War is hell
A review of 20 Days in Mariupol
by Sam FriedmanSam Friedman reviews the documentary film capturing the initial twenty days of the Russian invasion of Ukraine in the southeastern city of Mariupol.
The politics of degrowth
Technology, ideology, and the fight for eco-socialism
by Paul Fleckenstein and Gareth DaleDegrowth identifies and critiques growth as fundamental to the capitalist system. Growth enriches property owners and the wealthy, leaving the rest of humanity behind with devastating environmental consequences. Tempest member Paul Fleckenstein interviews Gareth Dale on the politics of degrowth and the critique of the ideology of growth in capitalist society.
Get ready for a fiery fall
Building on the year’s academic labor fights
by Dana CloudTempest’s Dana Cloud surveys the year’s labor struggles in higher education and concludes that the moment may be right for another surge.
Bring us your huddled masses…we got something for ‘em
Scenes from the social crisis
by Aaron AmaralAaron Amaral reports on one of the latest of two hundred sites in New York City where newly arriving asylum seekers are being temporarily warehoused, and the contradictory community response.
Perspectives for socialists today
A Tempest NYC Marxism day school talk
by Natalia TylimIn this talk delivered in June 2023 at the Tempest NYC Marxism day school, Natalia Tylim explains the importance of revolutionary organization and suggests directions for Tempest today. This is the second in an ongoing series of articles from our regional Marxism schools that took place earlier this summer. It has been lightly edited for publication. The first essay by Tim Goulet focused on socialists in the labor movement.
”Indigenous communities are leading the struggle in Jujuy”
Interview with an Argentinian socialist
by Gastón Remy, Warren Montag, Jimena Vergara, and Joseph SerranoThis summer, the province of Jujuy in Argentina exploded in protest against constitutional reforms with the indigenous communities at the forefront. The backdrop to this conflict is an anti-imperialist fight for control of the country’s resources. Warren Montag, Jimena Vergara, and Joseph Serrano interview Argentinian socialist activist and professor Gastón Remy.
Why don’t they just negotiate?
A poem
by Sam FriedmanIn this poem, Tempest member Sam Friedman observes the limits of pacifism while children die and catastrophe looms.
Their indoctrination and ours
by Tyler Thier
As the right wing tries to impose restrictions on what can be taught, Tyler Thier says that educators should fight back by exposing students to deliberately provocative material.
Freedom for Boris Kagarlitsky!
Solidarity is stronger than repression
by TempestSupport the campaign to free Boris Kagarlitsky.
What happened to the big UPS Strike?
by Joe Allen
Can a union achieve a “historic victory,” a gamechanger in contract negotiations without an actual strike? Joe Allen writes on the tentative agreement between the International Brotherhood of Teamsters and United Parcel Service (UPS).