Guest Posts
Trump Keeps Promises by Attacking the Working Class and Oppressed
Media outlets from the Washington Post to Democracy Now! have been consistently reporting on Trump and his actions against the EPA and refugees, but here’s a few issues that haven’t received as much attention.
Abby Nathanson
February 3, 2017
In Support of the Anti-Milo Berkeley Antifa Action
Shutting down fascists and racists is not a conflict about free speech but the means for organizing politically.
Hart Eagleburger
February 3, 2017
Free Trade Agreements and the Dynamics of Capitalism
The new Trump Administration has officially pulled out of the TPP and announced plans to renegotiate NAFTA. Are these the first signs of a reconfiguration of the neoliberal world order?
Pete Dolack
January 30, 2017
Towards a New Socialist Party
Continuing a series of articles on US politics and the left, guest contributors Hart Eagleburger and Jack Rusk argue that steps should be taken towards forming a new socialist party, given the opportunity of the present moment, which will grow out of real struggles of the working class.
Hart Eagleburger
January 25, 2017
Elections: A Small Piece of Socialist Strategy
Continuing a series of articles on US politics and the left, guest contributors Hart Eagleburger and Jack Rusk point to the inherent limits of electoral strategies, arguing that socialists should use elections only as an auxiliary tactic in a larger strategy of building working-class power.
Hart Eagleburger
January 13, 2017
A Few Words on Marxism and Identity Politics
The year 2016 will be remembered as the year that identity politics, as it is commonly understood, began the long descent into irrelevancy. The first Black President that saw conditions grow worse for Black Americans and Clinton's corporate identity politics saw electoral defeat. We must build a Marxist identity politics, which recognizes the special oppression that comes with race and the consequent importance of fighting racism head-on.
Albert L. Terry III
January 8, 2017
Viewing Bernie Through Rose-Colored Glasses
Continuing a series of articles on US politics and the left, guest contributors Hart Eagleburger and Jack Rusk point to the Bernie Sanders campaign as an example of how Seth Ackerman’s ideas for electoral strategy sputter in practice.
Hart Eagleburger
January 7, 2017
The Opportunity of the Present Moment
Trump's ascension to power is weeks away. Left Voice presents a series by guest contributors on the current political conjuncture, the left, and prospects for party-building in the United States.
Hart Eagleburger
December 19, 2016
Mike Davis: Trump, Pat Buchanan and…Zombies
This article was originally published in Spanish in Ideas de Izquierda soon after the elections. I finally think I’ve understood why we’re so obsessed with zombies. The discarded shroud, the rustling in the weeds, the vaporous apparitions seen from Pocatello to Lake Wobegone, the ghost army of admirers…. we were forewarned that he was back […]
Mike Davis
December 10, 2016