New Articles
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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.
Recent Articles
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Santa Socialism
John Lang explores what it means to engage in wishful thinking about political change.
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Rosa Luxemburg’s war against cynicism
Sean Larson reviews the newest volume in The Complete Works of Rosa Luxemburg.
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Uprising for democracy in the Caucasus
Tempest’s Ashley Smith and Posle Media’s Ilya Budraitskis interview Georgian activists and scholars Ia Eradze, Luka Nakhutsrishvili, and Lela Rekhviashvili about the roots of the uprising, its trajectory, and Georgia’s place in global capitalism and the imperialist order.
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Notes on an Interview with Joseph Daher
Lizartistry shares graphic notes on the Tempest interview with Joseph Daher about the fall of Assad and the rebellion in Syria.
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Borders are prisons and prisons are borders
Kristen Godfrey argues that the Left must call for an end to borders and nation-states, and build solidarity among Black people and immigrants in and out of the United States to resist displacement and immobility
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CEO murder sparks national discussion on privatized medicine
Tempest’s Dennis Kosuth explains the reasons behind public anger at for-profit health care in the United States – anger expressed through public sympathy for the suspected killer of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson.
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France: The impossibility of a democratic compromise with capital
Behind the impasse of French politics is a crisis of economic stagnation, says Romaric Godin. Since no party can win consent for austerity, he argues, French capital seems bound to seek authoritarian means to impose it.
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Understanding the rebellion in Syria
Tempest interviews Swiss Syrian socialist Joseph Daher about the process that led to the fall of Assad’s rule, the prospects for progressive forces, and the challenges they face in fighting for a truly liberated country that serves the interests of all its peoples and popular classes.
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Part Two: Resisting authoritarian populism
Ashley Smith analyzes the Democrats’ failure to defeat Trump and what it means for the Left.