Category: Article
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Perspectives for socialists today
In this talk delivered in June 2023 at the Tempest NYC Marxism day school, Natalia Tylim explains the importance of revolutionary organization and suggests directions for Tempest today. This is the second in an ongoing series of articles from our regional Marxism schools that took place earlier this summer. It has been lightly edited for…
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”Indigenous communities are leading the struggle in Jujuy”
This summer, the province of Jujuy in Argentina exploded in protest against constitutional reforms with the indigenous communities at the forefront. The backdrop to this conflict is an anti-imperialist fight for control of the country’s resources. Warren Montag, Jimena Vergara, and Joseph Serrano interview Argentinian socialist activist and professor Gastón Remy.
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Why don’t they just negotiate?
In this poem, Tempest member Sam Friedman observes the limits of pacifism while children die and catastrophe looms.
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Their indoctrination and ours
As the right wing tries to impose restrictions on what can be taught, Tyler Thier says that educators should fight back by exposing students to deliberately provocative material.
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What happened to the big UPS Strike?
Can a union achieve a “historic victory,” a gamechanger in contract negotiations without an actual strike? Joe Allen writes on the tentative agreement between the International Brotherhood of Teamsters and United Parcel Service (UPS).
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Rock against capitalism
Tempest’s Hank Kennedy introduces readers to the socialist punk band Redskins and encourages us to seek out their music.
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Reject racist persecution by the Dominican government
Dominican writers and activists have initiated an international call to condemn the racist repression of Haitian migrants—and also to boycott a book fair that is set to honor to apartheid Israel.
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This is a war against the studios
Tempest members Dana Cloud and Nina Lozano went out in support of a picket against Netflix in Hollywood, where they interviewed six actors and writers about their work and the demands of the strike.
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The Writers Guild fights back
Tempest member Eric Maroney sat down with Gabriela, an ally close to the Writers Guild of America strike, to talk about the strike action, what is at stake, and what it will take to win.
