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

  • Iron Dome’s Deadly Lessons

    brian bean analyzes the refusal of several socialist elected officials to oppose Israel’s settler colonialism and discusses implications for socialist strategy.

  • Alone in a crowd

    Emma Wilde Botta and Natalia Tylim argue that the October 2 Women’s March was a missed opportunity to build a socialist defense of abortion rights.

  • Occupy Wall Street goes national

    Tempest Collective members reflect on the ten year anniversary of Occupy Wall Street.

  • Die Linke: seven theses on the way forward

    Marx 21, the revolutionary socialist network within the German Left Party, Die Linke, provides its analysis of the September elections in Germany.

  • Meet the new boss—same as the old boss

    Tara Olivetree Ehrcke analyzes Canada’s recent snap election and why so little was on offer for the Left and social movements.

  • Being a socialist means being pro-abortion

    Moira Geary explains why abortion rights are facing their most dire setback to date and what socialists can do to defend them.

  • Hurricane Maria four years later

    Paul Figueroa analyzes the state of settler colonialism and disaster capitalism obstructing self-determination for Puerto Rico four years after Hurricane Maria.

  • Cutting history to fit a model

    Kim Moody responds to Eric Blanc’s piece on the origins of the Labour Party and “the dirty break.”

  • The IPCC Report and the socialist way forward

    Thomas Hummel elaborates on the ecological and political implications of the most recent IPCC report.