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  • A painting of three people sitting face to face over a table, looking down at a book. A pink filter over the photo.

    Organizing for reform and socialism in the Mamdani era

    In this response to Ashley Smith, Alan Maass argues in support of electoral socialist campaigns, including those that make use of the Democratic Party line.

  • A yellow-filtered image of a school bus transposed next to the face of Zohran Mamdani speaking on a microphone transposed in front of a sign of the brooklyn bridge.

    Mamdani’s mayoral control mishap 

    NYC educators Peter Allen-Lamphere and Chris O’Brien analyze and critique Mamdani’s support for mayoral control of the city’s schools.

  • A purple-filtered photo of protest signs reading things like "General strike", "ICE out of Minnesota", and "Arrest Jonathan Ross for Murder Now"

    The long arc of struggle 

    Harsha Walia argues in the context of the mass mobilizations against ICE in Minnesota, for a politics grounded in the long arc of struggle and learning across generations.

  • Iran: The anatomy of Dey

    Iranian exile Siyavash Shahabi explores the roots of the country’s crisis and the currents that make up the recent wave of resistance.

  • U.S. out of Venezuela – ICE out of our communities!

    The United Left Platform is hosting a meeting to help build the movements in opposition to U.S. imperialism and against Trump’s wars abroad and those here in the U.S.

  • A close-up photo of a crowd holding anti-ICE signs. The photo has an orangish-red filter.

    Resistance to ICE’s war on Chicago

    Members of the Chicago Tempest Collective compiled these oral history interviews with anti-ICE activists in Chicago.

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  • On the left, a close-up of Jeremy Corbyn's face looking off to the right. On the right, a headshot of Zarah Sultana looking at the camera. The image is filtered in orange.

    Your Party: Don’t fuck this up! 

    UK socialists in rs21 call on the country’s new political party not to squander this opportunity.

  • Dark blue background with light blue shapes, taken from the shapes of the Nepal flag, against it.

    Nepal protests have deeper roots

    Protests against a social media in Nepal ban grew into a full blown uprising after police killed 19 protesters. But what is next? Tempest republishes this article from Alex de Jong, initially run in International Viewpoint, with minor edits.

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

    Texas State University Fires History Professor Tom Alter

    A statement from the Texas State Employees Union condemning the termination of Texas State University Professor Tom Alter. Tempest stands in solidarity with Tom Alter.

  • A photo of a line of soldiers standing in front of the Capitol building.

    Trump’s D.C. occupation is an attack on all of us

    In this interview, conducted before Trump’s direct control of the M.P.D. expired, D.C.-based scholar Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò discusses the forms of resistance and experimental collectivity that emerged in opposition to Trump’s takeover and considers the possibility of future escalation and organization.

  • A photo of a protest for Palestine. Background: signs in Spanish and Palestine flags. Foreground: 3 people, 2 of whom are wearing keffiyehs.

    Palestine on trial in Argentina

    As Argentina continues to arrest peaceful protesters, socialist Alejandro Bodart speaks to Tempest again about the criminalization of himself and other advocates of Palestinian freedom.

  • Edgardo Lander, a man with white facial hair and glasses, speaks at a microphone while gesturing with his hands. The photo has a red filter over it.

    Venezuela’s authoritarian turn and the repression of its Left

    In this interview, conducted by Anderson Bean, Edgardo Lander reflects on the deepening repression in Venezuela, the criminalization of dissent, and the stakes for academic freedom, democracy, and international solidarity

  • Against a pink background, a sketch of a young person wearing a cap with a ponytail, holding the strings to a kite that floats in the air up to the left.

    On the Flotilla to Gaza

    Anderson Bean and brian bean interview Argentina socialist Cele Fierro about aid flotillas to Gaza sailing from Tunisia and Spain.

  • Resisting anti-trans policies in NYC and beyond

    Danielle Bullock discusses examples of organized resistance to the attacks on trans youth in New York City and beyond.

  • A photo of an Air Canada plane on a runway.

    More pay, but less union democracy

    Striking flight attendants at Air Canada have won real gains in pay, but union officials bargained away the workers’ right to reject the deal and fight for more. As the ratification vote goes on, David Camfield explains.