We speak with Michael Roberts, renowned Marxist economist and author of several books, including Marx 200 and The Long Depression, and Claudia Cinatti, geopolitics reporter for La Izquierda Diario.
The year of the coronavirus pandemic is drawing to a close. What are the trends in the economy, the political situation, and the class struggle in the year to come?
Claudia Cinatti and Michael Roberts
December 15, 2020
We speak with Michael Roberts, renowned Marxist economist and author of several books, including Marx 200 and The Long Depression, and Claudia Cinatti, geopolitics reporter for La Izquierda Diario.
Claudia is an editor of our sister site La Izquierda Diario and a leading member of the Party of Socialist Workers (PTS) in Argentina.
Here, we publish Marxist economist Michael Roberts' analysis of the relationship between wages and profit in the inflationary environment of today.
Michael Roberts
May 25, 2022
A new mother writes about her experience with pregnancy and why we must, in the wake of the recent Supreme Court leak, build a movement that fights for the right to choose parenthood.
Tatum Regan
May 8, 2022
In response to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, the United States and European Union have imposed unprecedented sanctions on the Putin regime. These measures are severely damaging the Russian economy. They are also disrupting international markets in energy and other commodities. Such large-scale use of the “economic weapon” risks further fragmenting the world economy.
Esteban Mercatante
April 25, 2022
Biden is attempting to paint Putin as the sole reason for inflation, while Republicans try to blame Biden. In truth, the entire global economic system that all of these politicians represent is why workers keep being strained.
Sam Carliner
April 22, 2022
While she was in prison in 1915, Rosa Luxemburg wrote an underground pamphlet titled The Crisis of German Social Democracy. As war rages in Europe, this text has many important insights for socialists.
Nathaniel Flakin
May 26, 2022
In this episode, Tatiana Cozzarelli talks with New York abortion provider Angelique Saavedra to talk about the attacks on abortion rights and the way forward from a socialist feminist perspective.
Left Voice
May 26, 2022
George Floyd was murdered two years ago today. It set off a massive uprising that changed a generation.
Tatiana Cozzarelli
May 25, 2022
Another deadly school shooting has claimed the lives of innocent school children and education workers. The small town of Uvalde, Texas, was the scene of the latest example of tragic barbarity as at least 18 elementary schoolers and two adults were murdered by an 18 year-old gunman who also died at the scene.
Ezra Brain
May 24, 2022