Author: Tempest National Committee
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After the blue tsunami
The Tempest National Committee argues that following the 2026 U.S. midterm elections, the massive defeat of Trump and the Republican Party creates an important political opening, but one that will not be met by any strategy centered on electoral politics within the Democratic Party.
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Trump is sunk
The Tempest National Committee describes Donald Trump’s declining popularity and potential ruthlessness that must be met by social movements from below.
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In defense of abolition
As prominent leftists and progressives scramble to walk back their previous commitments to “woke” demands, the Tempest National Committee explains why abolition politics is fundamental to socialism.
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How do we stop the bloodshed?
In the wake of the ICE murders of Lorenzo Salgado Araujo in Texas and Johan Sebastián Durán Guerrero in Maine over the summer, the Tempest National Committee makes the case for the Left to build and support independent immigrant defense networks.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Minneapolis shows the way
Friday’s mass strike actions in Minneapolis could be a major step forward for resisting Trump’s racist campaign of street terror—and an example for activists in other cities to follow. A Tempest National Committee statement.
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We can’t vote our way out of this mess
The Tempest National Committee looks to the emergence of mass protests as the way to challenge Trump’s authoritarianism.
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Oppose U.S. Imperialism in Venezuela
The Tempest Collective statement in opposition to the Trump administration’s ongoing criminal actions in Venezuela.