New Articles

  • Ukraine solidarity under the Trump administration

    In principled opposition to imperialism including the Russian invasion of Ukraine, and in solidarity with the Ukrainian struggle for self-determination and its defense of basic democratic rights, we republish the statement of the Ukraine Solidarity Network-U.S. (USN) on the third anniversary of the Russian invasion of Ukraine.

  • Ukraine’s fight for self-determination

    Upcoming event of the Ukraine Solidarity Network-U.S. marking the three years anniversary of the Russian invasion of Ukraine.

  • A mural of workers in a field. On the left and right are yellow and green stripes as borders.

    Immigrants Are Leaders in Our Class Struggle

    Avery Wear argues that immigrant workers are creating the first grassroots opposition to Trump’s second-term agenda and are critical to building an effective labor movement.

  • A photo of a keffiyeh with a red filter.

    A review of Palestine and Marxism

    brian bean reviews Joseph Daher’s new book Palestine and Marxism.

  • A picture of a person looking forward with a keffiyeh wrapped around their neck.

    Solidarity with Professor Joseph Daher

    Tempest joins the call for solidarity with Joseph Daher who is facing the loss of his job for his Palestine activism. We stand in full solidarity with all who are facing repression for their principled stand in opposition to the genocide in Gaza and for Palestinian liberation.

  • What’s next for the Syrian revolution?

    Video from a Tempest Collective sponsored roundtable discussion held earlier this month on the Syrian revolution.

Recent Articles

  • How should socialists think about political tradition?

    Tempest’s David Camfield reviews the trove of theoretical resources available to us as we think about what traditions should inform our work.

  • Confronting the backlash

    In this transcript of a session at Socialism 2023, Tempest’s Haley Pessin and Phil Gasper discuss how socialists should challenge the backlash against the anti-racist uprising of the 2020s and argue that it takes a combined anti-racism and anti-capitalism to mount the necessary resistance.

  • Black Lives Matter and Palestine

    A transcript of Black Lives Matter and Palestine Solidarity Teach-In held in Seattle, Washington, February 1, 2024.

  • DSA’s budget crisis has been a long time coming

    Andy Sernatinger assesses the severe budget crisis that has surfaced within the  Democratic Socialists of America.

  • Free Boris Kagarlitsky and all Russian anti-war prisoners

    The case of Russian socialist Boris Kagarlitsky, in prison for opposing the war on Ukraine, may be up for appeal in early May. Tempest supports an urgent campaign for his release.

  • Criticisms and conditions in support for Palestinian resistance

    Tom Dale responds to the Tempest editorial “Toward a free Palestine” and argues for clarifying what socialists mean by “unconditional but critical support” for national liberation struggles.

  • “People have to act collectively”

    Leading historian of McCarthyism Ellen Schrecker explains that McCarthyism was not about one person. And what’s happening today within our society, including the erosion of democratic practices and values, is not just about Donald Trump.

  • Weathering the storm

    Kirstin Roberts and Natalia Tylim report of the 2024 Tempest convention held in Chicago over the long weekend of February 17-19.

  • Comrades, community, and commitment

    Tempest member Aileen Cerrillos reflects on their experience organizing in university and NGO-modeled spaces and their decision to join the Tempest Collective project.