Tempest Collective
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A revolutionary socialist organizing project in the U.S. https://tempestmag.org/
"The imposition of accumulation as the central dynamic of the economy, and the consequent social divisions of labor this gave rise to, created a form of capitalism—bureaucratic state capitalism—in which the economy was not run by individual capitalists but by the ruling state bureaucracy." #China
Was the Chinese revolution socialist?
Tempest publishes a chapter fromCharlie Hore’s new edition of The Road to Tiananmen Square.
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November 14, 2025 at 9:56 PM
"The imposition of accumulation as the central dynamic of the economy, and the consequent social divisions of labor this gave rise to, created a form of capitalism—bureaucratic state capitalism—in which the economy was not run by individual capitalists but by the ruling state bureaucracy." #China
"We need a militant working class movement, with class demands aimed at poverty and oppression, at the heart of democracy’s defense."
We need socialism to save democracy
Throughout history, democracy has always come from below, as the exploited and oppressed have entered the fray and demanded it.
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November 12, 2025 at 3:42 PM
"We need a militant working class movement, with class demands aimed at poverty and oppression, at the heart of democracy’s defense."
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November 10, 2025 at 2:56 PM
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"TDU's evolution is a cautionary tale. Without organizational and political independence, a clear class analysis, and a core of activists with a revolutionary perspective centered on the rank-and-file, even radical movements can become instruments of the status quo."
The conservative (d)evolution of Teamsters for a Democratic Union
Tim Goulet examines the history and recent right-ward direction of Teamsters for a Democratic Union (TDU).
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November 6, 2025 at 8:25 PM
"TDU's evolution is a cautionary tale. Without organizational and political independence, a clear class analysis, and a core of activists with a revolutionary perspective centered on the rank-and-file, even radical movements can become instruments of the status quo."
'The bureaucratic one-party regimes governing [“actually existing socialist”] societies never aimed for democratic workers’ control or the abolition of exploitation and oppression.'
“Actually existing socialism” and the communist transition
A review of David Camfield’s new book Red Flags: A Reckoning with Communism for the Future of the Left by David Camfield.
tempestmag.org
November 4, 2025 at 4:36 PM
'The bureaucratic one-party regimes governing [“actually existing socialist”] societies never aimed for democratic workers’ control or the abolition of exploitation and oppression.'
Join authors David Camfield and brian bean, with interlocutor Demetrius Noble, as they discuss a historical approach to abolition, the state, and how our side can build a genuinely liberatory alternative to capitalism. Mon, Nov 10, 5pm ET. www.tickettailor.com/events/hayma...
November 1, 2025 at 8:01 PM
Join authors David Camfield and brian bean, with interlocutor Demetrius Noble, as they discuss a historical approach to abolition, the state, and how our side can build a genuinely liberatory alternative to capitalism. Mon, Nov 10, 5pm ET. www.tickettailor.com/events/hayma...
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Since Charlie Kirk’s assassination, the Trump administration has intensified the bipartisan New McCarthyism, compelling willing bosses to censure, suspend, and fire workers. Texas State University fired tenured professor Tom Alter in September for the “crime” of speaking at a socialist conference.
Fired for “Crime” of Speaking at Socialism Summit, Texas Professor Speaks Out
Professor Tom Alter is appealing to Texas’s Board of Regents after being temporarily reinstated and then fired again.
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October 31, 2025 at 4:15 PM
Since Charlie Kirk’s assassination, the Trump administration has intensified the bipartisan New McCarthyism, compelling willing bosses to censure, suspend, and fire workers. Texas State University fired tenured professor Tom Alter in September for the “crime” of speaking at a socialist conference.
"If tethered to electoral solutions and to working with Democrats, the movement is likely to see continuously watered-down demands, and even the abandonment of basic demands that do not fit with Democratic Party goals." #FreePalestine
Electoralism cannot free Palestine
Shireen Akram-Boshar argues that a recent interview in Jacobin offers a mistaken analysis of the challenges facing the Palestine solidarity movement.
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October 31, 2025 at 9:47 PM
"If tethered to electoral solutions and to working with Democrats, the movement is likely to see continuously watered-down demands, and even the abandonment of basic demands that do not fit with Democratic Party goals." #FreePalestine
"The attack on academic freedom is part and parcel of a national and global authoritarian movement that benefits from [faculty and] students living scared in the dark." tempestmag.org/2025/10/brea...
Breaking barriers to academic freedom
Tempest member Dana Cloud urges scholars to tell the truth and take sides to defend academic freedom.
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October 29, 2025 at 4:59 PM
"The attack on academic freedom is part and parcel of a national and global authoritarian movement that benefits from [faculty and] students living scared in the dark." tempestmag.org/2025/10/brea...
Seattle educator, author, and socialist Jesse Hagopian recently spoke at a National Teach-In organized by the American Association of University Professors.
Loyalty to truth and solidarity—not to the authoritarian state
The Trump administration’s “loyalty oath compacts” are McCarthyism reborn, replacing scholarship with political obedience.
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October 27, 2025 at 7:44 PM
Seattle educator, author, and socialist Jesse Hagopian recently spoke at a National Teach-In organized by the American Association of University Professors.
