Zionists fear the picket
Jacobin’s misdirection on Bowman and DSA
by Joel ReinsteinJoel Reinstein unpacks Liza Featherstone’s recent defense of DSA’s ostensible solidarity with Palestine, and finds logical fallacies and factual mistakes.
Next steps to regain abortion rights
Turn majority support into mass action
by Haley Pessin & Natalia TylimEven though popular support for abortion rights stands at more than two-thirds, the Supreme Court seems dead set on overturning Roe v. Wade. Haley Pessin and Natalia Tylim look at why this majority hasn’t ruled in official politics and the kind of organizing it will take to turn things around.
The U.S. left at a strategic impasse
The case for reorientation on struggle and political independence
by Ashley Smith and Charlie PostCharlie Post and Ashley Smith argue for a new orientation for the U.S. Left.
Mobilize on December 1 for abortion rights
A Reader’s reply: Fighting for the future!
by Linda LoewLinda Loew replies to Tempest coverage of recent abortion justice organizing and mobilizing and calls attention to an important day of action on December 1, including information for local mobilizations.
Five crises of capitalism
The challenges facing the left today
by Ashley SmithA lightly edited version of a 15-minute talk by Ashley Smith for the Tempest convention on international perspectives.
Won’t go back
Reports from the abortion justice struggle
by TempestCommentary and reports on the last couple of months of abortion justice organizing.
Welcome to the quagmire
The dilemma of the Democratic Party left
by Kim MoodyKim Moody assesses the recent U.S. election results and highlights the strategic cul-de-sac facing those sections of the Left currently oriented on the Democratic Party, while pointing to “strike-tober” and the possibilities of a resurgent labor movement, as an alternative strategic focus.
Striketober
Is a bigger eruption on the horizon?
by Joe AllenJoe Allen looks at the realities of the recent strike waves, including a number of “no” votes on contract ratification, and the role and meaning of worker solidarity for socialists.
Rust Belt socialism?
by Thomas Hummel
Thomas Hummel explores the politics of the upcoming Buffalo mayoral election and the potential socialist mayor, India Walton.
Takeaways from the NYC-DSA convention
by Hakan Yilmaz
Hakan Yilmaz reports on the 2021 Convention for the NYC Chapter of Democratic Socialists of America.