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St. Louis Inmates Stage Uprising
Over 100 incarcerated people in a St. Louis jail rose up and fought back against the oppressive criminal justice system to protest unsafe conditions
B.C. Daurelle
February 8, 2021“America is Back”: Biden Promises a Return to Imperialism as Usual
Biden’s first foreign policy speech has been hailed as a breath of fresh air after four years of Trump’s boorish approach, but if we look beneath Biden’s empty rhetoric, his task as president is no different than Trump’s: restoring U.S. imperialism to its former glory. Will a return to traditional neoliberal foreign policy be enough?
Madeleine Freeman
February 8, 2021Class Struggle in the Biden Era
Now is the time for bold working-class action, not class collaboration.
Jimena Vergara
February 7, 2021The First 100 Days after the Revolution
In a work of “aspirational fiction,” a teacher in Wheeling, West Virginia, in the year 2031, looks back at the socialist revolution in the United States.
Rose Lemlich
February 7, 2021Philanthropy: Tool of the Capitalist System
Jeff Bezos is stepping down from Amazon to “focus on his passions,” including philanthropy --- which is little more than a way for the mega-rich to bolster their reputations as they try to obfuscate the fact that they are pillars of a system responsible for society’s ills.
Sybil Davis
February 6, 2021“To Ally With the Democratic Party Is to Ally Against Ourselves”: BLM Inland Empire Breaks with BLM Global Network
Below we are republishing a statement issued by the group formally known as Black Lives Matter- Inland Empire (BLM IE), California, announcing their break with the Black Lives Matter Global Network (BLMGN).
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February 4, 2021Cop Union Backs Pepper Spraying Child in Rochester, NY
A 9-year-old Black girl was pepper sprayed by cops in Rochester, New York. Just another day’s work for the racist, brutal force that serves capitalism’s interests across the country.
M.K. Kumar
February 2, 2021The Only Place Where Black People Did Not Revolt is in the Pages of Capitalist Historians: Black History Month on Left Voice
This Black History Month, Left Voice will be filling our pages with what C.L.R. James said the capitalist historians have deliberately excluded — from the struggles of enslaved people to the Black workers who went on strike in Ford factories to Black people struggling today against police violence, against the pandemic, and against capitalist hyper-exploitation in workplaces across the country. We invite you to submit to Left Voice at: [email protected].
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February 1, 2021No, We Are Not Going to Beat Capitalism on the Stock Market
Has some new kind of activism beaten the hedge funds? Hardly.
Nathaniel Flakin
February 1, 2021The Biggest Unionizing Struggle in Amazon’s History is Happening in Alabama
Just outside Birmingham, Alabama, warehouse workers are mounting the largest unionization fight in Amazon’s history. Their victory will be a win for the entire working class.
Jason Koslowski
January 30, 2021