New Articles

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    Lenin, Luxemburg, and the revolutionary tradition 

    Helen Scott and Paul Le Blanc respond to John Marot, offering a clarification of their position on Rosa Luxemburg.

  • The genocidal returns of lesser-evilism

    The Tempest Collective panel at the Socialism 2024 conference.

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    The RNC does the Teamsters

    Andy Sernatinger analyzes the recent overtures of the Sean O’Brien-led Teamsters to the Trumpite right and the Republican Party and sees consistency in O’Brien’s own politics over almost twenty years.

  • Haikus for the DNC

    Poet, activist, and teacher Demetrius Noble shares poems arising from the 2024 Democratic National Convention in Chicago.

  • Prioritizing independent political action

    Tom Harrison makes the case for a broad party of the Left and for Tempest to carry this argument in its political work within the movements.

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    The politics of the aesthetic

    Andrew Boyer calls our attention to the dark side of “sparking joy” through self-improvement and personal aesthetics, such as those represented by tidying guru Marie Kondo.

Recent Articles

  • Let them eat steak

    Tempest’s Dana Cloud reports from a United Auto Workers picket line at a G.M. parts distribution center in Rancho Cucamonga, CA.

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    Between fact and fiction

    In this article, Ruben Jaramillo and Héctor A. Rivera critically examine the impact of the “Fourth Transformation” under Mexico’s president Andrés Manuel López Obrador.

  • Ocean Hill-Brownsville and the Freedom Schools of 1968

    The following piece is an account of the 1968 Ocean Hill-Brownsville Strike by former teacher and rank-and-file activist in the United Federation of Teachers (UFT) Marc Pessin.

  • Stylized image of Modi, in front of a community of Sikhs

    On the assassination of Hardeep Singh Nijjar

    Nagesh Rao analyzes the assassination of Canadian Sikh activist Hardeep Singh Nijjar.

  • Once again on the Democratic Party, the lesser evil, and the working-class Left

    Tempest’s Keith Rosenthal argues that, in the context of looming environmental catastrophe and ongoing social crisis, we cannot place our faith in the Democratic Party to advance the interests of the working class and the oppressed.

  • Nurses’ strike in New Brunswick, NJ

    Sam Friedman reports on a nurses’ strike in New Brunswick, NJ. over oppressive working conditions, including unsafe staffing levels.

  • 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.

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    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.”