Governor Cuomo Calls For Medicaid Cuts in Midst of Pandemic

New York governor Andrew Cuomo wants to cut the state’s Medicaid spending by $400 million in the next year. His long-standing dream of neoliberal healthcare “reform” is alive and well, even in the midst of a global pandemic that has brought New York City to the brink of disaster.

Workers’ Control of Production is the “Emergency Measure” We Need

There’s only one way to ensure that all the different emergency measures being enacted to combat the coronavirus pandemic serve the interests of the working class and not the capitalists, whose primary motivation is to rescue their corrupt, inhumane economic system: workers' control.

The Working Class Needs Direct Help, Not Capitalist “Stimulus”

Confronted with an impending recession, the U.S. capitalist class and the politicians who serve it are working overtime to protect their profits and wealth and keep their system intact. But none of the “rescue” measures that are coming at us from every quarter are about protecting the interests of the vast majority of workers and other people who face the greatest economic threats from the coronavirus pandemic.

The Coronavirus Lays Bare Capitalism’s Inhumanity

Crises have a nasty tendency to unmask not only the weaknesses of a system, but also the lies upon which the arguments in favor of a corrupt system are based. That’s what we’re seeing in the coronavirus crisis, as capitalism lurches forward hell-bent on saving its economic “fundamentals.”

U.S. Capitalism Confronts Coronavirus — For the Wealthy

As the spread of the coronavirus roils the stock market and upends the social and economic lives of working people in the United States, the federal government is stepping in to address the crisis. But in whose interests?

Broadway Is Closed: What Does That Mean For Gig Workers?

Left Voice spoke to Chandler Black, a building manager for a NYC theatre, about the impact that the closing of Broadway (and Off-Broadway) theaters has had on gig economy workers.

The Virus & the Working Class

The following article was originally published on economist Jack Rasmus’ blog. It discusses the implications of the coronavirus crisis for the working class and what an alternative response could look like.

ADOS: Right-Wing Cooptation of the Reparations Movement

ADOS, or American Descendants of Slavery, is an organization that differentiates itself from non-American Black people, including more recent immigrants who have suffered and resisted for generations. ADOS is co-opting the demand for reparations and making it serve the very systems we should fight against.

The U.S. Constitution and the Myth of Liberal Democracy

Worshipped by liberals and conservatives alike, the U.S. Constitution is an explicitly undemocratic and racist document that has been used time and again to exclude the vast majority of Americans from any political or economic power. A true democracy requires a socialist constitution.