{"id":699,"date":"2020-06-08T13:43:37","date_gmt":"2020-06-08T13:43:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/finegritdesign.com\/_dev\/?page_id=699"},"modified":"2024-04-18T19:42:06","modified_gmt":"2024-04-18T23:42:06","slug":"debates","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/tempestmag.org\/test02\/topics\/debates\/","title":{"rendered":"Debates"},"content":{"rendered":"\r\n<div class=\"wp-block-group alignwide is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\">\r\n<div class=\"wp-block-query alignwide is-layout-flow wp-block-query-is-layout-flow\">\r\n<div class=\"wp-block-group has-global-padding is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\"><ul class=\"columns-3 alignwide wp-block-post-template is-layout-grid wp-container-core-post-template-is-layout-6d3d2eb2 wp-block-post-template-is-layout-grid\"><li class=\"wp-block-post post-14529 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-article category-debate tag-electoral-politics tag-new-york-city tag-socialist-strategy\">\r\n\r\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\" style=\"padding-top:2rem;padding-right:0;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0\"><figure class=\"wp-block-post-featured-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1600\" height=\"900\" src=\"https:\/\/tempestmag.org\/test02\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Copy-of-tempest_feature_card-28-1.jpg\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"A painting of three people sitting face to face over a table, looking down at a book. A pink filter over the photo.\" style=\"object-fit:cover;\" srcset=\"https:\/\/tempestmag.org\/test02\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Copy-of-tempest_feature_card-28-1.jpg 1600w, https:\/\/tempestmag.org\/test02\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Copy-of-tempest_feature_card-28-1-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/tempestmag.org\/test02\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Copy-of-tempest_feature_card-28-1-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/tempestmag.org\/test02\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Copy-of-tempest_feature_card-28-1-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/tempestmag.org\/test02\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Copy-of-tempest_feature_card-28-1-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/tempestmag.org\/test02\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Copy-of-tempest_feature_card-28-1-1200x675.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1600px) 100vw, 1600px\" \/><\/figure>\r\n\r\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-post-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/tempestmag.org\/test02\/2026\/02\/organizing-for-reform-and-socialism-in-the-mamdani-era\/\" target=\"_self\" >Organizing for reform and socialism in the Mamdani era<\/a><\/h2>\r\n\r\n<div class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt\"><p class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt__excerpt\">In this response to Ashley Smith, Alan Maass argues in support of electoral socialist campaigns, including those that make use of the Democratic Party line. <\/p><\/div><\/div>\r\n\r\n<\/li><li class=\"wp-block-post post-14394 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-article category-debate tag-new-york-city tag-socialist-strategy\">\r\n\r\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\" style=\"padding-top:2rem;padding-right:0;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0\"><figure class=\"wp-block-post-featured-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1600\" height=\"900\" src=\"https:\/\/tempestmag.org\/test02\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Copy-of-tempest_feature_card-11-1.jpg\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"A vibrant purple background. Against it are black silhouettes of people and podiums. In the top right is a red square with a small graphic of a tornado below black text reading &quot;Tempest Debates.&quot;\" style=\"object-fit:cover;\" srcset=\"https:\/\/tempestmag.org\/test02\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Copy-of-tempest_feature_card-11-1.jpg 1600w, https:\/\/tempestmag.org\/test02\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Copy-of-tempest_feature_card-11-1-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/tempestmag.org\/test02\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Copy-of-tempest_feature_card-11-1-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/tempestmag.org\/test02\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Copy-of-tempest_feature_card-11-1-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/tempestmag.org\/test02\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Copy-of-tempest_feature_card-11-1-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/tempestmag.org\/test02\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Copy-of-tempest_feature_card-11-1-1200x675.