New Articles
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Breakout from Gaza
The armed strike by Gazan forces into Zionist-occupied Palestine is a daring attempt to push back against escalating settler violence and oppression. brian bean explains.
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A life of theory and action
Tempest’s Brian Ward reviews A Revolutionary for Our Time: The Walter Rodney Story by Leo Zeilig.
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Reports from UAW picket lines
In these short reports, Tempest members Haley Pessin and Mel Bienenfeld describe UAW pickets at a Stellantis Parts Distribution Center in Tappan, NY.
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Let them eat steak
Tempest’s Dana Cloud reports from a United Auto Workers picket line at a G.M. parts distribution center in Rancho Cucamonga, CA.
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Between fact and fiction
In this article, Ruben Jaramillo and Héctor A. Rivera critically examine the impact of the “Fourth Transformation” under Mexico’s president Andrés Manuel López Obrador.
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Ocean Hill-Brownsville and the Freedom Schools of 1968
The following piece is an account of the 1968 Ocean Hill-Brownsville Strike by former teacher and rank-and-file activist in the United Federation of Teachers (UFT) Marc Pessin.
Recent Articles
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What happened to Red Chicago?
Joe Allen analyzes the recent “yes” votes for Mayor Lightfoot’s Bally casino proposal as part of the narrowing horizons for the socialist alderpeople.
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It’s their democracy, not ours, but we must defend it
Bourgeois democracy isn’t full democracy, but British socialist David Renton argues that socialists should not be indifferent when the ruling class threatens to shed its democratic skin.
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A call for internationalism
Bob Kosuth, in his remarks from May Day 2022, argues for the centrality of an internationalist perspective in our political work.
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Working women in Iraq:
Working women in Iraq and their living and working conditions have received little attention in research, media, and politics. Working-class women are often [improperly] categorized […]. In addition, the interventions of progressive political parties and trade unions in Iraq are mainly man-oriented and neglect women’s conditions, desires, needs, and problems. At the same time, the…
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A rebel’s guide to Walter Rodney
Chinedu Chukwudinma speaks on Walter Rodney’s political legacy and the revived interest in his work for a new generation today.
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An unstable triumph: the Philippines after the election
Tempest’s Ashley Smith interviews Walden Bello in this follow-up interview after the national elections in the Philippines on May 9, which saw the consolidation of power under the right-wing populist and authoritarian Marcos/Duterte ticket.
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Europe’s energy addiction
Thomas Hummel provides analyses of the environmental impact caused by the Russian invasion of Ukraine and the ongoing war.
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A Tempest-zine discussion w/ Lois Weiner
As part of our bi-weekly discussion forum, the Tempest Collective hosts author Lois Weiner to discuss her recent article, “Capitalism and the changing class room,” this coming Tuesday evening.
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Solidarity with the Ukrainian resistance!
Ashley Smith reviews the ongoing Left debates about the Russian invasion of Ukraine and the continuing need to defend Ukrainian resistance as the starting point for rebuilding international solidarity from below.