The cult of military service: Tim Walz as soldier-teacher
Placed in its historic context, the US National Guard is far from glamourous.
Stealth – the new nuclear threat
Brian Parkin explains how, 38 years since the Greenham Common peace camps, American nuclear weapons are scheduled to return to Britain by stealth, in the shape of the nuclear-certified F35A strike fighter aircraft.
From protest to resistance
As student camps in support of Gaza and divestment from Israel continue to spring up on campuses, Tempest Collective member Joe Allen explains the impact they are having on American politics.
Haiti: “The truth speaks for itself”
As violence escalates in Haiti, we republish this statement by Robert Roth which identifies US and UN intervention as the source of the crisis.
Aaron’s Sacrifice
‘He talked about the genocide in Gaza and refusing to be complicit in it. He also spoke of the ruling class normalising the kind of death he was about to show us.’
What it means to say Trump will govern like a fascist
Many Democrats argue that Trump is a fascist and demand that the Left subordinate everything to the call to resist him, but we have to organise against the rise of authoritarianism.
Yemen: ‘It’s not working: we’re going to keep doing it’
Jamie Allinson points out the contradictions of US and British policy towards Yemen.
Israel’s air war on Gaza
Brian Parkin explains how Israel has built the fourth biggest air force in the world, and how it is able to drop the deadliest bombs and missiles on a defenceless civilian population.
Palestine 101: Israel is the watchdog of US imperialism
brian bean analyses US support for Israel and the geopolitical implications of the war on Gaza
Labor’s Upsurge and the Search for Workers’ Power
Five hundred thousand workers were on strike in the USA at some point in 2023. Kim Moody explores how the strikes have helped to build power and what to expect in the year to come.
Let them eat steak: voices from a UAW picket line
Dana Cloud reports from a United Auto Workers picket line at a G.M. parts distribution center in Rancho Cucamonga, CA.
Is BRICS+ an Anti-Colonial Formation Worth Cheering From the Left? Far From It.
BRICS+ is not a new Non-Aligned Movement seeking to redistribute global wealth but an alliance of aspiring hegemons.
Alchemy and imperial delusion: the ideological spell of nuclear power. Part 2
The uncounted costs of nuclear power
This is a war against the studios – interviews with picketers in Hollywood
Interviews with striking actors and writers in Hollywood.
Alchemy and imperial delusion: the ideological spell of nuclear power. Part 1
Brian Parkin explores why nuclear power remains so important for Britain’s rulers, in the first part of a two-part article.
Review | The New Cold War
The new imperialist world order is characterised by increasing military tensions between the world’s major powers, but also by economic competition.
Intersectional organising wall-to-wall at Rutgers University
Tempest member Dana Cloud spoke to Rutgers professor and union leader Deepa Kumar about how the unions united faculty and graduate students across academic ranks in a strike that brought the administration to the bargaining table and won major gains. This strike is a signal moment in the USA’s higher education labour movement. This interview first […]
South Korea and inter-imperialist rivalries
Interview with a South Korean revolutionary socialist about the international situation in east Asia and the growing tensions between China and the USA.
A fuel’s paradise: capitalism, energy crises and the markets
Fossil fuel companies and national governments are driving the climate catastrophe that threatens us all.
Polarization and Paralysis: the U.S. after the midterm elections
Ashley Smith and Charlie Post draw a balance sheet of the midterm elections, and their lessons for the socialist Left in the United States.
After the Club Q shooting: building a movement for liberation
The context of the attack, and the radical LGBTQ movement we need.
The fight for abortion and reproductive justice after Roe
Camila Valle, Sherry Wolf, Emily Janakiram, and Holly Lewis discuss how socialists can organise to fight for reproductive justice.
Fighting the US right and its anti-trans crusade
The US right has proposed over 200 bills attacking trans people. Why are they so obsessed? How can trans people and the left fight back?
Tories bring back fracking – major protests to come
Tories are happy to trash the environment – activists are ready to fight
Interview: the United States in crisis, part 2
Openings exist for the American left, but not with the Democrats
Interview: the United States in crisis
Housing, school shootings, racism – the US feels like it’s falling apart
Palestine solidarity and the future of the DSA – on the Bowman crisis
Arguments over Palestine solidarity have swept through the DSA in recent months – two American socialists explain the background.
Russia’s war and the West
Gareth Dale responds to an article by Tom Bramble exploring the reasons for Russia’s invasion of Ukraine