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1600px) 100vw, 1600px\" \/><\/figure>\r\n\r\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-post-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/tempestmag.org\/test02\/2025\/12\/for-a-strategy-of-independence-and-mass-struggle\/\" target=\"_self\" >For a strategy of independence and mass struggle<\/a><\/h2>\r\n\r\n<div class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt\"><p class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt__excerpt\">Ashley Smith responds to Todd Chretien\u2019s defense of Zohran Mamdani. <\/p><\/div><\/div>\r\n\r\n<\/li><li class=\"wp-block-post post-14391 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-article category-debate tag-new-york-city tag-socialist-strategy\">\r\n\r\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\" style=\"padding-top:2rem;padding-right:0;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0\"><figure class=\"wp-block-post-featured-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1600\" height=\"900\" src=\"https:\/\/tempestmag.org\/test02\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Copy-of-tempest_feature_card-9.jpg\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"A dusky orange background. Against it are black silhouettes of people and podiums. In the top right is a red square with a small graphic of a tornado below black text reading &quot;Tempest Debates.&quot;\" style=\"object-fit:cover;\" srcset=\"https:\/\/tempestmag.org\/test02\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Copy-of-tempest_feature_card-9.jpg 1600w, https:\/\/tempestmag.org\/test02\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Copy-of-tempest_feature_card-9-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/tempestmag.org\/test02\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Copy-of-tempest_feature_card-9-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/tempestmag.org\/test02\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Copy-of-tempest_feature_card-9-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/tempestmag.org\/test02\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Copy-of-tempest_feature_card-9-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/tempestmag.org\/test02\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Copy-of-tempest_feature_card-9-1200x675.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1600px) 100vw, 1600px\" \/><\/figure>\r\n\r\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-post-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/tempestmag.org\/test02\/2025\/12\/mamdanis-fight-is-our-fight\/\" target=\"_self\" >Mamdani\u2019s fight is our fight<\/a><\/h2>\r\n\r\n<div class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt\"><p class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt__excerpt\">Todd Chretien argues that socialists need to find \u201ca useful role inside the Mamdani experiment\u201d instead of issuing warnings from outside. <\/p><\/div><\/div>\r\n\r\n<\/li><li class=\"wp-block-post post-14258 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-article category-debate tag-abolition tag-democratic-socialists-of-america tag-dsa tag-police tag-socialist-strategy\">\r\n\r\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\" style=\"padding-top:2rem;padding-right:0;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0\"><figure class=\"wp-block-post-featured-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1600\" height=\"900\" src=\"https:\/\/tempestmag.org\/test02\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Copy-of-tempest_feature_card-3.jpg\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"A mosaic image of two goldfish facing each other against a background of orange, above a wavy strip of blue.\" style=\"object-fit:cover;\" srcset=\"https:\/\/tempestmag.org\/test02\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Copy-of-tempest_feature_card-3.jpg 1600w, https:\/\/tempestmag.org\/test02\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Copy-of-tempest_feature_card-3-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/tempestmag.org\/test02\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Copy-of-tempest_feature_card-3-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/tempestmag.org\/test02\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Copy-of-tempest_feature_card-3-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/tempestmag.org\/test02\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Copy-of-tempest_feature_card-3-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/tempestmag.org\/test02\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Copy-of-tempest_feature_card-3-1200x675.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1600px) 100vw, 1600px\" \/><\/figure>\r\n\r\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-post-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/tempestmag.org\/test02\/2025\/10\/hiding-our-goals-is-no-way-to-win\/\" target=\"_self\" >Hiding our goals is no way to win<\/a><\/h2>\r\n\r\n<div class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt\"><p class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt__excerpt\">brian bean and Thomas Hummel respond to Ben Burgis&#8217;s recent Jacobin article, \u201cThe Point of Politics is to Convince People, Not Grandstand.\u201d <\/p><\/div><\/div>\r\n\r\n<\/li><li class=\"wp-block-post post-13342 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-article category-debate tag-elections tag-socialist-movement tag-socialist-strategy\">\r\n\r\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\" style=\"padding-top:2rem;padding-right:0;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0\"><figure class=\"wp-block-post-featured-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1600\" height=\"900\" src=\"https:\/\/tempestmag.org\/test02\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/ashley_response_on_us_being_cowards_feature_card.jpg\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" style=\"object-fit:cover;\" srcset=\"https:\/\/tempestmag.org\/test02\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/ashley_response_on_us_being_cowards_feature_card.jpg 1600w, https:\/\/tempestmag.org\/test02\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/ashley_response_on_us_being_cowards_feature_card-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/tempestmag.org\/test02\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/ashley_response_on_us_being_cowards_feature_card-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/tempestmag.org\/test02\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/ashley_response_on_us_being_cowards_feature_card-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/tempestmag.org\/test02\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/ashley_response_on_us_being_cowards_feature_card-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/tempestmag.org\/test02\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/ashley_response_on_us_being_cowards_feature_card-1200x675.