Left Voice Magazine for July 2023

We present the summer issue of our magazine, with an article about the uprisings in France, a document from the Trotskyist Fraction’s recent conference, and a debate about Marxism and intersectionality. There are also two interviews with historians about Stalinism and about the Communist women’s movement.

The Uprisings in France and the Specter of the Yellow Vests

The riots, after the police murder of Nahel, illustrate the pre-revolutionary potential of the situation.

by Juan Chingo

The Return of the “Era of Crises, Wars, and Revolutions”

The 12th conference of the Trotskyist Fraction — Fourth International (FT-CI) discussed the prospects for the internationalist revolutionary Left.

by Claudia Cinatti and Matías Maiello

Feminism, Intersectionality, and Marxism

Debates on gender, race, and class: How can the working class become hegemonic in struggles against oppression?

by Josefina L. Martinez

The Communist Women’s International, in English for the First Time

An Interview with historians Daria Dyakovona and Mike Taber about their new book with documents from the Communist Women’s International

Interview: Josefina L. Martinez

Does the Revolution Eat Its Children?

An interview with historian Doug Greene about his new book on Stalinism, The Dialectics of Saturn

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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.

The 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.

NYC Schools Chancellor Testifies in McCarthyist Congressional Hearings

New York City schools Chancellor David Banks testified in the series of McCarthyist congressional hearings of educational administrators, which are falsely conflating the pro-Palestinian movement with antisemitism and pressuring administrators to take harsh measures against their students and staff.

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