New Articles
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United Educators of San Francisco board calls for ceasefire resolution
UESF member Alex Schmaus reports on the union’s executive board vote recommending the endorsement of a resolution calling for a ceasefire in Gaza and urges members of the union to vote yes.
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SEIU forces leader out
Tempest’s Eric Maroney reports on how the Connecticut SEIU pushed executive director Kooper Caraway from office in the wake of Caraway’s public support for Palestine.
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No pride in genocide!
Héctor A. Rivera reports on the experiences of grassroots queer networks like the one in Los Angeles that are coming together across social movements and activist communities coming out in support of Palestine.
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On sowing and reaping in Palestine
brian bean analyzes Israel’s ongoing genocidal war and offers important perspectives for the resurgent movement for Palestinian liberation.
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“From heroes to zeroes”
Tempest’s Promise Li reports on Kaiser Permanente workers’ three-day strike, which ended October 10 with a tentative agreement but no contract.
Recent Articles
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We need better than the Inflation Reduction Act
Thomas Hummel provides analysis of the environmental and economic impact of the Inflation Reduction Act which was signed into law last week.
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The Fed’s inflation plan is class war
By quickly raising interest rates over the summer, the Federal Reserve Board has pushed the economy toward recession. This is an attack on recent gains by the working class, argues Shamus Cooke, and workers need independent politics to fight back.
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Comrade Leo Bernard, 1939-1966
The Left was on the rise—and under threat—in the mid-1960s. Hank Kennedy tells the story of a hometown comrade who was a target of anti-communist violence.
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Taiwan and the logic(s) of imperialism
Charlie Hore looks at the background to Nancy Pelosi’s visit to Taiwan—which has further raised tensions between the United States and China—and asks what the U.S. expected to get out of it.
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Why we are going to Socialism 2022! (Part II)
Three more comrades from the Tempest Collective – Kristen Godfrey, Luis Meiners, Hector Agredano Rivera – offer their reminiscences of the annual Socialism Conference and motivations for everyone to attend this year’s event over Labor Day, September 2-5, 2022.
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Rail workers may strike next month
Federal mediators will soon release their recommendation to resolve contract talks between the United Rail Unions and the bosses. Paul KD spoke to Ross Grooters, co-chair of Railway Workers United—who says a national freight rail strike is possible in September.
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Taiwan: Caught Between Rival Superpowers
Tempest interviews Brian Hioe and Wen Liu, two prominent commentators on Taiwanese politics and editors of New Bloom Magazine, about Nancy Pelosi’s recent visit and the geopolitical battle between the U.S. and China over the island.
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Why the hell not
Gary Holloway reviews Mike Stout’s 2020 memoir Homestead Steel Mill: The Final Ten Years.
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Unleashing the fight for reproductive justice
Ashley Smith urges those in the fight for abortion justice to build mass opposition to the abortion ban instead of looking to the Democratic party, elections, or liberal feminist organizations.