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  • 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.

  • 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.

Recent Articles

  • So-called axis of resistance  

    Iran has been attempting to achieve a regional balance of power against Israel and the U.S. as well as pursue its own military and economic aims in the region. The regime views any challenge to its influence in Iraq, Lebanon, Yemen, and the Gaza Strip, whether from below by popular forces or from Israel, other…

  • A black illustration against a burnt orange background, of different people walking over hilly ground from left to right, some holding each other's hands.

    Trump’s anti-immigrant push 

    Aly Wane predicts what’s coming for immigrants in the Trump era.

  • Each blow against oppression advances us all

    The Tempest National Committee argues that struggles against oppression are an essential part of class struggle and charts a political alternative that rejects the dead-end of class reductionism.

  • Illustration of young people, some in headscarves, reading.

    Scholasticide at the American Historical Association 

    Following an overwhelming membership vote in favor of a resolution opposing scholasticide in Gaza the Council of the American Historical Association, in a blatantly undemocratic act, vetoed the decision. Daniel Johnson reports on the events and plans to challenge this decision. 

  • Ukraine solidarity under the Trump administration

    In principled opposition to imperialism including the Russian invasion of Ukraine, and in solidarity with the Ukrainian struggle for self-determination and its defense of basic democratic rights, we republish the statement of the Ukraine Solidarity Network-U.S. (USN) on the third anniversary of the Russian invasion of Ukraine.

  • Ukraine’s fight for self-determination

    Upcoming event of the Ukraine Solidarity Network-U.S. marking the three years anniversary of the Russian invasion of Ukraine.

  • A mural of workers in a field. On the left and right are yellow and green stripes as borders.

    Immigrants Are Leaders in Our Class Struggle

    Avery Wear argues that immigrant workers are creating the first grassroots opposition to Trump’s second-term agenda and are critical to building an effective labor movement.

  • A photo of a keffiyeh with a red filter.

    A review of Palestine and Marxism

    brian bean reviews Joseph Daher’s new book Palestine and Marxism.

  • A picture of a person looking forward with a keffiyeh wrapped around their neck.

    Solidarity with Professor Joseph Daher

    Tempest joins the call for solidarity with Joseph Daher who is facing the loss of his job for his Palestine activism. We stand in full solidarity with all who are facing repression for their principled stand in opposition to the genocide in Gaza and for Palestinian liberation.