New Articles

  • Resisting authoritarianism in the Caucasus

    In this joint interview conducted on behalf of Tempest and Posle Media, Georgian activists and scholars Ia Eradze, Giorgi Kartvelishvili, Luka Nakhutsrishvili, Tamar Qeburia, and Lela Rekhviashvili answer questions about the roots, nature, and trajectory of the country’s social movements and the future of Georgia.

  • BDS is about justice, not antisemitism

    Historian Barnaby Raine examines the myths Israel creates in order to perpetuate its occupation of Palestine – including the myth that anti-Zionism is antisemitism.

  • In bird flu, capitalism is the culprit

    Sam Friedman discusses the role of capitalism in the H5N1 virus’s potential to mutate and become a pandemic.

  • The (not so) new red scare

    Dana Cloud describes the crackdown on scholars in the Cal State system as an example of the broader pattern of weaponizing the charge of “antisemitism” against faculty and students who have spoken out against the Zionist genocide in Gaza.

  • Who and what is the ruling class?

    Josh On discusses who makes up the ruling class and how they maintain their rule.

  • The Left and U.S. politics today

    The International Socialist League interviewed Tempest member Aaron Amaral about the state of U.S. politics today and the role of a radicalizing Left in responding to economic crisis, the presidential elections, the labor movement, and the ongoing Israeli genocide in Gaza.

Recent Articles

  • This is possible!

    In 2018, teachers struck across the South and won significant gains for educators. In this second of two articles, Darrin Hoop interviews four rank-and-file workers about their experience and draws lessons for labor organizing today.

  • Unions and the rank and file strategy

    Tim Goulet discusses the rank and file strategy and why socialists need to fight for democracy not only at work, but also in our unions.

  • This is possible!

    In 2018, teachers struck across the South. These strikes were initiated and led by the rank-and-file in states that do not recognize collective bargaining and won significant gains for educators. In this first of two articles, Darrin Hoop interviews four rank-and-file workers about their experience and draws lessons for labor organizing today.

  • One year after Dobbs

    A panel of activists discusses strategies to mount a defense and counteroffensive to win full reproductive justice including free abortion one year following the Dobbs decision.

  • Resisting the shock doctrine

    Ashley Smith chairs an event with Yuliya Yurchenko, Eric Toussaint, and Sushovan Dhar on the global movement against neoliberalism, debt, and the struggle in Ukraine.

  • Drag defenders organize to outnumber the right in Royal Oak

    In this report back Hank Kennedy discusses the successful defense of Drag Story Time in Royal Oak, MI.

  • Erdoğan again, but for a slightly different reason

    Hakan Yilmaz examines the recent election victory of Recep Tayyip Erdoğan and notes that the opposition’s defeat was particularly devastating, given the closeness of the election and the possibility for change in Turkey after the recent devastating earthquakes there.

  • a dead rose against a red background

    The blush is off the rose

    Ahead of the Democratic Socialists of America’s 2023 Convention, Natalia Tylim assesses the state of the organization.

  • Pricey Propaganda Against Ukraine Solidarity

    Howie Hawkins critically assesses a recent New York Times “anti-war” ad.