Category: Article

  • Through DSA’s looking glass

    Through DSA’s looking glass

    Jen Bolen from Democratic Socialists of America’s (DSA) National Political Committee (NPC)  describes the story behind the controversial grievance report by the NPC regarding violations of the grievance policy during and beyond the 2021 DSA Convention.  

  • After Roe

    After Roe

    In an editorial for the Tempest Collective, Natalia Tylim offers a perspective for the Left following the loss of abortion rights in the Supreme Court decision, Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization.

  • 21st century noir in ‘50s Detroit

    21st century noir in ‘50s Detroit

    Glenn Allen reviews Steven Soderbergh’s No Sudden Move—released in 2021 and set in 1950s Detroit—and finds a delightful political film noir.

  • Time to bash back

    Time to bash back

    As part of our ongoing series of articles for Pride Month, Christian writes about the role self-defense can play for queer people responding to the recent attacks against the LGBTQ community.

  • A breakthrough for the French left?

    A breakthrough for the French left?

    Ian Birchall explains the background and looks at what may come next following the second round of France’s parliamentary elections which saw the president lose his majority, a new Left alliance becoming the second largest force, but also a worrying increase in far-right representation.

  • Pinkwashing as cold as the Rockies

    Pinkwashing as cold as the Rockies

     As part of our ongoing series of articles for Pride Month, Hank Kennedy provides a brief history of the gay-labor alliance that took place in the 1970s to boycott Coors Brewing Company.

  • The Democracy In Action slate offers a new path for UAW Local 2110

    The Democracy In Action slate offers a new path for UAW Local 2110

    Willem Morris assesses the importance of the Democracy In Action slate in the UAW Local 2110 elections and its endorsement by the national reform group Unite All Workers for Democracy (UAWD).

  • Inside the Ukrainian Resistance

    Inside the Ukrainian Resistance

    Tempest interviews Alona Liasheva and Denys Pilash about the Ukrainian Resistance, the state of war, the dynamics of class struggle and popular consciousness, and the tasks of the international Left in building solidarity with Ukraine.

  • Revenge of the Essential Worker: What’s Next for Labor in 2022?

    Revenge of the Essential Worker: What’s Next for Labor in 2022?

    With the large turnout and organizing energy at the Labor Notes conference last weekend, the Tempest Collective hosts a public discussion to assess the conference and talk about the challenges and opportunities facing the labor movement.

  • Voting for Democrats has been a dead-end for abortion justice

    Voting for Democrats has been a dead-end for abortion justice

    In the wake of the leaked SCOTUS opinion that is poised to overturn Roe v. Wade, thousands have mobilized in support of the right to an abortion. Stephanie Attar argues that activists should transcend bourgeois electoral politics and organize for socialist feminism instead.