New Articles
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The fight for migrant rights in the U.S.
Brendan Stanton interviews Justin Akers Chacón, a socialist based in San Diego. Akers Chacón campaigns for worker and immigrant rights in the U.S.-Mexico border region and is the author of The Border Crossed Us: The Case for Opening the U.S.-Mexico Border.
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Essential Uprising
In “Essential Uprising,” Demetrius Noble urges workers to organize to demand an end to alienation and the meeting of basic human needs.
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Organizing for union democracy
Tempest member Nevena Pilipović-Wengler interviews Tempest members Ron Lare (Local 600), Judy Wraight (Local 600), Ye-Eun Jong (Local 2710), Toly Rinberg (Local 5118), and Andrew Bergman (Local 5118) about their history-making rank-and-file caucus UAWD in the UAW.
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UPS part-time wage cuts
In this response to Joe Allen’s article On the Brink? The Teamsters and UPS, Dom Belcastro details part-time wage cuts.
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Reflections on Emily the Criminal
Samuel Farber reviews the film Emily the Criminal and its portrayal of a sympathetic working-class person forced into a life of crime.
Recent Articles
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BNSF Railway strike authorization request
TJ Johnson reports on a change in attendance policy that could lead to a potential strike by BNSF railway workers.
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Khartoum State Resistance Committees Coordination
Tempest reprints this January 17, 2022 statement of the Khartoum State Resistance Committees Coordination as an expression of our solidarity with the Sudanese revolution.
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Why a synagogue?
Naomi Bennet argues that the Colleyville attack is not evidence of a specifically leftist or Muslim antisemitism, but follows the same logic of white supremacist antisemitism as other attacks.
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Transformation not celebration
For MLK Day, let’s ensure his legacy remains in service to his vision.
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Double fault: Novak Djokovic vs. Australia
Dave Kellaway writes about the ongoing situation involving professional tennis player Novak Djokovic’s legal battle with the Australian government over his vaccination status.
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What happened to the rank-and-file strategy in DSA?
Andy Sernatinger provides further historical context and criticism on the uses and abuses of the Rank-and-File Strategy in the Democratic Socialists of America
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CTU is defining the parameters of the possible
Two reports on the impact of the CTU job actions this past week.
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The U.S. left at a strategic impasse
Charlie Post and Ashley Smith argue for a new orientation for the U.S. Left.
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The Haitian migration crisis
A transcript of a November roundtable discussion on the Haitian migration crisis.