New Articles

  • It’s OK to be angry about Bernie Sanders’ new book

    Tens of thousands of activists were inspired to join socialist Bernie Sanders’ campaigns for president in 2016 and 2020. Shamus Cooke reviews Bernie’s latest book and argues that the Sanders project of shifting the Democratic Party leftward has squandered the movement in a time of crisis and need.

  • A health care worker treats another person in a space with signs reading "Welcome to Chiparawe Rapid Testing Center, on a pink background.

    Fatal abstractions

    There are effective vaccines for COVID-19 and effective treatments for HIV/AIDS, but both remain global epidemics. Medical researcher Sam Friedman explains how the profit system is limiting the reach of life-saving medicines.

  • On the Chicago race for mayor

    Kirstin Roberts argues that given the stark political choice, the broad mobilization of left and movement forces in support of Brandon Johnson, and the groundwork laid over the last decade by union and social struggles in Chicago, the elections offer real opportunities for socialists committed to political independence.

  • Making sense of Chicago’s election

    Joe Allen sets the Chicago mayoral election in historical context and argues that the choice on offer, however stark, also reflects the political limits of the strength of the Left and our (social and trade union) movements.

  • The life and politics of Walter Rodney

    Tempest’s Anyanwu L. reviews A Rebel’s Guide to Walter Rodney by Chinedu Chukwudinma.

  • A protester in front of a building stands behind others. They hold a sign reading "Drag Sets Our Imagination Free."

    Jackson Heights defends Drag Story Hour NYC!

    Tempest members Reuben Abitbol, Thomas Hummel, and Haley Pessin report on a successful campaign action last month in defense of Drag Story Hour NYC against far-right protesters.

Recent Articles

  • Five crises of capitalism

    A lightly edited version of a 15-minute talk by Ashley Smith for the Tempest convention on international perspectives.

  • Expel Jamaal Bowman

    Tempest Collective weighs in on the call from some within DSA to expel Jamaal Bowman from the organization.

  • Won’t go back

    Commentary and reports on the last couple of months of abortion justice organizing.

  • Welcome to the quagmire

    Kim Moody assesses the recent U.S. election results and highlights the strategic cul-de-sac facing those sections of the Left currently oriented on the Democratic Party, while pointing to “strike-tober” and the possibilities of a resurgent labor movement, as an alternative strategic focus. 

  • Which strategy for the climate movement?

    Simo Dorn reviews books by Noam Chomsky and Andreas Malm addressing the question, how can the climate movement win? 

  • After the coup in Sudan

    Joseph Daher analyzes the current situation in Sudan after the military-backed coup last month.

  • Striketober

    Joe Allen looks at the realities of the recent strike waves, including a number of “no” votes on contract ratification, and the role and meaning of worker solidarity for socialists.

  • The contradictions of William Z. Foster

    Avery Wear analyzes the tensions within the political life and writings of William Z. Foster.

  • Commie musings from the bedside

    D.A. Wood reflects on the ideology that underpins the hospital.