Articles

  • A old black and white photo of a crowd holding a sign in Russian and Hebrew.

    France’s student strikes

    Danielle Bullock interviews public high school teacher Laurent about the protests that began last month in Paris’s northern suburbs, where students have struggled to learn in crumbling, pest-infested schools with too few teachers.

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    Socialists and AI: No other choice?

    Chenglin Lee explores the relationship between AI and the capitalist economy and its effect on workers. They urge writers and organizers to refuse the temptations of AI when our work is inherently creative and social.

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    The Bund, anti-Zionism and the Jewish Left

    In this review of Molly Crabapple’s Here Where We Live Is Our Country: The Story of the Jewish Bund, Janey Stone, co-author of The Radical Jewish Tradition offers praise for Crabapple’s authentic approach to storytelling that brings to life an underappreciated anti-Zionist history of the Jewish Labor Bund, while providing additional historical context and perspectives…

  • Signs that read "we speak for th trees" and "hands off this"

    We are the Lorax and must speak for the trees

    Rose reports on the environmentalist struggle against the city of Los Angeles to save San Pascual Park, demonstrating that democratic, community-based groups willing to fight for a future that benefits the people—not profits—are how we build our mobilizing muscles.

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    Inside the French student revolt

    In this interview with Janette Zahia Corcelius and Jane-Léonie Bellay, students report from the student revolt in France.

  • Justice for Oscar Belgal

    Statement from Compas de la Diáspora in solidarity with Oscar Belgal and other victims of ICE and NYPD violence.

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    There is no normal to restore

    Blanca Missé reports on the Connecticut state senate campaign of Rosa Pepper-Macias and argues for the importance and viability of independent political campaigns and their role in opening greater space for working class self-organization and political power.

  • A photo of Trump overlayed with a photo of the white house's east wing demolition.

    Trump is sunk 

    The Tempest National Committee describes Donald Trump’s declining popularity and potential ruthlessness that must be met by social movements from below.

  • Photos of signs from protests to abolish ICE and police.

    In defense of abolition

    A discussion on abolition is being hosted by the Tempest Collective POC Caucus this Saturday, October 24 at 2 pm ET.

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    In the crosshairs of AI (part three)

    Ashley Smith interviews two advanced tech workers, Josh and Yasmine, on the rise of artificial intelligence and its many intersecting implications for the nature of our lives, labor, and the Left. Part three proposes organizing interventions and strategies of resistance for the Left.

  • An illustration of a human head, x-rayed with a brain in it.

    In the crosshairs of AI (part two)

    Ashley Smith interviews two advanced tech workers, Josh and Yasmine, on the rise of artificial intelligence and its many intersecting implications for the nature of our lives, labor, and the Left. Part two explores AI’s connection to global labor, climate, and imperialism struggles.

  • An illustration of a human head, x-rayed with a brain in it.

    In the crosshairs of AI (part one)

    Ashley Smith interviews two advanced tech workers, Josh and Yasmine, on the rise of artificial intelligence and its many intersecting implications for the nature of our lives, labor, and the Left. Part one provides an analysis of the political, financial, and existential “hype” around AI.