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  • CUNY for Palestine

    Two statements by people affiliated with the City University of New York and related colleges in support of the Palestinian people.

  • A week of solidarity with Palestine

    Tempest members David Whitehouse and Paul Fleckenstein attended significant demonstrations in solidarity with Palestinians seeking an end to Israel’s genocidal campaign in Gaza.

  • Labor for Palestine

    The organization Labor for Palestine put out a call on October 24 for unionists in the United States to demand an end to the genocide in Gaza. Here is their call and a model resolution to use in your union.

  • Palestinian General Federation of Trade Unions Statement

    This statement by the Palestinian General Federation of Trade Unions appeared originally on October 16. We republish it here with the response from U.S. trade unionists in solidarity with Palestine.

  • Support Palestinians when they fight

    Naomi Bennet takes a critical look at the Left’s responses to Palestinian resistance.

  • United Educators of San Francisco board calls for ceasefire resolution

    UESF member Alex Schmaus reports on the union’s executive board vote recommending the endorsement of a resolution calling for a ceasefire in Gaza and urges members of the union to vote yes.

Recent Articles

  • Workers at a rally at Amazon's San Bernardino hub

    San Bernardino Amazon warehouse walkout

    Dana Cloud talked with Amazon workers on the picket line about work conditions, wages, organizing, and their future.

  • Past and Present Collide

    Sudip Battacharya reviews Donna Murch, Assata Taught Me: State Violence, Racial Capitalism, and the Movement for Black Lives and explores how the past informs the present.

  • So that the “Woman, Life, Freedom” movement does not die!

    Tempest re-publishes a statement in solidarity with the political prisoners of the Iranian Regime.

  • Biden rides the brakes on labor’s upsurge

    Shamus Cooke analyzes the response of the Biden administration to the recent upsurges in labor organizing and activism and finds reasons for concern.

  • The war and the future of Ukraine and the left movement

    A resolution on Putin’s invasion, war, and the future of Ukraine and the left movement passed by Sotsialnyi Rukh/ Social Movement (Ukraine) at its recent September 2022 convention.

  • The Pink House

    Jackson, Mississippi abortion justice leader Derenda Hancock describes the Jackson Women’s Health Organization’s history and closure and explains why the abortion justice movement must ramp-up clinic defenses in the coming days.

  • Reflections on the 2020 uprising

    Mara Chinelli looks back on the 2020 rebellion  that followed the police murder of George Floyd in Minneapolis, Minnesota and its reverberations across the country, including in New York City.

  • The alt-right anti-trans crusades

    Eric Maroney argues that the far-right attacks on transgender people stem from profound social anxiety over the crises posed by neoliberal capitalism.

  • Did Lenin Сreate Ukraine?

    Grusha Gilaeva analyzes the positions of Marx and Lenin on the national question and explains why the Left must support the anti-colonial struggle of Ukraine.