New Articles

  • Uprising for democracy in the Caucasus

    Tempest’s Ashley Smith and Posle Media’s Ilya Budraitskis interview Georgian activists and scholars Ia Eradze, Luka Nakhutsrishvili, and Lela Rekhviashvili about the roots of the uprising, its trajectory, and Georgia’s place in global capitalism and the imperialist order.

  • A notebook transposed on a dark red background with notes.

    Notes on an Interview with Joseph Daher

    Lizartistry shares graphic notes on the Tempest interview with Joseph Daher about the fall of Assad and the rebellion in Syria.

  • A drawing of a hallway of a penitentiary with a dark green and blue filter.

    Borders are prisons and prisons are borders

    Kristen Godfrey argues that the Left must call for an end to borders and nation-states, and build solidarity among Black people and immigrants in and out of the United States to resist displacement and immobility

  • A photo of hundred-dollar bills, covered with a dark red filter.

    CEO murder sparks national discussion on privatized medicine

    Tempest’s Dennis Kosuth explains the reasons behind public anger at for-profit health care in the United States – anger expressed through public sympathy for the suspected killer of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson.

  • France: The impossibility of a democratic compromise with capital

    Behind the impasse of French politics is a crisis of economic stagnation, says Romaric Godin. Since no party can win consent for austerity, he argues, French capital seems bound to seek authoritarian means to impose it.

  • A photo of a pole with the Syrian flag hanging next to a picture of Bashar al-Assad. Behind it is a building. Heavy green and red filter over the whole photo.

    Understanding the rebellion in Syria

    Tempest interviews Swiss Syrian socialist Joseph Daher about the process that led to the fall of Assad’s rule, the prospects for progressive forces, and the challenges they face in fighting for a truly liberated country that serves the interests of all its peoples and popular classes.

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    Tempest’s Promise Li interviews Michael Mueller, an arrestee during a November 17 Palestine protest at the University of Michigan.

  • Forced to resign over Palestine

    A New York City public defender forced out of her position at New York County Defender Services (NYCDS) over her support for Palestine responds.

  • From Taiwan to Palestine

    Yang Kang reports on two recent Palestine solidarity events in Taipei and their significance in drawing links with Taiwan’s own struggle for self-determination.

  • Against colonial narcissism

    Sean Larson responds to an argument made by Dan La Botz and Stephen R. Shalom about whether and how to judge the actions taken by Hamas on October 7.

  • Venezuelan ambitions and Guyanese oil

    Dan Davison analyzes the recent referendum, called by President Nicolas Maduro, which appears to provide the pretext for Venezuela to annex two-thirds of Guyana in pursuit of its oil resources.

  • Report from Bogotá

    Joel Sronce reports on a major Palestine solidarity demonstration by workers and the Left in Colombia.

  • What solidarity requires

    brian bean replies to Mel Bienenfeld’s criticism of two earlier Tempest articles by the author on the analysis and posture of revolutionary socialists towards the events of October 7 in Palestine.

  • Kissinger’s bloody legacy

    Anderson Bean reflects on the destructive legacy of former Secretary of State Henry Kissinger who died last month at the age of 100 years old.

  • Argentina: from Pink Tide to reactionary wave

    Tempest interviews Cele Fierro about the recent elections in Argentina and the presidential victory of far right candidate Javier Milei.