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1600px) 100vw, 1600px\" \/><\/figure>\r\n\r\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-post-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/tempestmag.org\/test02\/2024\/09\/block-squander-disorganize\/\" target=\"_self\" >Block, squander, disorganize?<\/a><\/h2>\r\n\r\n<div class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt\"><p class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt__excerpt\">Ashley Smith responds to Max Elbaum\u2019s overheated polemic on the question of strategy for socialists in the 2024 elections. <\/p><\/div><\/div>\r\n\r\n<\/li><li class=\"wp-block-post post-13300 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-article category-debate tag-bolsheviks tag-lenin tag-rosa-luxemburg\">\r\n\r\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\" style=\"padding-top:2rem;padding-right:0;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0\"><figure class=\"wp-block-post-featured-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1600\" height=\"900\" src=\"https:\/\/tempestmag.org\/test02\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/marot_response__feature_card.jpg\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"A red pencil draws a straight, red line from the left to the right of the image against a solid yellow background.\" style=\"object-fit:cover;\" srcset=\"https:\/\/tempestmag.org\/test02\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/marot_response__feature_card.jpg 1600w, https:\/\/tempestmag.org\/test02\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/marot_response__feature_card-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/tempestmag.org\/test02\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/marot_response__feature_card-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/tempestmag.org\/test02\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/marot_response__feature_card-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/tempestmag.org\/test02\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/marot_response__feature_card-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/tempestmag.org\/test02\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/marot_response__feature_card-1200x675.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1600px) 100vw, 1600px\" \/><\/figure>\r\n\r\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-post-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/tempestmag.org\/test02\/2024\/09\/lenin-luxemburg-and-the-revolutionary-tradition\/\" target=\"_self\" >Lenin, Luxemburg, and the revolutionary tradition\u00a0<\/a><\/h2>\r\n\r\n<div class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt\"><p class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt__excerpt\">Helen Scott and Paul Le Blanc respond to John Marot, offering a clarification of their position on Rosa Luxemburg. <\/p><\/div><\/div>\r\n\r\n<\/li><li class=\"wp-block-post post-13258 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-article category-debate tag-rosa-luxemburg tag-stalinism\">\r\n\r\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\" style=\"padding-top:2rem;padding-right:0;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0\"><figure class=\"wp-block-post-featured-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1600\" height=\"900\" src=\"https:\/\/tempestmag.org\/test02\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Copy-of-Tempest-cover-design-4.jpg\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"A flat blue background with two outlines of faces facing each other in a side profile.\" style=\"object-fit:cover;\" srcset=\"https:\/\/tempestmag.org\/test02\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Copy-of-Tempest-cover-design-4.jpg 1600w, https:\/\/tempestmag.org\/test02\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Copy-of-Tempest-cover-design-4-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/tempestmag.org\/test02\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Copy-of-Tempest-cover-design-4-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/tempestmag.org\/test02\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Copy-of-Tempest-cover-design-4-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/tempestmag.org\/test02\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Copy-of-Tempest-cover-design-4-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/tempestmag.org\/test02\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Copy-of-Tempest-cover-design-4-1200x675.