A Second Child Dies in the Custody of the US Border Patrol

The death of Félix Gómez Alonzo comes three weeks after Jakelin Caal Maquin, a 7-year-old Guatemalan girl, also died in U.S. custody.

The Migrant Exodus: A Central American Diaspora

Some of the caravans of more than 13,000 migrants are waiting in camps in Tijuana, and others are making their way to the border. A new migrant caravan has already been announced, but the Mexican government is adhering to the United States’ mandates like a servile army as they punish the migrants and treat them as criminals with detentions and deportations.

The Deportation of Víctor Mejía: The Mexican State Under Trump

The deportation of Víctor Mejía from Mexico, known as “assisted return,” is a result of the Mexican state’s policy of purging as many migrants as possible, with little regard for basic human rights. Mexico’s National Institute of Migration (INM) has become the United States’ local immigration enforcer.

The Economic Chains That Bind Central America to the U.S. Imperialism

The mass exodus of people to the United States—including the most recent Migrant Caravan—is the most abominable consequence of years of imperialist oppression of Central America. The migration cannot be understood without taking into account the region’s geostrategic importance for imperialist domination of Latin America.

Nagle Is Wrong: There Is No Left Case Against Open Borders

Angela Nagle and other reformists are wrong. The “left case” against open borders ignores imperialism and functions on the false premise that capitalists want to open the borders.

Revolutionaries in Parliament

Following the U.S. Midterm elections, a contest which provided no principled choice for working class voters, Left Voice interviewed Myriam Bregman and Nicolás Del Caño, two representatives of the PTS (Socialist Workers Party) for their views on how revolutionaries can use electoral politics to advance class struggle. Bregman is currently a city legislator in Buenos Aires and Del Caño serves in Argentina’s national congress.

Journalist and Member of the Migrant Caravan is Violently Arrested in Tijuana

Victor Ricardo Mejía Martínez, a Honduran journalist, and member of the Refugee Caravan currently arriving at the US South border, was arbitrarily detained by the Tijuana police while he was recording the arrival of buses transporting members of the caravan.

Trans Migrants: Defying Borders and Binaries

The first people in the migrant caravan to reach the US border was a group of LGBT migrants. How do we fight for the rights for trans migrants?

From the US to Brazil: A Letter to Trans Siblings in Struggle

A trans socialist from the United States writes a letter to Brazilian activists in the wake of Bolsonaro's victory.