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  • A purple-tinted photo of Iranian government officials sitting in a line.

    Iran’s “bleak scenario”

    The brutal Islamic Republic has been prone to recurring—and growing—crisis, even before the current U.S./Israeli assault, writes Nasser Asgary. The regime’s fall could give rise, at least for some time, to something worse.

  • The cause of labor is the hope of the world

    The working class has a unique power in struggles against oppression, exploitation, and war—the power to strike. May Day is a time to test and build that power, writes the Tempest National Committee.

  • A photo of schoolchildren.

    The Tribune gets it wrong on the CTU

    brian bean challenges a hit piece against the Chicago Teachers Union in the Chicago Tribune and argues for an expansive view of education for social justice. He urges participation in the day of action in Chicago (and around the world) on May 1.

  • Searching for international solidarity

    Alex de Jong reviews the memoir of Eddie L. Quitoriano, a Filipino revolutionary and member of the “General Command” of the Maoist Communist Party of the Philippines in the 1980s and 1990s.

  • A hazy green photo of people praying.

    Dismissing China’s repression in Xinjiang

    Vijay Prashad and Tings Chak recently defended China’s policy toward ethnic Uyghurs in Xinjiang. David Brophy exposes the weakness of their case.

  • A group of police officers with batons in front of a burning building.

    ICE and the Police State

    Tempest interviews Alec Karakatsanis and brian bean about ICE, the police state, and the tasks for abolitionists today.

Recent Articles

  • A pink-filtered photo of a hospital building overlayed with outlines of people carrying signs.

    We are not the same nurses who went out on strike

    An interview with three rank-and-file strike leaders from the recently concluded nurses strike in New York City.

  • A photo of a wall covered in anti-war graffiti. A child walks in front of it.

    No war on Iran!

    A Tempest National Committee statement of unconditional opposition to the war mongering of Trump, his threats against Iran, and the bipartisan project of U.S. imperial hegemony.

  • A black and white photo of a battle in the street between striking workers with pipes and police officers.

    What does internationalism mean today?

    Working people, wherever they are in the world, have common interests. Our loyalties should be to the working class everywhere, not to any nation, argues David Camfield.

  • Ukraine still stands

    A solidarity statement on the fourth anniversary of the Russian invasion by the Ukraine Solidarity Network – U.S.

  • United Educators of San Francisco strike, a blow against austerity logic

    Julia Corrado reports on the recently concluded successful strike of United Educators of San Francisco.

  • Revolution and Counterrevolution in Venezuela

    Guillermo Kawin offers this review of Anderson Bean’s new work Venezuela in Crisis.

  • Against a red background, a photo of an apartment building with fire escapes.

    Mamdani, the market, and the NYC housing crisis

    Ben Rosenfield and Holden Taylor speak to Tempest to provide further context for their recently published Spectre article about the NYC housing crisis, Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s policy, and the debates on the Left.

  • Against a red background, a sketch of handcuffs with a caterpillar and butterfly crawling and flying off of them.

    Communism, abolition, states, and the future of the Left

    In this conversation with Demetrius Noble, David Camfield and brian bean analyze the capitalist state and argue for abolition of the state and the police that defend it.

  • A photo of a crowd of anti-ICE protestors filling a street.

    Lessons from Minneapolis

    The Tempest National Committee argues that we can use the kinds of mass protests seen in Minneapolis to build the organizational capacity to launch mass strikes against Trump.