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1600px) 100vw, 1600px\" \/><\/figure>\r\n\r\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-post-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/tempestmag.org\/test02\/2024\/08\/luxemburgs-lessons-and-the-roots-of-stalinism\/\" target=\"_self\" >Luxemburg\u2019s lessons and the roots of Stalinism<\/a><\/h2>\r\n\r\n<div class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt\"><p class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt__excerpt\">In a follow up to his article, Rosa Luxemburg and the democratic road to socialist revolution, John Marot responds to Helen Scott and Paul Le Blanc. <\/p><\/div><\/div>\r\n\r\n<\/li><li class=\"wp-block-post post-13162 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-article category-debate tag-bolshevik-revolution tag-lenin tag-rosa-luxemburg\">\r\n\r\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\" style=\"padding-top:2rem;padding-right:0;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0\"><figure class=\"wp-block-post-featured-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"720\" height=\"405\" src=\"https:\/\/tempestmag.org\/test02\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/marot_reply_feature_card_720.jpg\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" style=\"object-fit:cover;\" srcset=\"https:\/\/tempestmag.org\/test02\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/marot_reply_feature_card_720.jpg 720w, https:\/\/tempestmag.org\/test02\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/marot_reply_feature_card_720-300x169.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 720px) 100vw, 720px\" \/><\/figure>\r\n\r\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-post-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/tempestmag.org\/test02\/2024\/07\/luxemburg-on-the-russian-revolution\/\" target=\"_self\" >Luxemburg on the Russian Revolution<\/a><\/h2>\r\n\r\n<div class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt\"><p class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt__excerpt\">Helen Scott and Paul Le Blanc, editors of Volume 5 of Verso\u2019s Complete Works of Rosa Luxemburg, reply to John Marot\u2019s Tempest article based on the book. <\/p><\/div><\/div>\r\n\r\n<\/li><li class=\"wp-block-post post-12276 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-article category-debate tag-palestine tag-palestinian-liberation tag-socialist-strategy\">\r\n\r\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\" style=\"padding-top:2rem;padding-right:0;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0\"><figure class=\"wp-block-post-featured-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1600\" height=\"900\" src=\"https:\/\/tempestmag.org\/test02\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/2024-01-11-21.33.39.jpg\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" style=\"object-fit:cover;\" srcset=\"https:\/\/tempestmag.org\/test02\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/2024-01-11-21.33.39.jpg 1600w, https:\/\/tempestmag.org\/test02\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/2024-01-11-21.33.39-600x338.jpg 600w, https:\/\/tempestmag.org\/test02\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/2024-01-11-21.33.39-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/tempestmag.org\/test02\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/2024-01-11-21.33.39-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/tempestmag.org\/test02\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/2024-01-11-21.33.39-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/tempestmag.org\/test02\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/2024-01-11-21.33.39-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/tempestmag.org\/test02\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/2024-01-11-21.33.39-1200x675.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1600px) 100vw, 1600px\" \/><\/figure>\r\n\r\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-post-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/tempestmag.org\/test02\/2024\/01\/once-more-on-hamas\/\" target=\"_self\" >Once More on Hamas<\/a><\/h2>\r\n\r\n<div class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt\"><p class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt__excerpt\">As part of a continuing exchange on October 7, the Palestinian resistance, and the posture of the Left towards Hamas, Dan La Botz and Stephen R. Shalom reply here to Sean Larson. La Botz and Shalom had previously submitted a response to an article by Jonah ben Avraham to which Larson, in turn, responded. <\/p><\/div><\/div>\r\n\r\n<\/li><li class=\"wp-block-post post-10249 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-article category-debate tag-chicago tag-democratic-party tag-socialist-strategy\">\r\n\r\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\" style=\"padding-top:2rem;padding-right:0;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0\"><figure class=\"wp-block-post-featured-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1600\" height=\"900\" src=\"https:\/\/tempestmag.org\/test02\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/brandon_johnson.jpg\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" style=\"object-fit:cover;\" srcset=\"https:\/\/tempestmag.org\/test02\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/brandon_johnson.jpg 1600w, https:\/\/tempestmag.org\/test02\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/brandon_johnson-600x338.jpg 600w, https:\/\/tempestmag.org\/test02\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/brandon_johnson-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/tempestmag.org\/test02\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/brandon_johnson-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/tempestmag.org\/test02\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/brandon_johnson-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/tempestmag.org\/test02\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/brandon_johnson-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/tempestmag.org\/test02\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/brandon_johnson-1200x675.