New Articles

  • Global crises and global revolts

    In this talk delivered last September at the Socialism Conference, Tempest member Shireen Akram-Boshar describes how multiple global crises and revolts signal rising popular rage against the neoliberal capitalist order. Because neoliberalism has eviscerated resources for care and social reproduction, feminist insurgency is especially important.

  • Solidarity against Anti-Palestinian hate crimes

    Paul Fleckenstein interviews Wafic Faour and Ashley Smith, two organizers with the Vermont Coalition for Palestinian Liberation.

  • The Legacy of October 7

    Mel Beinenfeld assesses the Hamas attack of October 7 and its consequences.

  • Palestine 101

    A Tempest Collective event last month featured Tempest members brian bean, Sherry Wolf, and Shireen Akram-Boshar discussing “75 years of colonialism, imperialism, and resistance” in Palestine.

  • Report from the West Bank

    Najla K. and brian bean report on the state of resistance in the West Bank after October 7.

  • Who should run hospitals?

    Tempest’s Sam Friedman reports on conversations with striking nurses at RWJBarnabas, who are drawing the conclusion that health care workers, not corporations, should run our hospitals.

Recent Articles

  • Long Beach for abortion rights

    Dana Cloud reports on a rally and march for abortion rights in Long Beach, CA earlier this month.

  • Workers at a rally at Amazon's San Bernardino hub

    San Bernardino Amazon warehouse walkout

    Dana Cloud talked with Amazon workers on the picket line about work conditions, wages, organizing, and their future.

  • Past and Present Collide

    Sudip Battacharya reviews Donna Murch, Assata Taught Me: State Violence, Racial Capitalism, and the Movement for Black Lives and explores how the past informs the present.

  • So that the “Woman, Life, Freedom” movement does not die!

    Tempest re-publishes a statement in solidarity with the political prisoners of the Iranian Regime.

  • Biden rides the brakes on labor’s upsurge

    Shamus Cooke analyzes the response of the Biden administration to the recent upsurges in labor organizing and activism and finds reasons for concern.

  • The war and the future of Ukraine and the left movement

    A resolution on Putin’s invasion, war, and the future of Ukraine and the left movement passed by Sotsialnyi Rukh/ Social Movement (Ukraine) at its recent September 2022 convention.

  • The Pink House

    Jackson, Mississippi abortion justice leader Derenda Hancock describes the Jackson Women’s Health Organization’s history and closure and explains why the abortion justice movement must ramp-up clinic defenses in the coming days.

  • Reflections on the 2020 uprising

    Mara Chinelli looks back on the 2020 rebellion  that followed the police murder of George Floyd in Minneapolis, Minnesota and its reverberations across the country, including in New York City.

  • The alt-right anti-trans crusades

    Eric Maroney argues that the far-right attacks on transgender people stem from profound social anxiety over the crises posed by neoliberal capitalism.