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  • Standing for justice in Palestine

    Tempest members report on large and inspiring rallies, marches, and acts of civil disobedience over the past week in defense of Palestinian resistance and condemnation of Israel’s genocidal campaign in Gaza.

  • Why capitalism fails

    In this talk, delivered in June 2023 at the Tempest NYC Marxism day school, Charlie Post discusses Marxist crisis theory.

  • Healthcare workers demand an end to the siege on Gaza

    A statement and petition from healthcare workers in opposition to the collective punishment of Gazans demands an end to the seige.

  • UAW revs up historic strike

    Héctor Rivera reports on a spirited UAW rally in Rancho Cucamonga as the strike continues.

  • Thousands demand a free Palestine in Los Angeles

    Héctor Rivera and Dana Cloud report on a thousands-strong rally in Los Angeles on October 14 in defense of Palestinian resistance and an end to Israel’s genocide.

  • Stylized image of a child flying a kite, in the colors of the Palestinian flag

    Remember Wadea Al-Fayoume

    In addition to funding the apartheid state of Israel with billions of our tax dollars every year, politicians at every level have created an environment of racism and Islamophobia.

Recent Articles

  • Why we are going to Socialism 2022!

    Three comrades from the Tempest Collective – Phil Gasper, Haley Pessin, Natalia Tylim – 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.

  • “Written on Mars”

    The final volume of Philip Foner’s groundbreaking history of the U.S. labor movement is now available. It covers the years 1929–1932. Despite its promise to frame the origins of the labor militancy of the Great Depression, Joe Allen argues that it presents a distorted picture.

  • Joe Biden and Jens Stoltenberg arm bump at NATO summit over a map of the war in Ukraine

    Towards a new permanent global war?

    Writing in the wake of last month’s historic North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) summit in Spain, Jaime Pastor, analyzes the current strategic path of NATO, as it seeks the global expansion of the U.S-led “western” bloc in a context of growing inter-imperial competition.

  • Stylized chess board with pieces in orange.

    The continuation of politics by other means

    Keith Rosenthal reviews a new board game published by Jacobin.

  • The necessity of organizing DSA members as workers

    Aaron Hall, a labor activist and member of the East Bay Democratic Socialists of America (“DSA”), discusses the organization’s labor strategy and how it fits into a broader strategy for the U.S. Left.

  • Nigaragua human rights commission art - flag overlaid on top of protest

    Nicaragua summons!

    This month an International Human Rights Commission made up of parliamentarians, social movement, and human rights leaders from different countries, will be traveling to Costa Rica and from there to the border with Nicaragua to demand access to, and to check on the conditions of, political prisoners held by the dictatorship of Daniel Ortega and…

  • Stylized image of Alice through the looking glass

    Through DSA’s looking glass

    Jen Bolen from Democratic Socialists of America’s (DSA) National Political Committee (NPC)  describes the story behind the controversial grievance report by the NPC regarding violations of the grievance policy during and beyond the 2021 DSA Convention.  

  • Image of women at a pro-choice rally with an overlay of uteruses

    After Roe

    In an editorial for the Tempest Collective, Natalia Tylim offers a perspective for the Left following the loss of abortion rights in the Supreme Court decision, Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization.

  • Image of Don Cheadle from No Sudden Move with stylized color

    21st century noir in ‘50s Detroit

    Glenn Allen reviews Steven Soderbergh’s No Sudden Move—released in 2021 and set in 1950s Detroit—and finds a delightful political film noir.