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Defeat in Bessemer
Longtime socialist and Teamster, Joe Allen, critically assesses both the defeat of the Amazon organizing drive as well as the limitations of the lessons being drawn by some on the Left.
The Paris Commune and workers’ democracy
Thomas Hummel draws some of the principled lessons of the Paris Commune that have guided the socialist Left for 150 years, and asks how today’s Left measures up in having learned those lessons.
For a fighting approach, not factionalism
Andy Sernatinger and Emma Wilde Botta interview Kshama Sawant, socialist city council member from Seattle, Washington.
Erasing people through disinformation: Syria and the “anti-imperialism” of fools
An open Letter signed by the Tempest Collective standing in solidarity with the Syrian people against Assad, against all the imperialist machinations which have only deepened the crisis and the humanitarian horror in that country and region.
Recent articles
Solidarity with the Amazon workers
A Tempest editorial on the ongoing vote for unionization at the Amazon warehouse in Bessemer, Alabama.
Addressing the climate emergency with a Biden government
Paul Fleckenstein reviews the state of the climate movement and climate policy at the start of the Biden era.
No war, no KKK
Bill Mullen reviews No Fascist USA!, a new book covering anti-KKK organizing in the 1970s and 80s and argues that it contains important lessons for today.
Futures of DSA
Hakan Yilmaz responds to debate in Democratic Socialists of America about the goal of an independent political party of the working class.
The party question in DSA
Join Tempest Collective for a debate between socialists with different views about the question of independence and the Democratic Party.
Proposal for the DSA convention
A list of DSA convention proposals endorsed by the Tempest Collective.
“If you repress us, we will rise up even more”
Ashley Smith interviews activist and poet Me Me Khant on the recent coup in Myanmar, which has triggered a mass popular uprising and general strikes throughout the country.
National Amazon Solidarity
Watch the Tempest Collective forum “National Amazon Solidarity” to build support both for the RWDSU organizing campaign in Bessemer, Alabama.
Organizing Amazon
Joe Allen discusses the significance of the organizing drive at Amazon in Bessemer, Alabama