New Articles

  • Teamsters ready to strike

    In these two brief reports, Tempest members Ashley Smith and Paul KD describe Teamsters’ practice pickets as a potential UPS strike looms.

  • Starbucks workers protest Moms for Liberty

    Tempest member Joel Sronce interviews Sarah and Silvia, two of the unionized Starbucks workers who showed up in protest against Moms for Liberty.

  • UNITE HERE rally and march in Los Angeles

    Dana Cloud reports on a recent rally and march by hospitality workers from UNITE-HERE in Los Angeles.

  • 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.

Recent Articles

  • Get your nationalism out of our sports!

    Thomas Hummel reflects on the strategic use of nationalism in sports to support the interests of the ruling class and U.S. imperialism.

  • An image of Vladimir Putin.

    From Managed Democracy to Fascism

    In the aftermath of its invasion of Ukraine, Ilya Budraitskis describes Russia as evolving to a new form of fascism.

  • Was holding the line enough for MFT?

    In March—less than two years after outbreak of massive protests following the police murder of George Floyd—Minneapolis teachers and educational support professionals went on strike. After two weeks out, they’d won some gains, including on racial justice demands. Educator-activist Dan Troccoli explains how they did it and how far there is to go.

  • Seattle concrete drivers suffer setback

    Steve Leigh analyzes the defeat of the Seattle concrete workers strike in light of the developments in the labor movement, including Striketober and the new Teamster leadership.

  • Capitalism and the changing classroom

    Chapter two of Lois Weiner’s forthcoming book, as yet untitled, on capitalism, education, teachers’ work and teachers unions.

  • Where is the Left on pandemic politics?

    Justin Feldman and Sam Friedman discuss the shortcomings of the Left in response to the COVID-19 pandemic and try to trace a path forward.

  • Building from the bottom

    Joel Sronce reflects on an event featuring artist and activist Linqua Franqa and the importance of cultural workers to radical organizing in the South.

  • Amazon: The future is unwritten

    A Tempest editorial assesses the importance of the bombshell victory of the independent Amazon Labor Union in its organizing effort against the logistics giant.

  • The need for abortion rights

    Gee Roughin, a member of Greensboro Revolutionary Socialists (GRS), makes a case for free and safe abortion that’s grounded in the experience of two pregnancies.