Cops and Capitalism: Tandem Terror in Philly’s Walter Wallace Jr. Protests

Walter Wallace Jr. was killed by Philadelphia police on October 26. A participant reflects on the protests and the use of terror by police in a capitalist system.

Philly Cops Murdered Walter Wallace Jr. Where Do We Go from Here?

The Philadelphia Police thugs murdered another Black man, Walter Wallace, Jr. on October 26. To build the power we need to fight back against police terror, we need to organize on the streets and at our workplaces.

No Such Thing as a “Progressive” DA: Larry Krasner Arrests Protesters, Not Cops

Walter Wallace Jr. was murdered by the police. The “progressive” DA supported by the DSA hasn’t charged any of the cops, but has arrested several protesters. There is no such thing as a “progressive” DA.

Philly Protesters Arrested, Killer Cops Still Free

The struggle to win justice for Walter Wallace, Jr. --- murdered by the police --- has been steadily growing in Philadelphia. The cops brutally attacked protesters last night and the Democratic mayor is now calling in the National Guard and implementing curfew.

Temple University’s Rank-and-File Talk “Cops out of Unions”

Cops aren’t workers --- they’re weapons of the ruling class to attack workers and the oppressed. Despite what many of our union leaders say, building real union power means kicking cops out of our unions, and mobilizing from the bottom up to link our unions to a wider, class-wide struggle against the ruling class.

The Only Place Where Black People Did Not Revolt is in the Pages of Capitalist Historians: Black History Month on Left Voice

This Black History Month, Left Voice will be filling our pages with what C.L.R. James said the capitalist historians have deliberately excluded — from the struggles of enslaved people to the Black workers who went on strike in Ford factories to Black people struggling today against police violence, against the pandemic, and against capitalist hyper-exploitation in workplaces across the country. We invite you to submit to Left Voice at: [email protected].

A Critique of the Rank-and-File Strategy

It is the most popular strategy for U.S socialists in the labor movement — yet it has serious limits.

MOVE Rejects Philly Democrats’ Cynical Apology

Three decades later, Philly Democrats apologized for the brutal MOVE bombing. It’s a cynical ploy by the representatives of white supremacist capitalism.

U.S. Founding Law: Black Lives Don’t Matter

In 1705, the slave-owning politicians who made up the colonial legislature of Virginia passed a law that legalized the murder of Black people and criminalized Black resistance that remained in place through 1776.

Free Anthony Smith

Federal agents have arrested Philadelphia anti-police activist Anthony Smith. We demand his release, and the release of all political prisoners.