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  • Against a red background, a sketch of handcuffs with a caterpillar and butterfly crawling and flying off of them.

    Communism, abolition, states, and the future of the Left

    In this conversation with Demetrius Noble, David Camfield and brian bean analyze the capitalist state and argue for abolition of the state and the police that defend it.

  • A photo of a crowd of anti-ICE protestors filling a street.

    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.

  • Iran on the brink?

    Tempest’s Ashley Smith interviews Houshang Sepehr about the recent wave of mass protest in Iran and the Iranian regime’s brutal response.

  • When the rubber hits the road

    Three organizers discuss putting the tradition of socialism from below to work in their organizing projects. 

  • A photo of Delcy Rodriguez sitting at a table with other people, speaking with the Venezuelan flag behind her.

    Venezuela after the coup

    Ashley Smith talks to Federico Fuentes about the Donroe Doctrine, the crisis of Chavismo, and anti-imperialist resistance.

  • A collage of Donald Trump grasping for a Canadian flag, with a red filter over the image.

    How should the Left respond to Trump’s threats against Canada?

    Tempest member David Camfield lays out the proper Left response to Trump’s bullying.

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    Introducing the UAWD’s Daily Struggle

    UAWD, a rank-and-file caucus within UAW, is holding a launch event this Sunday, October 19, at 3 pm ET for a new worker-led publication by and for UAW members that will provide a platform for workers to speak for themselves. Register for the event here.

  • A photo of two men in suits, Joseph McCarthy and Roy Cohn, leaning together, talking. The photo has a red filter over it.

    Rehabilitating McCarthyism

    As Trump continues to escalate his campaign of domestic repression, Tempest offers a perspective from Bill Keach on the repression of another period—the McCarthy era.

  • Two sketch-style portraits of indigenous people, each with feathers in their hair and wearing a necklace. The portrait to the left is filtered in green, the portrait to the right is filtered in orange.

    Indigenous Peoples’ Day

    The Tempest editorial board suggests a list of readings and resources for Indigenous Peoples’ Day.

  • A sketch of two reddish flowers against a muted pinkish background.

    “A huge massacre awaits”

    Tempest’s Shireen Akram-Boshar asked Toufic Haddad to characterize the current phase of the Gaza genocide.

  • A photo of Tom Alter smiling at the camera holding his dog. The photo has a green filter over top of it.

    Statement by the Committee to Defend History Professor Tom Alter

    A call for support for professor fired for speaking at a socialist conference.

  • A drawing. Background: a keffiyeh pattern. Foreground: A woman in a white hijab holds a camera up to her face. A Palestinian flag is in the lens.

    Killing the messengers 

    In the midst of Israel’s ongoing genocide, the editorial board remembers the more than 300 journalists who have been targeted and killed by the state of Israel.

  • A mosaic image of two goldfish facing each other against a background of orange, above a wavy strip of blue.

    Hiding our goals is no way to win

    brian bean and Thomas Hummel respond to Ben Burgis’s recent Jacobin article, “The Point of Politics is to Convince People, Not Grandstand.”

  • An icon of a flag on a pole off to the right. Image is overlaid with red.

    Against the New McCarthyism

    Ashley Smith argues that the Left must reject both the civility trap that liberals and Democrats have fallen into, which simply legitimizes Kirk’s bigotry as debate, and the dead-end of individualist violence. The task for socialists is to advocate and build the capacity to carry out collective organizing, protests, and strikes to advance democratic demands.

  • A huge crowd marches across a bridge. The photo is filtered with a bright green.

    The Mamdani campaign, left horizons, and the “defund the police” question

    Keith Rosenthal discusses the New York City Mayoral race,  Zohran Mamdani’s courting of the New York Police Department (NYPD), and cautions the socialist Left against abandoning racial justice demands.