New Articles

  • No arms to Ukraine?

    Nate Moore explains why U.S. based socialists should not be opposing arms to Ukraine despite the inter-imperialist dynamics unleashed by the Russian invasion.

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    “Bigger than Roe”

    Madison-area reproductive justice organizers Tessa E. and Dayna Long report on the Bigger Than Roe March and Rally in Madison, Wisconsin on January 22.

  • Class struggle today

    A Tempest Collective event this Sunday, February 12 at 12 p.m. EST

  • Not your father’s comic

    Excerpt: Glenn Allen reviews the surprisingly leftist politics featured prominently in the animated HBO Max superhero series Harley Quinn.

  • Solidarity Tyre Nichols

    Justice for Tyre Nichols! Solidarity against police murder!

    The Tempest editorial board and the Tempest Collective stand in solidarity with the family and communities of Tyre Nichols, who was murdered by police on January 7, 2023.

  • A help wanted sign in red on a green background

    This recession is an ambush

    Portland socialist Shamus Cooke has warned that the ruling class is conjuring up a recession to wipe out recent workers’ gains. Here he writes that we need a national response that combines action from below with steps toward workers’ political independence.

Recent Articles

  • Socialists and the defense of voting rights

    Sudip Battacharya argues that the socialist movement must take up the defense of voting rights as a matter of principle, and part of the basic struggle for the extension of democracy.

  • Why Referendum and Recall

    Andy Sernatinger explains two proposed amendments to the constitution and bylaws of the Democratic Socialists of America, “National Referendum” (C2) and “For a Leadership Elected by and Accountable to the Membership” (C5), or “Recall” for short.

  • Palestinian liberation and the MENA revolutions

    In the aftermath of the outpouring of Palestinian resistance to Israel’s latest escalation of its policy of slow-motion ethnic cleansing, Joseph Daher analyses the strategic alternatives for the Palestinian struggle.

  • Volvo truck workers on strike

    Lee Wengraf reports from the picket lines in Virginia where nearly 3000 workers are on strike.

  • Zones of assault

    Swati Birla and Kuver Sinha explore how the Modi government in India has shaped and compounded the extreme COVID-19 crisis there to benefit capital.

  • The ghastly specter of sectarianism

    Seán Mitchell, a socialist activist and historian from West Belfast, eloquently provides a framework for the history of sectarianism in Ireland, necessary for our understanding of these resurgent dynamics.

  • What’s at stake at the Teamsters’ convention

    Joe Allen reports on the upcoming 2021 Teamster Convention.

  • DSA chapter delegates results

    Democratic Socialists of America (DSA) chapters are presently electing their delegations to the 2021 National Convention, to be held online August 1-8. In the past, a list of delegate names without affiliations have been released to elected delegates after the conclusion of elections. This ends up being too little, too late. A list of 1300…

  • Labor law reform and class struggle

    In the context of an ongoing campaign to pass the PRO ACT, Charlie Post looks at important moments of labor law reform and their relationship to the broader class struggle.