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1600px) 100vw, 1600px\" \/><\/figure>\r\n\r\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-post-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/tempestmag.org\/test02\/2023\/05\/the-left-under-brandon-johnson\/\" target=\"_self\" >The Left under Brandon Johnson<\/a><\/h2>\r\n\r\n<div class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt\"><p class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt__excerpt\">brian bean argues the need for independent organizing and struggle under Mayor Brandon Johnson in Chicago <\/p><\/div><\/div>\r\n\r\n<\/li><li class=\"wp-block-post post-9776 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-article category-debate tag-chicago tag-democratic-party tag-dsa tag-elections tag-police tag-socialist-strategy tag-unions\">\r\n\r\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\" style=\"padding-top:2rem;padding-right:0;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0\"><figure class=\"wp-block-post-featured-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1437\" src=\"https:\/\/tempestmag.org\/test02\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/elections-2_feature-art-scaled.jpg\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" style=\"object-fit:cover;\" srcset=\"https:\/\/tempestmag.org\/test02\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/elections-2_feature-art-scaled.jpg 2560w, https:\/\/tempestmag.org\/test02\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/elections-2_feature-art-scaled-600x337.jpg 600w, https:\/\/tempestmag.org\/test02\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/elections-2_feature-art-300x168.jpg 300w, https:\/\/tempestmag.org\/test02\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/elections-2_feature-art-1024x575.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/tempestmag.org\/test02\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/elections-2_feature-art-768x431.jpg 768w, https:\/\/tempestmag.org\/test02\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/elections-2_feature-art-1536x862.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/tempestmag.org\/test02\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/elections-2_feature-art-2048x1150.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/tempestmag.org\/test02\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/elections-2_feature-art-1200x674.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/tempestmag.org\/test02\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/elections-2_feature-art-1800x1010.jpg 1800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\" \/><\/figure>\r\n\r\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-post-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/tempestmag.org\/test02\/2023\/03\/on-the-chicago-race-for-mayor\/\" target=\"_self\" >On the Chicago race for mayor<\/a><\/h2>\r\n\r\n<div class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt\"><p class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt__excerpt\">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. <\/p><\/div><\/div>\r\n\r\n<\/li><li class=\"wp-block-post post-9762 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-article category-debate tag-chicago tag-democratic-party tag-dsa tag-elections tag-police tag-socialist-strategy tag-unions\">\r\n\r\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\" style=\"padding-top:2rem;padding-right:0;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0\"><figure class=\"wp-block-post-featured-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1439\" src=\"https:\/\/tempestmag.org\/test02\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/elections_feature-art-scaled.jpg\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" style=\"object-fit:cover;\" srcset=\"https:\/\/tempestmag.org\/test02\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/elections_feature-art-scaled.jpg 2560w, https:\/\/tempestmag.org\/test02\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/elections_feature-art-scaled-600x337.jpg 600w, https:\/\/tempestmag.org\/test02\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/elections_feature-art-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/tempestmag.org\/test02\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/elections_feature-art-1024x575.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/tempestmag.org\/test02\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/elections_feature-art-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/tempestmag.org\/test02\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/elections_feature-art-1536x863.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/tempestmag.org\/test02\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/elections_feature-art-2048x1151.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/tempestmag.org\/test02\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/elections_feature-art-1200x674.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/tempestmag.org\/test02\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/elections_feature-art-1800x1011.jpg 1800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\" \/><\/figure>\r\n\r\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-post-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/tempestmag.org\/test02\/2023\/03\/making-sense-of-chicagos-election\/\" target=\"_self\" >Making sense of Chicago\u2019s election<\/a><\/h2>\r\n\r\n<div class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt\"><p class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt__excerpt\">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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