Revolution means smashing the state
by brian bean
Any responsible approach to overcoming capitalism, argues brian bean, must grapple with the need to dismantle the capitalist state and replace it with our own democratic institutions from below.
Class independence and the broad parties
A response to Left Voice
by Andy SernatingerTempest’s Andrew Sernatinger responds to a debate with Left Voice on how revolutionary socialists should relate to broad parties.
Sri Lanka’s democratic revolution
The latest episode in a decades-long drama
by Rohini HensmanMonths of protests brought down Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa last month. Scholar-activist Rohini Hensman situates this victory as one step in a protracted struggle for democracy in Sri Lanka.
Four distinct approaches to revolutionary organization
by Aaron Amaral
A slightly edited version of a short talk by Aaron Amaral on perspective for the revolutionary Left, given at the 2021 Tempest Convention.
Sudan resists the coup
Organizing solidarity with Sudan’s revolutionaries
by TempestA Tempest Collective co-sponsored event: “Sudan Resists the Coup: Organizing Solidarity with Sudan’s Revolutionaries”.
Socialist strategy and the party
by Gilbert Achcar
Gilbert Achcar looks at the “broad party” question and its implications for socialist strategy today.
Reader’s response to the Call for the release of detainees in Cuba
Cuba and the end of third worldism?
by Richard SmithRichard Smith offers a primer on socialism from below, working class self-emancipation, and the dangers of substitute liberators.
Iran’s Bloody November
by Sam Salour
Sam Salour summarizes an important new book that maps the recent uprisings in North Africa and West Asia.
New Jersey Communists in the 1920s
A review of The Red Thread: The Passaic Textile Strike
by Tim GouletTim Goulet reviews The Red Thread: The Passaic Textile Strike by Jacob Zumoff
Strange alchemy
The party surrogate and socialist politics in DSA
by Andy Sernatinger & Emma Wilde BottaAndy Sernatinger and Emma Wilde Botta critique a strategy popular among leaders of Democratic Socialists of America that places socialist politics inside the Democratic Party.