Join us at this event on Thursday, November 6 at 7 pm ET to support the fight to defend Tom Alter and the growing list of victims of Trumpite repression, and to speak out against the broad attacks on all of our democratic rights
Speak out! Tom Alter, MAGA McCarthyism, and the fight for free speech
Event in support of Tom Alter and all targets of political repression
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October 23, 2025 at 9:04 PM
Join us at this event on Thursday, November 6 at 7 pm ET to support the fight to defend Tom Alter and the growing list of victims of Trumpite repression, and to speak out against the broad attacks on all of our democratic rights
"Socialists, in whatever wing of DSA or further to its left, should support struggles to achieve #Mamdani’s program, even if in weakened form. But we should be under no illusions that Mamdani himself is a class warrior." #NYmayor #Election2025
The candidate, the billionaires, and the Democrats
Mel Bienenfeld explains the pandering of Zohran Mamdani to New York elites.
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October 22, 2025 at 5:50 PM
"Socialists, in whatever wing of DSA or further to its left, should support struggles to achieve #Mamdani’s program, even if in weakened form. But we should be under no illusions that Mamdani himself is a class warrior." #NYmayor #Election2025
UAWD (Unite All Workers for Democracy) is launching Daily Struggle, a new worker-led publication to champion a rank-and-file-led class struggle movement within the UAW that will seek to organize, agitate, and mobilize the entire working class
Introducing the UAWD’s Daily Struggle
UAWD is launching a new worker-led publication by and for UAW members.
tempestmag.org
October 17, 2025 at 3:50 PM
UAWD (Unite All Workers for Democracy) is launching Daily Struggle, a new worker-led publication to champion a rank-and-file-led class struggle movement within the UAW that will seek to organize, agitate, and mobilize the entire working class
"Labor’s long decline in American life began with the triumph of #McCarthyism. We are still paying the price today."
Rehabilitating McCarthyism
Donald Trump’s campaign of domestic repression makes it worth revisiting McCarthyism today.
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October 16, 2025 at 5:25 PM
"Labor’s long decline in American life began with the triumph of #McCarthyism. We are still paying the price today."
"Tom Alter’s firing constitutes an attack on his fundamental civil liberties, and represents a threat to the democratic rights of all working people." #JusticeForTomAlter #AcademicFreedom #FreeSpeech
Statement by the Committee to Defend History Professor Tom Alter
A call for support for Texas professor Tom Alter who was fired for speaking at a socialist conference.
tempestmag.org
October 14, 2025 at 6:52 PM
"Tom Alter’s firing constitutes an attack on his fundamental civil liberties, and represents a threat to the democratic rights of all working people." #JusticeForTomAlter #AcademicFreedom #FreeSpeech
We celebrate #IndigenousPeoplesDay and offer the following partial and diverse list of voices and resources for readers to honor this day and the peoples it represents
Indigenous Peoples’ Day
The Tempest editorial board suggests a list of readings and resources for Indigenous Peoples’ Day.
tempestmag.org
October 13, 2025 at 5:24 PM
We celebrate #IndigenousPeoplesDay and offer the following partial and diverse list of voices and resources for readers to honor this day and the peoples it represents
"Israel cannot do what it wants without the Western umbrella, and that is our moral, political and legal duty to remove that."
“A huge massacre awaits”
Tempest’s Shireen Akram-Boshar asks Palestinian academic Toufic Hadad to characterize the current phase of the Gaza genocide.
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October 11, 2025 at 8:47 PM
"Israel cannot do what it wants without the Western umbrella, and that is our moral, political and legal duty to remove that."
In memory of the more than 300 journalists who have been targeted and killed by the state of Israel in the past 2 years
Killing the messengers
In the midst of Israel’s ongoing genocide, we remember the more than 300 Palestinian journalists who have been targeted and killed by the state of Israel.
tempestmag.org
October 8, 2025 at 7:51 PM
In memory of the more than 300 journalists who have been targeted and killed by the state of Israel in the past 2 years
"Burgis’ article is an attempt to circle the wagons around a more limited political imagination to buttress [social democratic] politics. This is not the role socialists should play."
Hiding our goals is no way to win
brian bean and Thomas Hummel discuss democratic socialism, the Democratic Socialists of America, resistance to abolitionism, and anti-Zionism.
tempestmag.org
October 4, 2025 at 11:16 PM
"Burgis’ article is an attempt to circle the wagons around a more limited political imagination to buttress [social democratic] politics. This is not the role socialists should play."
"Trump is using attacks on Palestinians and trans people to carry out class war on us all."
Against the New McCarthyism
Socialists must advocate and build the capacity to carry out collective organizing, protests, and strikes to advance democratic demands.
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September 30, 2025 at 3:12 PM
"Trump is using attacks on Palestinians and trans people to carry out class war on us all."
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September 29, 2025 at 3:09 PM
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'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.'
The Mamdani campaign, left horizons, and the “defund the police” question
On Zohran Mamdani’s NYC mayoral campaign, the Democratic Socialists of America (DSA), and the enduring importance of “Defund the Police”.
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September 26, 2025 at 3:54 PM
'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.'
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
Your Party: Don’t fuck this up!
UK socialists in Revolutionary Socialism in the 21st Century call on the country’s new political party not to squander this opportunity.
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September 24, 2025 at 2:53 PM
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
New Articles from Tempest for 09/22/2025
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September 22, 2025 at 6:58 PM
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"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
Nepal protests have deeper roots
Protests against a social media in Nepal ban grew into a full blown uprising after police killed 19 protesters. But what is next?
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September 18, 2025 at 5:37 PM
"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