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Marxist theory
Who and what is the ruling class?
In part two of “Who and What is the Working Class,” Josh On discusses the relationship between the market and the state. Part one is here.
Theory and the question of organization (part 2)
Nate Moore examines the theory, practice, and crises of the British Socialist Workers’ Party and the International Socialist Organization (U.S.).
Theory and the question of organization (part 1)
Nate Moore argues that Lenin’s main contribution was not a theory of organization but in his attention to concrete social analysis—revolutionary theory that could inform strategy, tactics, and ways of organizing.
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Race, black liberation, & anti-racism
A racist counter-offensive in Texas
Interview with Joshua Hamilton on the attacks on DEI in the Texas higher-education system.
The history (and present) of anti-Haitian racism in the Dominican Republic
Tempest interviews Ingrid Luciano and Amaury Rodriguez, on the history of racist violence against Haitians and black Dominicans, in the Dominican Republic and its current, frightening resurgence.
Answering the call to fight injustice
Tempest’s Ashley Smith interviews groundbreaking Black feminist Barbara Smith about uprisings both present and past.
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Democratic Socialists of America
DSA never recovered from Bowman
Andy Sernatinger looks at the numbers and diagnoses DSA’s rise and slide.
DSA’s budget crisis has been a long time coming
Andy Sernatinger assesses the severe budget crisis that has surfaced within the Democratic Socialists of America.
DSA after the 2023 convention
The window for revolutionaries in the DSA is still open, if “open” means the opportunity to work with other socialists in the unions and movements, to win a layer of activists to revolutionary politics, and to advance the projects of left and revolutionary regroupment, argue Tempest members Giselle Gerolami, Ron Lare, and Peter Solenberger.
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Gender Identity & Queer Politics
Defending trans students in NYC schools
Educator Danielle Bullock reports on the struggle to defend transgender students, arguing that solidarity among teachers, transgender students, activists, and community members will be crucial for NYC to remain a progressive oasis in Trump’s America.
Gruesome George Galloway and the Paris Olympics
Hank Kennedy writes on the transphobia of once-prominent British leftist, George Galloway.
Political economy of passing
In recognition of Transgender Day of Remembrance and Transgender Awareness Week, Eric Maroney meditates on what it means to be Black and transgender in white-supremacist, capitalist society. In spite of carceral logics and practices alongside intimately felt gender discipline, Maroney finds reason for hope in queer and abolitionist kinship.
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Internationalism
Ukraine solidarity under the Trump administration
In principled opposition to imperialism including the Russian invasion of Ukraine, and in solidarity with the Ukrainian struggle for self-determination and its defense of basic democratic rights, we republish the statement of the Ukraine Solidarity Network-U.S. (USN) on the third anniversary of the Russian invasion of Ukraine.
Ukraine’s fight for self-determination
Upcoming event of the Ukraine Solidarity Network-U.S. marking the three years anniversary of the Russian invasion of Ukraine.
What’s next for the Syrian revolution?
Video from a Tempest Collective sponsored roundtable discussion held earlier this month on the Syrian revolution.
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Labor
Immigrants Are Leaders in Our Class Struggle
Avery Wear argues that immigrant workers are creating the first grassroots opposition to Trump’s second-term agenda and are critical to building an effective labor movement.
Notes on the ILA tentative agreement and the end of the strike
Kim Moody offers some initial thoughts on the settlement of the East Coast strike by the International Longshoremen’s Association (ILA) and the role of the Biden Administration.
Jane McAlevey, 1964-2024
Paul K.D. pays tribute to labor organizer and scholar, Jane McAlevey
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Palestine
So-called axis of resistance
Iran has been attempting to achieve a regional balance of power against Israel and the U.S. as well as pursue its own military and economic aims in the region. The regime views any challenge to its influence in Iraq, Lebanon, Yemen, and the Gaza Strip, whether from below by popular forces or from Israel, other…
Scholasticide at the American Historical Association
Following an overwhelming membership vote in favor of a resolution opposing scholasticide in Gaza the Council of the American Historical Association, in a blatantly undemocratic act, vetoed the decision. Daniel Johnson reports on the events and plans to challenge this decision.
A review of Palestine and Marxism
brian bean reviews Joseph Daher’s new book Palestine and Marxism.
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Marxist Classics
A new era of labor revolt (1966)
In the mid-1960s, in the midst of Black urban revolt and radicalization on campuses, the U.S. working class was supposedly bought off and inactive. Worker-revolutionary Stan Weirdisagreed. In this 1966 speech, he detailed the broad stirrings of a rank and file rebellion—a revolt with roots in unbearable workplace conditions and a deep feeling that “something’s…
What are the origins of May Day?
Rosa Luxemburg on the origins of May Day as International Workers Day.
The ABC of national liberation movements
In the thick of the Vietnam War, Hal Draper penned a set of theses about how socialists should approach questions of imperialism, war, and national liberation. With a new introduction by Sam Farber.
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