New Articles

  • 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.

  • The transformative power of solidarity

    A review of Leah Hunt-Hendrix and Astra Taylor, Solidarity: The Past, Present, and Future of a World-Changing Idea

  • Imperialism and anti-imperialism today

    Ashley Smith explores the asymmetric multipolar world order and the challenges it poses for the Left.

Recent Articles

  • It’s a smaller world in DeSantis’ Florida

    Eric Maroney provides an analysis of the response to the ongoing wave of attacks against queer and trans youth in the U.S. with a focus on Florida governor and recently announced presidential candidate Ron DeSantis.

  • Vote no and fight for more

    Five years ago, New York City forced its teachers to take cuts in health coverage. This year they’re offering a sub-inflation raise. Keegan O’Brien calls for a NO vote and explains how to build a fight to win more.

  • Three people hold up signs on a tree-lined street. One is standing with the assistance of a cane, one is in a wheelchair, and the third is apparently unassisted.

    Disability justice movements: history and practice

    In this second article of two (the first is here) on disability justice and socialism, from a roundtable held at Socialism 2022, Dana Cloud and Nina Lozano explore the history of social movements by people with disabilities and suggest lessons for socialist practice today.

  • Strike Ready?

    Tempest member Joe Allen explores the role of the Left in preparing for the potential Teamsters strike this summer.

  • Three people are shown from behind holding up signs toward oncoming traffic along a wooded street. One holds a cane, one is in a wheelchair, and the third has no assistive devices.

    The political economy of disability

    In this first article of two on disability justice and socialism, from a roundtable held at Socialism 2022, Keith Rosenthal explains how the category of disability and oppression based on ability are rooted in the capitalist economic system.

  • Building a mass movement to stop Cop City

    Erwin Freed of Workers’ Voice writes on the ongoing struggle against the construction of Cop City in Atlanta, which has become a front-line battle against the carceral state.

  • The fight for migrant rights in the U.S.

    Brendan Stanton interviews Justin Akers Chacón, a socialist based in San Diego. Akers Chacón campaigns for worker and immigrant rights in the U.S.-Mexico border region and is the author of The Border Crossed Us: The Case for Opening the U.S.-Mexico Border.

  • Essential Uprising

    In “Essential Uprising,” Demetrius Noble urges workers to organize to demand an end to alienation and the meeting of basic human needs.

  • Organizing for union democracy

    Tempest member Nevena Pilipović-Wengler interviews Tempest members Ron Lare (Local 600), Judy Wraight (Local 600), Ye-Eun Jong (Local 2710), Toly Rinberg (Local 5118), and Andrew Bergman (Local 5118) about their history-making rank-and-file caucus UAWD in the UAW.