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  • A solidarity message from Canada on the UAW and auto tariffs

    A powerful statement to the labor movement and auto workers from Bruce Allen, a former president of Unifor Local 199, opposing Trump’s tariff policies. This was read at one of the twin rallies held on April 26, 2025 in Detroit and across the Canadian border in Windsor, Ontario. 

  • A crowd of people waving flags of the country of Georgia, with a paintstroke-filter effect.

    The fight for democracy, social justice, and equality in the Caucasus

    Tempest’s Ashley Smith interviews Vano Abramashvili, Maia Barkaia, Ia Eradze, Sopho Verdzueli, who are all members of a new Left organization in the country of Georgia. In the midst of high levels of struggle, including one of largest and most sustained mass protests in their country’s history, socialists in Georgia have come together to form…

  • Which Marx? On Colonialism, Uneven Development, and Gender

    Sean K. Isaacs reviews Kevin B. Anderson’s The Late Marx’s Revolutionary Roads: Colonialism, Gender, and Indigenous Communism

  • Real freedom means having no fear

    Public defender Pauloma Martinez delivers a May Day call to action at the Queens Criminal Courthouse.

  • A crowd of people hold a long banner saying "Stoppt Die Afd!"

    Rebuilding the left as Germany turns right

    In an interview, Martin Haller, the Chief Editor of marx21.de, explains the state of politics in Germany which has simultaneously witnessed: a large rise in support for the far right Alternative for Germany; a new right-led government shattering taboos and preparing to re-arm Germany; and the resurgence of Germany’s Left party (Die Linke).

  • Nationalism, workers’ power, and the myth of auto tariffs

    Andy Sernatinger argues that Shawn Fain and the UAW’s pro-tariff stance misses the real threats to autoworkers and the role the union can play in resisting these threats.

Recent Articles

  • A zoomed-in picture on the face of a statue of Lenin.

    Theory and the question of organization (part 2)

    Nate Moore examines the theory, practice, and crises of the British Socialist Workers’ Party and the International Socialist Organization (U.S.).

  • The perplexing smiles of the children of Palestine

    Poet and activist Marcellus Williams was murdered by the state of Missouri by lethal injection on September 24, 2024. In the last year of his life, among his poetry was this piece, written in solidarity with the people (and children) of Palestine, other victims of state sanctioned murder. Tempest re-runs the piece here in solidarity…

  • A watercolor illustration of an atomic bomb cloud emerging from the ground. The strokes are all black with a background of dark green.

    Nuclear Devastation

    David Friedman reviews Annie Jacobsen’s latest book, Nuclear War: A Scenario (2024).

  • A zoomed-in picture on the face of a statue of Lenin.

    Theory and the question of organization (part 1)

    Nate Moore argues that Lenin’s main contribution was not a theory of organization but in his attention to concrete social analysis—revolutionary theory that could inform strategy, tactics, and ways of organizing.

  • A photo of Dr. Steven Thrasher looking at the camera wearing a keffiyeh, transposed against the background of an arch at Northwestern University. Entire picture is tinted dark red.

    Support Dr. Steven Thrasher 

    Tempest encourages our members and supporters to sign the petition in support of Dr. Steven Thrasher.

  • Block, squander, disorganize?

    Ashley Smith responds to Max Elbaum’s overheated polemic on the question of strategy for socialists in the 2024 elections.

  • A sketched drawing of Marcellus "Khaliifah" Williams, depicting a Black man with glasses and a curly beard.

    Stop the state sanctioned murder of Marcellus “Khaliifah” Williams

    Tempest member Kirstin Roberts urgently advocates for saving the life of Marcellus “Khaliifah” Williams who is scheduled to be unjustly executed by the State of Missouri on September 24.

  • A solid purple background, with a red pencil drawing a line from the left to the right.

    Another view on the 2024 French Legislative Elections

    While Left enthusiasts for the results of the French elections rightly celebrate the electoral defeat of the right, Peter Solenberger argues that Marxists need to confront the problem that the elections do not offer a forward for the working class.

  • An illustration of the shape of Ireland covered with the pattern of the Irish flag. One hand with the Union Jack on it is pulling away the piece of land that is Northern Ireland, and one hand with the Irish flag is grabbing at the other hand to bring it back. The whole image is overlayed with an orange tint.

    A review of “Kneecap”, stage and screen

    Glenn Allen reviews the film Kneecap (2024).