New Articles
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Ode to an encampment
Tempest’s Sam Friedman offers this ode to faculty, students, staff and others who have camped in solidarity with Palestine.
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South Africa’s case against Israel
Helen Scott explains the significance of South Africa’s genocide case against Israel and reflects on the comparison between anti-apartheid struggles in the two countries.
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The Labour Party and the UK elections
Pat Stack looks at the prospects for the Labour Party campaign in the UK.
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Answering the call to fight injustice
Tempest’s Ashley Smith interviews groundbreaking Black feminist Barbara Smith about uprisings both present and past.
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Rosa Luxemburg and the democratic road to socialist revolution
John Marot explains how Luxemburg’s ideas of revolutionary democracy developed in light of the German Revolution.
Recent Articles
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The Writers Guild fights back
Tempest member Eric Maroney sat down with Gabriela, an ally close to the Writers Guild of America strike, to talk about the strike action, what is at stake, and what it will take to win.
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Teamsters ready to strike
In these two brief reports, Tempest members Ashley Smith and Paul KD describe Teamsters’ practice pickets as a potential UPS strike looms.
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Starbucks workers protest Moms for Liberty
Tempest member Joel Sronce interviews Sarah and Silvia, two of the unionized Starbucks workers who showed up in protest against Moms for Liberty.
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UNITE HERE rally and march in Los Angeles
Dana Cloud reports on a recent rally and march by hospitality workers from UNITE-HERE in Los Angeles.
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This is possible!
In 2018, teachers struck across the South and won significant gains for educators. In this second of two articles, Darrin Hoop interviews four rank-and-file workers about their experience and draws lessons for labor organizing today.
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Unions and the rank and file strategy
Tim Goulet discusses the rank and file strategy and why socialists need to fight for democracy not only at work, but also in our unions.
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This is possible!
In 2018, teachers struck across the South. These strikes were initiated and led by the rank-and-file in states that do not recognize collective bargaining and won significant gains for educators. In this first of two articles, Darrin Hoop interviews four rank-and-file workers about their experience and draws lessons for labor organizing today.
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One year after Dobbs
A panel of activists discusses strategies to mount a defense and counteroffensive to win full reproductive justice including free abortion one year following the Dobbs decision.
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Resisting the shock doctrine
Ashley Smith chairs an event with Yuliya Yurchenko, Eric Toussaint, and Sushovan Dhar on the global movement against neoliberalism, debt, and the struggle in Ukraine.