Left Voice Magazine for February

Our online magazine appears on the first Sunday of every month.

Science, Profit, and Anti-Vaxxers

Understanding vaccine skepticism requires a look at the nature of health care and science in the U.S.

Pandemics, Climate Crisis, and “Ecological Leninism”

The ecological emergency is underway. But Andreas Malm's interpretation of Lenin is not the solution.

Against Capitalist Irrationality: For the Abolition of Patents, and Vaccines for All

We fight to annul patents and guarantee vaccines and public health for everyone. A statement of the Trotskyist Fraction — Fourth International

The Capitalists and their Economists Are at War Over Stimulus

Bourgeois economists, like the politicians they serve, are fighting over the Biden stimulus plan. Helping those of us who might get checks is not the aim. It’s a battle over the best way to rescue capitalism from another crisis of its own making.

“Bourgeois Democracy”: What Do Marxists Mean by That Term?

The inauguration of a new U.S. president is a moment to reflect on the kind of democracy Marxists fight for, and on the true character of the pseudo-democracy used to administer the United States on behalf of the capitalist class.

Vaccine Imperialism: Wealthy Countries Are Hoarding Doses

Out of the 39 million doses of the Covid-19 vaccine administered so far, only 25 have gone to the poorest countries in the world, according to the World Health Organization. Wealthy countries and pharmaceutical companies are putting profits before people.

How We Fight to Win: The United Front versus the Popular Front

As 2021 unfolds, the question of strategy may confront the working class in ways it has not in decades. The strength to fight back against a capitalist onslaught of austerity coupled with an insurgent right wing will hinge on whether the working class unites itself or allies with our class enemies.

Was Rosa Luxemburg an Opponent of the Russian Revolution?

Rosa Luxemburg is often presented as an opponent of the Russian Revolution, but this is a deliberate misunderstanding. In fact, she was no more and no less than a critical Bolshevik.