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The Women’s Movement in Turkey

Ecehan Balta of the socialist collective Başlangıç Kolektifi speaks about socialism, the women’s movement and the International Women’s Strike.

Amelia Robles

February 28, 2018

Ecological Crisis and Capitalist Accumulation in Contemporary Turkey

Left Voice interviews Turkish environmentalist, Zafer Ülger.

Amelia Robles

February 26, 2018

Prospects for a Working Class Revolutionary Socialist Party in South Africa

Radical leftists in South Africa and beyond have broadly welcomed NUMSA’s 2018 New Year’s resolution to establish a workers’ party in the near future. What is to be expected?

Peter Jacobs

February 3, 2018

Stop the War on Afrin!

The Turkish Armed Forces -supported by Free Syrian Army groups- have started an air and land offensive on the predominantly Kurdish town of Afrin in Northern Syria, from multiple fronts at the same time.

Başlangıç Dergisi

February 2, 2018

Seven years after the fall of Ben Ali, Tunisians continue to take to the streets

Since the beginning of the week, the protests in Tunisia have multiplied. The underlying reason is the austerity budget, announced on January 1 in a country already ravaged by the rise of precarious work and unemployment. In the last seven years, the economic situation has become progressively worse. Friday’s protests were smaller than those of the previous few days, but the police crackdown was just as brutal. More protests are planned for Sunday, the seventh anniversary of the fall of Ben Ali.

Sadek Basnacki

January 14, 2018

South Africa: NUMSA Calls to Build a Workers Revolutionary Party

The largest metalworkers' union in South Africa has just put out a call to build a revolutionary workers' party in the country, independent of both the ANC and the Communist Party.

Left Voice

January 11, 2018

The Sigh of the Oppressed in Iran

Protesters in Iran express outrage at economic conditions, a testament to a failed domestic agenda of neoliberalism and privatization.

Mohammad Tootkaboni

January 8, 2018

Iran Protests: Is the Islamic Regime Coming to an End?

The protests against the Islamic Republic in Iran have taken on a mass character. These demonstrations are a spark of hope for workers and oppressed peoples in the Middle East. What should the Iranian government be expecting?

Baran Serhad

January 7, 2018

Shifting Relations Between Turkey and the U.S. and the State of the Turkish Left

Left Voice recently spoke with Foti Benlisoy of Başlangıç Dergisi, a socialist organization in Turkey, to discuss the political context and changing dynamics between Turkey and the U.S. in the wake of upcoming elections.

Foti Benlisoy

January 4, 2018