United States
Hired to Kill: Why Cops Murder with Impunity
On April 29, police officer Roy Oliver shot and killed 15-year-old Jordan Edwards with an AR-15 rifle in Balch Springs, a suburb in Dallas County.
Juan Cruz Ferre
May 18, 2017Solidarity for all Whistleblowers
Today marks the release of heroic whistleblower Chelsea Manning from prison. Manning confessed to providing the media organization Wikileaks with hundreds of thousands of U.S. military cables from the Iraq and Afghanistan wars, as well as documents relating to the Guantánamo Bay prison camp.
James Rapoport
May 17, 2017Trump and the Circus on Comey Island
In an unprecedented power grab, Trump fired James Comey, the director of the FBI. The Democrats who also criticized Comey and even called for his resignation find themselves in a contradictory position. Some call it the beginning of the end of American democracy. However, the FBI is a repressive institution that dismantles left movements, not an institution to be defended.
Tatiana Cozzarelli
May 15, 2017The 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“Marx is Back” in NYC
The fictional show "Marx is Back" produced by the of Argentine filmmakers collective, Contraimagen, was shown as part of the Workers Unite Film Festival in New York.
Violeta Bruck
May 12, 2017New York Principal Persecuted for Speaking out Against Education Inequality and Discrimination
In an alarming move, the NYC Department of Education (DoE) has recently launched an investigation against a public school principal for “communist activities” at her school.
Ariane Fischer
May 11, 2017Is 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, 2017Trump’s War on Women: The First 100 Days
The first 100 days of the Trump administration were marked by attacks to women's rights, attempts to co-opt feminism by Ivanka Trump and a new feminist resistance.
Tatiana Cozzarelli
May 3, 2017“Marx Is Back” Screening in NYC
This Friday at the Workers Unite! Film Festival in New York City, Contraimagen, an Argentina-based audiovisual group that fuses art and revolutionary politics, will present an original miniseries, “Marx ha vuelto” (“Marx is Back”). Members of Contraimagen will also participate in the conference, Radical Film Network: A Global Gathering.
Left Voice
May 3, 2017NEW YORK: Thousands Protest on May Day
Thousands of New Yorkers took the streets for workers rights on May Day. Thousands gathered at rallies and protests at Foley Square, Union Square and Washington Square Park.
Left Voice
May 2, 2017