New Articles
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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…
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Leftist studies in China and the United States
Shi Yongqin is a translator whose life’s work has been to bring Trotsky’s writings to a Chinese audience. Here he talks with Paul Le Blanc.
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Trump and his oligarchs (back) at the gate
On the brink of the second Trump presidency, Tempest offers this editorial statement on the current moment and the tasks ahead.
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DSA never recovered from Bowman
Andy Sernatinger looks at the numbers and diagnoses DSA’s rise and slide.
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Report on the Amazon Teamsters’ strike in Southern California
Michael Fabregas and Promise Li, members of the Los Angeles branch of Tempest, report on Teamsters’ pickets against Amazon in Southern California.
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At NYU, pro-Palestinian efforts are in the crosshairs
BC Hamilton reports on the repression of pro-Palestine activism at NYU.
Recent Articles
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Sentenced to a life of poor health
Slim Philomath explains why attempts to reform health care in U.S. prisons have been inadequate to the task, which requires an interrogation of the entire carceral system.
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“The John Brown way” (part 1)
David Whitehouse tells a different story about John Brown, who led the 1859 raid against slavery in what was then Harper’s Ferry, Virginia. This article is Part One of Two.
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Perspectives for socialists in 2024
The Tempest Collective Editorial Board recently sat down with David McNally to discuss current geopolitical dynamics, economic fault lines, and labor struggles—and perspectives for socialists in 2024. This is the first part of a two-part interview.
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California State faculty mobilize for a no vote
Dana Cloud and Gary Holloway interviewed four activists in the California Faculty Association who are urging union members to vote down a bad tentative agreement reached after just one day of a planned five-day strike across the 23-campus system.
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Toward a free Palestine
The current struggle for Palestinian liberation marks a turning point in world politics, argues this Tempest Collective editorial.
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Is a new political cycle opening in Chile?
Franck Gaudichaud and Pablo Abufom report on a second constitutional referendum held this past December in Chile to replace the Pinochet-era constitution for the country. This time around Chilien voters rejected a proposed right-wing constitution after the defeat of a more progressive constitution in a 2022 referendum.
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Argentina general strike
Sergio García reports from the massive general strike of January 24, 2024 against the radical neoliberal austerity measures being proposed by the new far-right government of Javier Milei.
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What it means to say Trump will govern like a fascist
David Renton argues the answer to Trump’s potential election is not to minimize the risk posed by Trump but to insist that our organizing is the only protection against the rise of authoritarianism in the United States and worldwide.
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Vermonters’ solidarity with Palestine
A new statewide coalition, Vermont Coalition for Palestinian Liberation, has formed with eight sponsoring groups.