Category: Article
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On the Chicago race for mayor
Kirstin Roberts argues that given the stark political choice, the broad mobilization of left and movement forces in support of Brandon Johnson, and the groundwork laid over the last decade by union and social struggles in Chicago, the elections offer real opportunities for socialists committed to political independence.
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Making sense of Chicago’s election
Joe Allen sets the Chicago mayoral election in historical context and argues that the choice on offer, however stark, also reflects the political limits of the strength of the Left and our (social and trade union) movements.
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The life and politics of Walter Rodney
Tempest’s Anyanwu L. reviews A Rebel’s Guide to Walter Rodney by Chinedu Chukwudinma.
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Jackson Heights defends Drag Story Hour NYC!
Tempest members Reuben Abitbol, Thomas Hummel, and Haley Pessin report on a successful campaign action last month in defense of Drag Story Hour NYC against far-right protesters.
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North Carolina’s factory boom
National policy is spurring new investment in domestic factories, and North Carolina is one center of the boom. David Leon argues that the growth in factory jobs can enable new organizing and workers’ struggle—and that socialists have a key role to play.
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Anti-lamentation
In this poem, Tempest member Sam Friedman considers how, through collective work, we can resist the apocalyptic threats of capitalism.
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Health care concessions in the NYC public sector?
Robert Cuffy and Peter Allen-Lamphere argue that the heralded citywide contract is anything but a victory for New York City public sector workers.
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Resisting the backlash
A Tempest Collective event on Sunday, March 26 at 2 pm EDT.
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Remembering Marshal Law
Tempest’s Hank Kennedy pays tribute to the radical comic book artist Kevin O’Neill, who died last November.
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Princeton graduate workers are fighting like tigers for a union
Tempest member Promise Li reports on the recently announced union card campaign launched last month by PGSU at Princeton University.