Ideas & Debates
Left Voice Magazine for April 2024 — Labor Notes Edition!
In this issue, we delve into the state and future of the labor movement today. We take a look at the prospects for Palestinian liberation through the lens of Leon Trotsky’s theory of Permanent Revolution, and discuss the way that Amazon has created new conditions of exploitation and how workers across the world are fighting back.
Left Voice
April 20, 2024The Movement for Palestine Needs Independent, Working-Class Politics
As the brutal genocide of Palestinians continues with the help of the Biden administration, there is maneuver underway to co-opt the movement for Palestine. We need to have a democratic and independent movement that relies on the power of the working class, the student movement, and mobilizations in the streets.
Tatiana Cozzarelli
April 7, 2024Self Organization and the Mexican Student Strike
Left Voice member speaks about the massive 1999 Mexican student strike and the role of assemblies.
Jimena Vergara
March 30, 2024The Convulsive Interregnum of the International Situation
The capitalist world is in a "permacrisis" — a prolonged period of instability which may lead to catastrophic events. The ongoing struggles for hegemony could lead to open military conflicts.
Claudia Cinatti
March 22, 2024“Poor Things” Floats Like a Butterfly and Stings Like a Butterfly
Poor Things is a fantastical comedy with beautiful set design and costumes and an Oscar-winning performance from Emma Stone. So why did it leave me feeling so empty? Despite juggling feminist and socialist ideas, the film is ideologically muddled and often self-contradictory.
Basil Rozlaban
March 16, 2024“Oppenheimer” Shows the Betrayals of Stalinism and the Dangers of Lesser Evilism
Christopher Nolan's "Oppenheimer" is a striking tale of a man who leaves the Left because of the betrayals of Stalinism. The film is also a warning about where lesser evilism in the face of the Far Right can lead us.
Sybil Davis
March 10, 2024To Achieve Black Liberation, Class Independence Is Key
A united, working-class party fighting oppression is our only hope for Black liberation.
Tristan Taylor
February 29, 2024This Black History Month, Let’s Fight for Palestinian Liberation
Black liberation struggles have always expressed solidarity with the struggle against the Zionist occupation of Palestine. This Black History Month, as Israel continues its genocide in Gaza, this tradition takes on a special importance.
Carmin Maffea
February 26, 2024#AllThatsLeftPod: Two Years of War in Ukraine
On this episode of the podcast, we discuss the war in Ukraine after two years, and the continued need for an independent, working-class solution.
Left Voice
February 24, 2024Are You a Communist? Then Let’s Talk about the IMT
The International Marxist Tendency, led by Alan Woods, is rebranding itself as “the Communists.” Does this represent a shift to the left? Sort of. Yet decades of opportunist positions do not disappear overnight.
Nathaniel Flakin
February 12, 2024