A revolutionary socialist organizing project
Welcoming kittens, developing tigers
by Mel BienenfeldTempest’s Mel Bienenfeld shares an account by NYSNA member Judy Sheridan-Gonzalez of how nurses organized themselves and their community ahead of the victorious NYC nurses strike.
U.K. higher ed strikes and union strategy
by Dan DavisonDan Davison makes the argument for a rank-and-file strategy given the state of the higher education strikes in the United Kingdom and the debates within the University and College Union.
Interview with two members of the Temple University Graduate Students’ Association (TUGSA)
by Joel SronceTempest’s Joel Sronce interviews two striking graduate workers from Temple University.
An interview with Ian Allinson on the strike and organizing wave
by Joe Allen and Ian AllinsonJoe Allen interviewed Ian Allinson, a member of rs21 and former rank-and-file socialist candidate for General Secretary of Unite the Union in 2017, and the author of Workers Can Win!: A Guide to Organizing at Work published by Pluto Press.
Steve Leigh analyzes the defeat of the Seattle concrete workers strike in light of the developments in the labor movement, including Striketober and the new Teamster leadership.
A report from the picket lines
by Lee WengrafLee Wengraf reports from the picket lines in Virginia where nearly 3000 workers are on strike.
Myths and realities
by Charlie PostIn the context of an ongoing campaign to pass the PRO ACT, Charlie Post looks at important moments of labor law reform and their relationship to the broader class struggle.