic Socialists of America are practicing popular frontism.

  • A group of people protesting holding signs in English and Chinese.

    No more 24!

    Sign this letter in support of NYC home care workers as they struggle against hyper-exploitation, including a regime of 24-hour shifts for 13 hours’ pay.