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  • A photo of people on a street amidst rubble. Photo has an orange filter.

    History without democracy

    Following an overwhelming membership vote in favor of a resolution opposing scholasticide in Gaza, the Executive Council of the American Historical Association vetoed the decision. Daniel Johnson provides an update on this important struggle.

  • A painting of a dancer with a flowing skirt, duplicated twice next to each other. Image overlaid with a thick yellow filter.

    Mutual ruin? Or working-class revolution?

    Sam Friedman reviews Volodymyr Ishchenko’s Towards the Abyss: Ukraine from Maidan to War.

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    Trump’s strategy to reassert U.S. dominance

    Despite all the chaos, confusion, and faction fights, the Trump administration is united behind one project—escalating Washington’s imperial rivalry with China—argues Ashley Smith.

  • A close-up of a crowd of people at a march. One wears a sweatshirt that says CTU on it, another holds a signpole.

    May Day Strong!

    Tempest member Alex Schmaus interviewed Chicago Teachers Union activist Jesse Sharkey about the May Day Strong Meeting at CTU headquarters on July 18, 2025.

  • A red-filtered photo of a school bus facing left on a street in front of a wall and trees.

    Schools as sites of struggle

    Education scholar and activist Lois Weiner discusses the strength of education workers and the specific attacks facing the education sector.

  • US dollar bills and Chinese yuan bills overlap.

    Trump’s strategy to reassert U.S. dominance

    Despite all the chaos, confusion, and faction fights, the Trump administration is united behind one project—escalating Washington’s imperial rivalry with China—argues Ashley Smith.

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    After decades, an insurgency falters

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    Sean Larson reviews the newest volume in The Complete Works of Rosa Luxemburg.

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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.

  • A drawing of a hallway of a penitentiary with a dark green and blue filter.

    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