New Articles

  • Lesser-evilism is not a vote–it’s a strategy

    Tempest’s Natalia Tylim explains how pinning our hopes on the presidential candidacy of Kamala Harris against Trump is misguided and how the task is to build an infrastructure of resistance to both parties of capitalism and empire and make the case for a socialist horizon.

  • Palestine and political repression in Argentina

    Tempest’s Anderson Bean and brian bean sat down with Argentine left-wing political leader Alejandro Bodart to discuss his criminal case and the attempt to silence those who defend the Palestinian struggle and silence all criticism of the state of Israel and its policy of apartheid, settler-colonialism, and genocide.

  • The French elections and the defeat of the far right

    Tempest interviews revolutionary socialist Sylvestre Jaffard about the French elections last month, their political impact on both the right and Left, and the prospects going forward.

  • Modi’s electoral setback

    Kunal Chattopadhyay cuts through the complexity of Indian politics to assess the significance of the far right’s surprising electoral stumble.

  • How Chinese and African organizers came together to protest an oil pipeline

    Zhang Mazi explains how Chinese and African activists against an oil pipeline build transnational solidarity against international capitalist exploitation.

  • Ten days in Bangladesh, a report on the uprising

    A report on the student uprising in Bangladesh where the government has violently repressed and murdered protestors.

Recent Articles

  • What happened to the Left in the U.S. labor movement?

    The recent contract settlement between the Teamsters and UPS continues to spark debate and reflections on the Left. Tempest’s Joe Allen weighs in.

  • Two donkeys, one large and blue, a second smaller and red.

    The DSA moment is over

    Andy Sernatinger looks at the crisis facing the Democratic Socialists of America, arguing that DSA’s ‘moment’ has passed.

  • Socialism from below

    This talk by Anthony Arnove kicked off a NYC Tempest Collective discussion on  the theme of  “Socialism from Below.”

  • Racism, self-determination, and the dissolution of the Palestine working group

    The DSA voted to dissolve the BDS and Palestine Solidarity Working Group (BDSWG) and force it into the International Committee despite protest from both groups. To ignore the gravity of this decision and its implications would be a disastrous mistake–a mistake reflected in the celebration of the new DSA leadership.

  • Speaking tour: Resisting Russian imperialism

    Four scholars and leftists from Ukraine and Russia will participate in a speaking tour with events in Chicago, New York, and Berkeley.

  • Did the DSA Convention Move Left?

    Andy Sernatinger analyzes the developments from DSA’s 2023 National Convention.

  • Starving Armenians and very tasty cookies

    The blockade is a form of terrorism, meant to drive people from their homeland. Starvation is a weapon of genocide, but for the moment Artsakh’s residents are doing everything they can to hold on.

  • Viola Liuzzo (1925-1965)

    On the 60th anniversary of the civil rights March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom, Hank Kennedy tells the riveting story of a mostly unsung civil rights hero, Viola Liuzzo, who was murdered by the KKK in 1965 and then smeared by the FBI and police.

  • UAW rally in Warren, Michigan

    On August 25, 97 percent of the 150,000 auto workers represented by the UAW voted to authorize a strike if an agreement is not reached before their contracts expire on September 14. Hank Kennedy reports on a rally of the United Auto Workers in Warren, Michigan last weekend before the strike authorization vote.