Ideas & Debates
Karl Kautsky: From Pope to Renegade
In the last few years, there has been a revival of interest in Kautsky's politics in both academia and on the political left.
Doug Enaa Greene
October 3, 2018Kavanaugh, the Supreme Court, and the Need for a Stronger Challenge
Despite the shockingly farcical hearing in which Brett Kavanaugh was forced to address allegations of his history of sexual assault, there is every indication that he will be confirmed by the Senate Judiciary Committee and seated on the Supreme Court. The SCOTUS is, by design, an unaccountable branch of the government. On Monday, Left Voice will join the beginnings of a movement in the streets and will speak to the need for militant reforms.
Francesca Gomes
October 1, 2018Populism and Its Uses: Antinomies of a Failed Reformist Strategy
Reflections on Chantal Mouffe’s new book, “For a Left Populism.”
Claudia Cinatti
September 20, 2018Trotskyist Summer School in Catalonia
Last weekend, almost 100 people gathered in the Catalonian coastal town of Palamós for a summer school. The Revolutionary Workers Current (CRT) invited workers and youth for a weekend full of discussions, debate and relaxation.
Nathaniel Flakin
September 5, 2018On the Anniversary of the Fourth International’s Founding
80 years ago today, on September 3, 1938, a secret meeting took place in a house in Périgny, a small town outside of Paris. 26 delegates represented eleven revolutionary organizations from around the world. Two dozen more organizations supported the Congress even though they were unable to send representatives.
Nathaniel Flakin
September 3, 2018Why Trotskyism?
Why is Trotskyism still relevant today? We reflect on the anniversary of his assassination.
Jimena Vergara
August 25, 2018Open Letter to Kshama Sawant: Don’t Support the Police!
Kshama Sawant, a socialist on the Seattle city council, has just voted to confirm the new police chief. This is a serious mistake, as the police are defenders of capitalism. Socialists should aim to expose the role played by the police against working people.
Nathaniel Flakin
August 23, 2018The Problem of Reformism
Revolutionaries have classically rejected the reformists’ political method of relying on the electoral/legislative process and the capitalist state. Here is why.
Robert Brenner
August 20, 2018Don’t Give to Charity
There are now more charities and nonprofit organizations than ever before, with bigger budgets and more sophisticated fundraising methods. But charities have failed to meaningfully combat poverty, oppression and environmental destruction — precisely because they are integrated into a system which perpetuates these problems.
Robert Belano
August 17, 2018Does Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Represent the Politics of the DSA?
Things have moved quickly since June, when Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez won a primary election in New York, becoming the Democratic Party’s candidate for a seat in the U.S. House of Representatives.
Juan Cruz Ferre
August 7, 2018