Ideas & Debates
Fight Racism, Imperialism, and the Current Crisis: A Program to Unify the Exploited and Oppressed
In a context of global instability and national turmoil, the most critical task for socialists in the U.S. is to combine the immediate struggle against attacks on the lives and democratic rights of the exploited and oppressed with the greater battle for socialism. What might that look like?
Left Voice
October 14, 2020
Trump, Fascism, and the Metaphysics of Democracy
Noam Chomsky says Trump is not a fascist, but he's wrong about why. It's not that Trump is failing to seize control of big business. Fascism is "the continuation of capitalism, an attempt to perpetuate its existence by means of the most bestial and monstrous measures." For all Trump's authoritarianism, capital has yet to call on him to take those steps.
Rob Wilkie
October 13, 2020
American Exceptionalism or the Trump Aberration? Race and Class in American Politics
The rise of Trump and the lack of development of a major political party that represents the interests of the working class in the United States has led many to ask if there is something peculiar about American society. Goldfield and Melcher argue that the question, and its answer, are rooted in the organization of southern workers and a united front against white supremacy.
Michael Goldfield
October 8, 2020
A Defeatist Left Won’t Save Us: A Critique of DSA Emerge
A comradely critique to DSA Emerge’s statement on the party question.
Juan Cruz Ferre
October 7, 2020
Left Voice: How Can a Publication Help Build a Revolutionary Left?
Who is Left Voice? What are we trying to build? And how do we conceive of our publication?
Left Voice
October 6, 2020
Notas de Left Voice en español
Estas notas han sido traducidas y publicadas en nuestra página hermana La Izquierda Diario.
Left Voice
October 2, 2020
Notas de Left Voice en español
Estas notas han sido traducidas y publicadas en nuestra página hermana La Izquierda Diario.
Left Voice
October 1, 2020
Could Hitler Have Been Stopped by Voting for the “Lesser Evil”?
Trump is continually emboldening white supremacists and terrorist gangs that attack protesters. How do we stop the rise of the Right? The Democrats and their supporters tell us we need to vote for the "lesser evil" to stop fascism. But was that enough to stop Hitler?
Nathaniel Flakin
October 1, 2020
Get Rid of the Senate!
The upper chamber of the U.S. Congress went on a month-long vacation as the pandemic raged. That is no coincidence: the Senate is a completely reactionary institution whose members have nothing to do with the lives of working people.
Olivia Wood
September 28, 2020
In Debate: A Socialist’s Case for Howie Hawkins
As part of our ongoing analysis of the U.S. Green Party, guest writer John Palmucci offers a counter to Ezra Brain's Left Voice article: "A Socialist Case Against Howie Hawkins and the Green Party." Palmucci argues that most criticisms of the Green Party do not apply to its presidential candidate, Howie Hawkins and that socialists should have no qualms with voting for him.
John Palmucci
September 26, 2020