New Articles

  • “We shut this place down because everybody walked out”

    Tempest member Mel Bienenfeld interviewed with Rutgers workers Hank Kalet and Sebastian Leon about their historic strike, its methods, and its gains.

  • Sudanese appeal for solidarity

    In recognition of the urgency of the situation in Sudan and in internationalist solidarity, Tempest reprints two items published by the MENA Solidarity Network.

  • The far right today

    Hard-right politicians and fascist street gangs pose growing threats to workers and the oppressed, argues Charlie Post, but they aren’t the same thing, and the Left needs different tactics to combat each one.

  • Justice for Joe Evica!

    Ben Ratliffe reports on the firing of OPEIU Local 39 Chief Steward Joe Evica in retaliation for union activity during an ongoing contract fight with CUNA Mutual Group.

  • “Trans bans” and “groomer panic”

    Dean O’Possum situates the recent wave of anti-trans attacks in the context of a broader pattern of moral panics whipping up right-wing forces against trans people and the Left more broadly.

  • Future on Fire

    Tempest members Ricardo Gabriel and Nevena Pilipović-Wenglerinterviewed David Camfield about his newest book, Future on Fire: Capitalism and the Politics of Climate Change.

Recent Articles

  • The Teamster Election

    Joe Allen explains the prospects for the Teamsters in the aftermath of the most recent Union election.

  • In you I trust

    A poem from Brian Young Jr. in recognition and celebration of the first Tempest Collective convention.

  • Hospital workers on sympathy strike

    Reviving the sympathy strike

    Emma Wilde Botta and Elizabeth Lalasz report on recent labor unrest at the healthcare giant Kaiser.

  • Palestine, Bowman, and the DSA

    brian bean argues for continuing to demand both the expulsion of Bowman and a renewed principled commitment to BDS from DSA and the entire U.S. Left.

  • Let this radicalize us

    Tempest Collective issues its official statement in response to the Kyle Rittenhouse acquittal.

  • Apartheid is a red line

    Leandro Herrera argues why socialists cannot afford to compromise on solidarity with Palestine.

  • 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.