New Articles
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Tempest, the United Front approach, and “the Resistance”
Aaron Amaral assesses how revolutionaries should relate to the constellation of forces that have grown up in opposition to the Trump administration and its authoritarian efforts
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From squats to trenches
Paweł Jędral reports on the activity and ideas of a Ukrainian leftist collective in the armed resistance to the Russian invasion.
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Solidarity with striking ICE hostages!
Tempest interviews Izzy, a NYC activist, about their experiences in organizing in support of the strikers and their families at the Delaney Hall ICE Detention Center.
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UAW divests from Israel bonds
After UAWD members forced the amendment onto the Constitutional Convention agenda, UAW delegates voted to divest the union’s reported $400,000 in Israel bonds, marking a victory for decades of rank-and-file organizing. Navruz Baum reports.
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United Left Platform stands in solidarity with Minnesota and Michigan activists facing state repression
A statement from the United Left Platform in solidarity with fifteen anti-ICE activists in Minnesota and eight pro-Palestinian activists in Michigan who are now facing unjust charges for their participation in protests against the ICE occupation of the Twin Cities and the genocide in Gaza.
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The upsurge in Bolivia
The United Left Platform is hosting a virtual event on Friday, June 26 at 8pm ET to discuss the recent uprising in Bolivia and its impact both there and on the fight against imperialism and the far right internationally.
Recent Articles
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Hustle and hubris
Andy Storey intervenes in the ongoing debate about Trump’s foreign policy and leadership of U.S. imperialism and argues that the administration should be understood as closer to a pure kleptocracy than one systematically serving the U.S. capitalist class and its allies.
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Faultlines in a new epoch of crisis
We have entered a new epoch of crisis, imperial rivalry, authoritarian nationalism, and episodic, explosive resistance from below. Trump’s brief year of misrule has brought all these to a head. Ashley Smith explains.
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For an end to campism, the Iran war, and the anti-imperialist washing of the Islamic Republic
Somayeh Rostampour argues that opponents of U.S.and Israeli aggression in Iran must move beyond campism—or we will not succeed in rebuilding a genuinely emancipatory left or in revitalizing a truly popular internationalism.
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Communities not cages
Christopher Oliphant reports on April events resisting the spread of ICE’s capacity to detain immigrants in Michigan.
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Mayor Mamdani’s program in peril?
Mel Bienenfeld evaluates the first 100+ days of Mayor Zohran Mamdani and argues that a strategy, different than the Mayor’s and based on actively building strong and independent institutions of political resistance, will be necessary both to win the promised reforms and take forward any socialist vision worthy of its name.
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Kids Over Corporations
Amid worsening conditions in North Carolina’s public schools, teacher and organizer Carla Harris discusses the May Day “Kids Over Corporations” action, the broader crisis facing educators and school workers, and efforts to build collective power across the state in this interview with Anderson Bean.
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Iran’s “bleak scenario”
The brutal Islamic Republic has been prone to recurring—and growing—crisis, even before the current U.S./Israeli assault, writes Nasser Asgary. The regime’s fall could give rise, at least for some time, to something worse.
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The cause of labor is the hope of the world
The working class has a unique power in struggles against oppression, exploitation, and war—the power to strike. May Day is a time to test and build that power, writes the Tempest National Committee.
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The Tribune gets it wrong on the CTU
brian bean challenges a hit piece against the Chicago Teachers Union in the Chicago Tribune and argues for an expansive view of education for social justice. He urges participation in the day of action in Chicago (and around the world) on May 1.