New Articles
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Who and what is the ruling class?
In part two of “Who and What is the Working Class,” Josh On discusses the relationship between the market and the state. Part one is here.
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Defending trans students in NYC schools
Educator Danielle Bullock reports on the struggle to defend transgender students, arguing that solidarity among teachers, transgender students, activists, and community members will be crucial for NYC to remain a progressive oasis in Trump’s America.
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What’s next for the Syrian revolution?
A Tempest sponsored panel: “What’s next for the Syrian revolution? Challenges and organizing since Assad’s fall”
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July 9, 2024
In this poem, Joel Sronce weaves together three different soccer matches including a pickkup game at a schoolyard in Gaza during the genocide.
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Trump, the right, and the broader anti-trans reaction
It is evident that Trump and the MAGAtized Republican Party have taken advantage of voters’ anxieties and created a sense of panic surrounding transgender issues. However, as Eric Maroney explains, what remains less clear are the reasons why these appeals resonate with certain voters, what drives this particular political reaction, and how the Left can…
Recent Articles
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How should socialists think about political tradition?
Tempest’s David Camfield reviews the trove of theoretical resources available to us as we think about what traditions should inform our work.
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Confronting the backlash
In this transcript of a session at Socialism 2023, Tempest’s Haley Pessin and Phil Gasper discuss how socialists should challenge the backlash against the anti-racist uprising of the 2020s and argue that it takes a combined anti-racism and anti-capitalism to mount the necessary resistance.
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Black Lives Matter and Palestine
A transcript of Black Lives Matter and Palestine Solidarity Teach-In held in Seattle, Washington, February 1, 2024.
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DSA’s budget crisis has been a long time coming
Andy Sernatinger assesses the severe budget crisis that has surfaced within the Democratic Socialists of America.
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Free Boris Kagarlitsky and all Russian anti-war prisoners
The case of Russian socialist Boris Kagarlitsky, in prison for opposing the war on Ukraine, may be up for appeal in early May. Tempest supports an urgent campaign for his release.
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Criticisms and conditions in support for Palestinian resistance
Tom Dale responds to the Tempest editorial “Toward a free Palestine” and argues for clarifying what socialists mean by “unconditional but critical support” for national liberation struggles.
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“People have to act collectively”
Leading historian of McCarthyism Ellen Schrecker explains that McCarthyism was not about one person. And what’s happening today within our society, including the erosion of democratic practices and values, is not just about Donald Trump.
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Weathering the storm
Kirstin Roberts and Natalia Tylim report of the 2024 Tempest convention held in Chicago over the long weekend of February 17-19.
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Comrades, community, and commitment
Tempest member Aileen Cerrillos reflects on their experience organizing in university and NGO-modeled spaces and their decision to join the Tempest Collective project.