Category: Article
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The buffoon, the empire, and the crisis
Thomas Hummel describes the onslaught of Trump’s first six months: a program of crisis-driven neoliberal austerity and ideological appeals to his petty bourgeois base.
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The instrumentalization of antisemitism and the emergence of Jewish Voice for Peace in the United States
Sherry Wolf and Charlie Post chart the bad-faith conflation of anti-Zionism with anti-Semitism and argue for the importance of openly organizing as anti-Zionist Jews in relation to the emergence of Jewish Voice for Peace in the United States.
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The Mamdani moment
While the project of reforming the Democratic Party from within is a strategic non-starter, BC Hamilton cautions socialists against mere dismissal of Zohran Mamdani. Rather, he argues that a sober understanding of the limitations of Mamdani’s electoral strategy of inside-out reform must be married to a proactive campaign of solidaristic organizing.
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Which way forward for the resistance?
The Tempest Collective argues that now is the time to throw ourselves into movements opposing President Trump and argue for the politics of solidarity.
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How mass protest can turn liberal dissent into struggles for liberation
Seattle educator, author, and socialist Jesse Hagopian discusses how leftists need to approach people attending mass protests against Trump.
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End the war in Iran!
The Tempest National Committee prepared the following statement in response to the Trump administration’s bombing of Iran.
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The Middle East in flames—yet again
Imran Kamyana assesses the social forces at play in Israel’s war against Iran.
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Neither authoritarianism nor exploitation
The Venezuelan socialist organization Marea Socialista offers a powerful critique of the Maduro government and calls for independent working-class organization.
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The crisis of liberal hegemony
Ilya Budraitskis discusses the successes of the far-right internationally, the post-fascists, and what the Left must do in response.
