Ideas & Debates
The Party We Need: A Revolutionary Socialist Party
We are living in turbulent times. President Trump and the rise of the alt-right are not the only news. Thousands of people have become politically active in the past year, galvanized by the Bernie Sanders campaign and now joining organizations on the left, such as the Democratic Socialists of America (DSA), the International Socialist Organization, or Socialist Alternative.
Juan Cruz Ferre
May 14, 2017
A Marxist Critique of John Dewey: The Limits of Progressive Education
John Dewey’s Progressive Education is the centerpiece of the field of educational studies, forming the basis for writers like Paulo Freire. However, Dewey does not see that modern teacher centered schooling prepares students for alienated labor and that the primary enemy of child centered learning is capitalism itself.
Tatiana Cozzarelli
May 9, 2017
The Trotskyists’ Struggle Against Nazism in World War II
Today is the 72nd anniversary of V Day – the victory of the Allies in World War II. But the war wasn't fought between fascism and democracy. It was a war between imperialist powers for the redivision of the world. Trotskyists fought in many countries for the war to end with socialist revolution.
Gabriela Liszt
May 8, 2017
Is Socialism Not a Struggle for Power?
Attempts to separate revolutionary authority from socialism mangle both the aims and history of socialism.
Hart Eagleburger
May 8, 2017
Pepsi’s “Protest” Ad: What’s The Real Problem?
This week the famous soda brand got involved in a social media scandal after their new advertisement was accused of ridiculing protests and trivializing the fight against police brutality.
Libertad Martinez
April 9, 2017
Left Voice Magazine #3: Memories of The Future
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Left Voice
April 8, 2017
Left Voice Magazine #2: Women on the Front Lines
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Left Voice
April 8, 2017
Editorial – The Comeback
Strike. It is an idea no longer confined to leftist politics, these days appearing occasionally on the CNN news ticker, winking at us unexpectedly from Teen Vogue.
Left Voice
April 7, 2017
All Power to the Rank and File
A case for a workers' insurgency in New York City, and everywhere.
Ioan Georg
March 28, 2017
Weber’s Protestant Ethic: a Marxist Critique
The classical work by Max Weber has been used by sociologists and other scholars to proclaim the predominance of ideas over material forces. This is a critical reassessment of his work through the lenses of historical materialism.
Juan Cruz Ferre
March 25, 2017