Category: Article
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Will Mamdani be allowed to govern NYC?
To win the Democratic Party nomination for mayor, Zohran Mamdani ran on a platform that won him a base of support in New York City’s working class. Shamus Cooke argues that Mamdani’s promises can only become a reality if his supporters are ready to fight against ruling-class resistance.
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Suweida under fire
Joseph Daher lays out the complex situation for activists in Syria’s recent struggles since the fall of Assad.
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History without democracy
Following an overwhelming membership vote in favor of a resolution opposing scholasticide in Gaza, the Executive Council of the American Historical Association vetoed the decision. Daniel Johnson provides an update on this important struggle.
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Mutual ruin? Or working-class revolution?
Sam Friedman reviews Volodymyr Ishchenko’s Towards the Abyss: Ukraine from Maidan to War.
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Trump’s strategy to reassert U.S. dominance
Despite all the chaos, confusion, and faction fights, the Trump administration is united behind one project—escalating Washington’s imperial rivalry with China—argues Ashley Smith.
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May Day Strong!
Tempest member Alex Schmaus interviewed Chicago Teachers Union activist Jesse Sharkey about the May Day Strong Meeting at CTU headquarters on July 18, 2025.
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Schools as sites of struggle
Education scholar and activist Lois Weiner discusses the strength of education workers and the specific attacks facing the education sector.
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Trump’s strategy to reassert U.S. dominance
Despite all the chaos, confusion, and faction fights, the Trump administration is united behind one project—escalating Washington’s imperial rivalry with China—argues Ashley Smith.
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An internationalist looks back
Alex de Jong reviews the Filipino activist-scholar Walden Bello’s new memoir, Global Battlefields: My Close Encounters with Dictatorship, Capital, Empire, and Love. Chronicling Bello’s political development, Global Battlefields provides us with an informative and entertaining portrait of a committed internationalist.
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The buffoon, the empire, and the crisis
Thomas Hummel describes the onslaught of Trump’s first six months: a program of crisis-driven neoliberal austerity and ideological appeals to his petty bourgeois base.