Category: Article

  • This is a war against the studios

    This is a war against the studios

    Tempest members Dana Cloud and Nina Lozano went out in support of a picket against Netflix in Hollywood, where they interviewed six actors and writers about their work and the demands of the strike.

  • The Writers Guild fights back

    The Writers Guild fights back

    Tempest member Eric Maroney sat down with Gabriela, an ally close to the Writers Guild of America strike, to talk about the strike action, what is at stake, and what it will take to win.

  • Teamsters ready to strike

    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

    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

    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!

    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

    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!

    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.

  • One year after Dobbs

    One year after Dobbs

    A panel of activists discusses strategies to mount a defense and counteroffensive to win full reproductive justice including free abortion one year following the Dobbs decision.

  • Resisting the shock doctrine

    Resisting the shock doctrine

    Ashley Smith chairs an event with Yuliya Yurchenko, Eric Toussaint, and Sushovan Dhar on the global movement against neoliberalism, debt, and the struggle in Ukraine.