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Against the New McCarthyism

Tempest Collective @tempestcollective.bsky.social · 8d

"Trump is using attacks on Palestinians and trans people to carry out class war on us all."

Socialists must advocate and build the capacity to carry out collective organizing, protests, and strikes to advance democratic demands.

Tempest Collective @tempestcollective.bsky.social · 9d

New Articles from Tempest for 09/29/2025

A digest of recently published articles on Tempest: www.tempestmag.org

The Mamdani campaign, left horizons, and the “defund the police” question

Tempest Collective @tempestcollective.bsky.social · 12d

'The biggest problem with #Mamdani’s approach to “public safety” is that it represents a summary retreat from many of the political, material, and ideological advances wrought by the movements and uprisings against police oppression over the last decade.'

On Zohran Mamdani’s NYC mayoral campaign, the Democratic Socialists of America (DSA), and the enduring importance of “Defund the Police”.

Your Party: Don’t fuck this up!

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Tempest Collective @tempestcollective.bsky.social · 14d

UK socialists in @rs21.bsky.social call on the country’s new political party not to squander this opportunity tempestmag.org/2025/09/your... #YourParty #UKPolitics

UK socialists in Revolutionary Socialism in the 21st Century call on the country’s new political party not to squander this opportunity.

Tempest Collective @tempestcollective.bsky.social · 16d

New Articles from Tempest for 09/22/2025

A digest of recently published articles on Tempest: www.tempestmag.org

Nepal protests have deeper roots

Tempest Collective @tempestcollective.bsky.social · 20d

"The legitimate anger over corruption can be a step towards social radicalism. But there is also a risk of such energy being captured by more conservative forces, as the fate of other anti-corruption protests shows." #NepalProtests

Protests against a social media in Nepal ban grew into a full blown uprising after police killed 19 protesters. But what is next?

Texas State University Fires History Professor Tom Alter

Tempest Collective @tempestcollective.bsky.social · 21d

Demand justice for Professor Tom Alter! #NewMcCarthyism

A statement from the Texas State Employees Union condemning the termination of Texas State University Professor Tom Alter.

Trump’s D.C. occupation is an attack on all of us

Tempest Collective @tempestcollective.bsky.social · 21d

Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò discusses the forms of resistance and experimental collectivity that emerged in opposition to Trump’s takeover of D.C. and considers the possibility of future escalation and organization

D.C.-based scholar Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò discusses the forms of resistance that emerged in opposition to Trump’s takeover of the capital.

We Demand Texas State University Give Tom Alter His Job Back

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Coalition for Action in Higher Ed @actioninhighered.bsky.social · 26d

Beloved History professor and Socialist Horizon member Tom Alter was summarily fired on September 10th by
Texas State University President Kelly Damphousse for expressing his ideas at a virtual conference. We Demand Texas State University Give Tom Alter His Job Back chng.it/Lr8fkLfy via @Change

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Tempest Collective @tempestcollective.bsky.social · 24d

"Today we live under a very repressive state … Peaceful demonstrations are brutally repressed … We are living through a change of regime in #Argentina." #PalestineSolidarity

Palestine on trial in Argentina

As Argentina continues to arrest peaceful protestors, Alejandro Bodart speaks about the criminalization of himself and Palestine solidarity.

Venezuela’s authoritarian turn and the repression of its Left

Tempest Collective @tempestcollective.bsky.social · 26d

"This is a new authoritarian model in which not only are autonomous organizations banned, but even unions have been declared obsolete."

In this interview conducted by Anderson Bean, Edgardo Lander reflects on the deepening repression in Venezuela under the Maduro regime.

Resisting anti-trans policies in NYC and beyond

Tempest Collective @tempestcollective.bsky.social · Sep 5

"NYC is often thought of as a center of trans and queer resistance, and a place of relative refuge for the LGBTQ+ community. This is not by accident, but is the result of generations of struggle from even before the Stonewall Uprising."

Danielle Bullock discusses examples of organized resistance to the attacks on trans youth in New York City and beyond.

Anderson Bean and brian bean interview Argentina socialist Cele Fierro about aid flotillas to Gaza sailing from Tunisia and Spain.

Tempest Collective @tempestcollective.bsky.social · Sep 2

Cele Fierro—a leading figure in Argentina’s Movimiento Socialista de los Trabajadores (MST) and the International Socialist League (ISL/LIS)—discusses why she is joining the newest flotilla and what’s at stake

On the Flotilla to Gaza

Tempest Collective @tempestcollective.bsky.social · Sep 1

New Articles from Tempest for 09/01/2025

A digest of recently published articles on Tempest: www.tempestmag.org

More pay, but less union democracy

Tempest Collective @tempestcollective.bsky.social · Sep 1

"Union members who want unions that are really militant, democratic and solidaristic need to organize themselves on their own and work to change our unions."

The Air Canada strike won important gains but sacrificed workers’ rights to reject the deal.

Democrats are saboteurs in the resistance camp

Tempest Collective @tempestcollective.bsky.social · Aug 27

"The Democratic Party specifically, because it is a party dominated by the capitalist class, sabotages our class’ fight against the authoritarian and reactionary tendencies of the Republicans."

The Democratic Party sabotages struggles against the authoritarian and reactionary tendencies of the Republicans.

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Tempest Collective @tempestcollective.bsky.social · Aug 27

Comunicado de Solidaridad y Reconocimiento a Edgardo Lander, Francisco Javier Velasco, Santiago Arconada, Emiliano Terán Mantovani y Alexandra Martínez

Vemos con profunda preocupación los graves señalamientos a miembros de la comunidad universitaria por parte de fuentes oficiales que intentan criminalizar la actividad académica de nuestro país. Docen...

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Tempest Collective @tempestcollective.bsky.social · Aug 27

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Solidarity with Venezuelan intellectuals

A call for solidarity with Venezuelan academics and intellectuals facing state repression.

Mamdani and the tasks for NYC socialists

Tempest Collective @tempestcollective.bsky.social · Aug 24

"While we understand and identify with the desire for material victories, it is wrong for socialists to conflate winning elected office with winning actual policy or social agendas, or even with strengthening the organized forces of the Left."

The New York City Tempest branch lays out its position on the Mamdani campaign.

Help Ukraine Solidarity Network provide life-saving hospital equipment.

Tempest Collective @tempestcollective.bsky.social · Aug 23

Tempest is calling for support of this most recent campaign of the Ukraine Solidarity Network (US). The USN (US), is a national network of organizations and individual activists that has embarked on a fundraiser to raise $38,000 for the Ukrainian nurses union.

Support Ukraine’s Nurses

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Tempest Collective @tempestcollective.bsky.social · Aug 19

"We can’t respond to Trump unless we’re able to respond to our boss. We have to organize and fight the boss if we want to be able to fight these larger battles." tempestmag.org/2025/08/stri...

Tempest Collective @tempestcollective.bsky.social · Aug 18

New Articles from Tempest for 08/18/2025

A digest of recently published articles on Tempest: www.tempestmag.org

“The starvation of Gaza is not a glitch in the system”

Tempest Collective @tempestcollective.bsky.social · Aug 13

“It is the staunch U.S. bipartisan support for Israel that has made this genocide possible."

brian bean, writing for the Tempest National Committee, calls out the crocodile tears of the U.S. ruling class over the starvation of Gaza.