New Articles

  • In the enduring spirit of resistance, our commitment remains steadfast

    A statement from Youth of Occupied Palestine calling for international solidarity and action on Friday, October 20, 2023.

  • Gaza and the struggle for Palestine

    A Haymarket Books event co-sponsored by Palestinian American Organizations Network, Mondoweiss, Spectre, Dissenters, Tempest and more.

  • Israel promises war crimes

    Keith Rosenthal looks at Israel’s open intent to create a catastrophe in Gaza—and the hypocrisy of U.S. rulers.

  • The continuing relevance of Beyond a Boundary

    Joel Sronce describes the continuing relevance and insight of C.L.R. James’ Beyond a Boundary.

  • Sixty-seven days on strike

    Tempest’s Sam Friedman reports on an ongoing strike by nurses at RWJBarnard Hospital in New Brunswick, NJ.

  • Revolutionaries and reformist organizations

    At the annual Socialism 2023 conference in Chicago, Tempest was invited to debate Left Voice over the question of revolutionaries and revolutionary organization and their relationship with efforts to build broad Left parties. This article is the entry into this debate by Tempest Collective member Aaron Amaral.

Recent Articles

  • Stylized art of queer activists

    Time to bash back

    As part of our ongoing series of articles for Pride Month, Christian writes about the role self-defense can play for queer people responding to the recent attacks against the LGBTQ community.

  • French election posters for NUPES, in green

    A breakthrough for the French left?

    Ian Birchall explains the background and looks at what may come next following the second round of France’s parliamentary elections which saw the president lose his majority, a new Left alliance becoming the second largest force, but also a worrying increase in far-right representation.

  • Image of LGBTQ activists rallied to boycott Coors Beer, with a "Boycott Coors Non-Union" button overlaid.

    Pinkwashing as cold as the Rockies

     As part of our ongoing series of articles for Pride Month, Hank Kennedy provides a brief history of the gay-labor alliance that took place in the 1970s to boycott Coors Brewing Company.

  • Stylized version of Democracy in Action slate's logo

    The Democracy In Action slate offers a new path for UAW Local 2110

    Willem Morris assesses the importance of the Democracy In Action slate in the UAW Local 2110 elections and its endorsement by the national reform group Unite All Workers for Democracy (UAWD).

  • Stylized image of a destroyed tank in Ukraine with a bird decal. Background in yellow.

    Inside the Ukrainian Resistance

    Tempest interviews Alona Liasheva and Denys Pilash about the Ukrainian Resistance, the state of war, the dynamics of class struggle and popular consciousness, and the tasks of the international Left in building solidarity with Ukraine.

  • Revenge of the Essential Worker: What’s Next for Labor in 2022?

    With the large turnout and organizing energy at the Labor Notes conference last weekend, the Tempest Collective hosts a public discussion to assess the conference and talk about the challenges and opportunities facing the labor movement.

  • Silhouette of a woman holding a sign "We won't go back" in front of the Supreme court

    Voting for Democrats has been a dead-end for abortion justice

    In the wake of the leaked SCOTUS opinion that is poised to overturn Roe v. Wade, thousands have mobilized in support of the right to an abortion. Stephanie Attar argues that activists should transcend bourgeois electoral politics and organize for socialist feminism instead.

  • Queer liberation and socialism

    In the first of a series of articles for Pride Month, Dana Cloud writes about the history of queer liberation struggle in the United States, its socialist origins, and lessons for today’s queer politics.

  • A new era of labor revolt (1966)

    In the mid-1960s, in the midst of Black urban revolt and radicalization on campuses, the U.S. working class was supposedly bought off and inactive. Worker-revolutionary Stan Weirdisagreed. In this 1966 speech, he detailed the broad stirrings of a rank and file rebellion—a revolt with roots in unbearable workplace conditions and a deep feeling that “something’s…