New Articles
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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.
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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.
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The blush is off the rose
Ahead of the Democratic Socialists of America’s 2023 Convention, Natalia Tylim assesses the state of the organization.
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Pricey Propaganda Against Ukraine Solidarity
Howie Hawkins critically assesses a recent New York Times “anti-war” ad.
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In Memoriam: Hugo Blanco (1934-2023)
In this poem, Warren Montag remembers Peruvian revolutionary Hugo Blanco (1934-2023).
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Construyendo un movimiento masivo para detener Cop City
En este artículo, publicado en Tempest en inglés, Erwin Freed de Workers’ Voice escribe sobre la lucha contra la construcción de Cop City en Atlanta, la cual ha llegado a ser la primera línea de batalla contra el estado carcelario.
Recent Articles
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Reflections on revolutionary socialist organization today
The Tempest Collective Editorial Board continues its engagement with David McNally on the challenges of building revolutionary organization in the current conjuncture. The interview seeks to expand ongoing discussions and debates on the question of the so-called micro-sect or micro-party model of building revolutionary organization.
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Solidarity with Twin City educators
A transcript from the March 3 roundtable event to discuss the context of the ongoing Minneapolis educators strike.
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Stop Putin’s war!
Ashley Smith argues for the historic importance of the Russian attacks on Ukraine, the need to unconditionally oppose the invasion, and the political basis on which a viable challenge to the imperialists threats to world must be based.
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Victory to the Minneapolis strikers!
Darrin Hoop reports on the Minneapolis educators’ strike, beginning today, on International Womens’ Day. He highlights how the anti-racist fight is at the center of the demands of the strike and the political energies earned from the struggle for justice for George Floyd.
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A new face for old politics
Ben Rosenfield profiles the rise of Eric Adams from police officer to Mayor of New York City in the era of Black Lives Matter.
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It’s a bird, It’s a plane…no, it’s a union!
Hank Kennedy situates the recent organizing drive of workers at Image comics into a longer history of efforts at Union organizing in that industry.
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The rise of Ilhan Omar
Shamus Cooke assesses the record of Representative Ilhan Omar and what her autobiography reveals about her political trajectory.
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When commonsense fails
This article was originally published in Spectre Journal. The following is an edited version, condensed for readability. The full-text can be read here.
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Fascism is as Canadian as the maple leaf
Todd Gordon puts the ongoing protest known as the “Freedom Convoy”, that started in Canada’s capital city and then spread, in its historical context with that country’s other fascist and far-right movements.