Left Voice Magazine for February 2022 - Left Voice

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Left Voice Magazine for February 2022

We present our online magazine for February, with contributions on the crisis in Ukraine, the late work of Karl Marx, the Critical Left in Cuba, the revolutionary socialist running for president in France, and more.

Left Voice

February 27, 2022

Podcast: Russia, NATO, and the Crisis in Ukraine

All That’s Left Pod

Check out the new episode of Left Voice’s podcast, All That’s Left, on the crisis in Ukraine.

The Unknown Paths of the Late Marx

Josefina L. Martínez and Marcello Musto

An interview with Marcello Musto about the last decade of Marx’s life.

The Critical Left in Cuba

Frank García Hernández, Pablo Oprinari, and Milton D’León

Frank García Hernández discusses the political and economic situation in Cuba and the path out of the current crisis.

A Bureaucratic Revolution in the Labor Movement?

Jason Koslowski

A contribution to a critique of U.S. union bureaucracy since 1980.

Nancy Fraser and Counterhegemony

Josefina L. Martínez

A presentation from the Fourth International Marxist Feminist Conference.

Who is Anasse Kazib?

Left Voice

Meet the Trotskyist railway worker running for president of France.

The Leninist Conception of the Party: Myths and Realities about the Leader of the Bolshevik Party

Marina Garrisi

In Lenin’s work, the party question is not only decisive but is also probably the most difficult to unravel.

Find whole issue here.

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Neither NATO Nor Putin: An Anti-war Program for an Anti-war Protest

The following is a flier that Left Voice distributed at the March 18 rally in DC with the anti-war program we believe we must all take up.

Left Voice

March 19, 2023

Understanding the Global Context of the Ukrainian Conflict: A Response to Our Critics

The 2022 invasion of Ukraine and the massive rearmament of Europe that followed mark a new stage in a growing conflict that has become a proxy war between the imperialist states of the US and NATO on one side, and an emerging alliance between Russia and China on the other. While some on the Left see this new pole of Russia and China as a check against US imperialism, neither country is anti-imperialist, and neither has anything progressive to offer working people.

Jimena Vergara

March 16, 2023

Pro-NATO Positions Split a Trotskyist Tendency

The war in Ukraine has led to intense debates on the international socialist Left. In November, the Socialist Labor Party (SEP) of Turkey announced it was breaking with the Socialist Workers Movement (MST) of Argentina, in a serious blow to their common project, the International Socialist League (ISL-LIS). What can we learn from this split?

Nathaniel Flakin

March 10, 2023

Dossier: One Year of a Reactionary War in Ukraine

With the aim of developing an international perspective for working class intervention against the reactionary war in Ukraine, we publish this dossier. These articles engage with some of the key debates the war has opened on the Left, analysis on how the geopolitical crisis is developing, and the positions of our international tendency: the Trotskyist Fraction - Fourth International.

Left Voice

March 5, 2023

MOST RECENT

“Lesser Evil” Biden Wants More Border Patrol Than MAGA Republicans

Over the weekend, Biden bragged about his support for even more resources than “MAGA Republicans.” to “secure the border” on Twitter. This is “lesser evilism” in action.

Molly Rosenzweig

March 28, 2023

Customers clear shelves of water Sunday at Fresh Grocer in West Philadelphia.

A Chemical Plant Just Poisoned Philadelphia’s Water: A First-Hand Account of the Crisis

A company dumped thousands of gallons of poisonous chemicals into Philadelphia’s drinking water. This is an on-the-ground account by a Philadelphia worker and socialist.

Jason Koslowski

March 27, 2023

A group of protesters, in the front of whom are a line of protesters wearing red vests. In the front right corner, a white sign reds "vive la retraite," with a skeleton wearing a red hat in the middle of the sign on a black background with a text bubble on its left that reads, "oiv a bosse, c'est pas pour en crever!"

“French March”: The Right to Revolutionary Optimism

Evoking memories of '68, the students enter the fight against Macron. In our chaotic world, the future can only be built in the streets.

Eduardo Castilla

March 26, 2023

Joe Biden Is Deporting Russians Who Escaped Putin’s Draft — Let Them All In!

The United States is deporting Russians who sought asylum following the Russian invasion of Ukraine. This is a heinous attack against war resisters and shows that the proxy war in Ukraine is about capitalist rivalry first and foremost.

Sam Carliner

March 26, 2023