United States
The Class Line in Elections Is the Principled Issue
In this series, Left Voice amplifies the voices of candidates who have undertaken the bold task of running as socialists. This time we interviewed presidential candidate for Socialist Action, Jeff Mackler.
Jeff Mackler
October 17, 2016How to Fight for Women’s Rights in the Age of Trumpism
After the shocking tape discussing sexual assault, how can women fight against Trump’s misogyny? Hillary is no alternative, with her imperialist policies abroad and a history of hurting working women in the US. Last week’s examples from Argentina and Poland show women a way forward in the fight against misogyny and for our rights.
Tatiana Cozzarelli
October 12, 2016Hillary Clinton’s New Cold War
With Donald Trump’s campaign in shambles, Hillary Clinton is racing toward the Presidency. But her rhetoric contains a danger of deepening hostility toward Russia and dangerous saber-rattling over the Middle East.
Wayne Deluca
October 12, 2016Socialism Is Not Something You Vote into the White House: An Interview with Mimi Soltysik
Left Voice presents the first in a series of interviews with socialist presidential candidates. This is an interview with Mimi Soltysik of the Socialist Party USA.
Mimi Soltysik
October 11, 2016Family, Capitalism and School Choice in the Republican Platform
In capitalist society, family is not just based on love and kinship, but rather on an economic necessity, as demonstrated by the Republican platform. Particularly, the discussion on school choice highlights the way the government shifts the burden of providing quality public services to the family.
Tatiana Cozzarelli
October 4, 2016Their Memory Lives in the Struggle
The murder of Alfred Olango in LA is one more in the long list of Black people murdered by the police. Almost all of these murders go unpunished, sparking rage and revolt in Black communities around the US. Those who were murdered continue to inspire our struggle against racism and police violence. This is a […]
Left Voice
September 28, 2016In NYC, Protesters March Against Police Murder
On Saturday night, about 200 protesters gathered at sundown in Manhattan. They held a brief rally and marched through Central Park to Rockefeller Center several blocks away.
Left Voice
September 25, 2016From Charlotte to NYC: We Shut it Down!
Protests erupted in Charlotte, North Carolina for the second night in a row on Wednesday night. In NYC, 100+ people also took the streets with a common message: against police murder and affirming BLACK LIVES MATTER.
Tatiana Cozzarelli
September 22, 2016United Front and the Fight Against the Union Bureaucracy
The workers’ united front does not mean peaceful coexistence with the union bureaucracy. It warrants knowing when to break with it. The positions achieved by leftists or socialist groupings within unions or shop-floor committees cannot be prioritized over principled fights.
Juan Cruz Ferre
September 19, 2016Trotsky and Gramsci on Revolutionary Strategy
“Whereas other writers often see these two Marxists in conflict, Albamonte and Maiello view them not as adversaries, but as comrades-in-arms who have points of convergence alongside their differences.” Marxist historian Doug Greene discusses the main topics presented in a new book by two national leaders of the Partido de los Trabajadores Socialistas (PTS).
Doug Enaa Greene
September 15, 2016