Black Lives Matter
Union Members Expel National Guard From St Paul Minnesota Labor Center
Union members from the Minneapolis area successfully expelled the National Gaurd from the St. Paul Labor Center. This action is a critical demonstration of solidarity between labor and the fight against police brutality.
Cliff Willmeng
April 15, 2021White Lives Matter Rallies Eclipsed by Counter Protesters
The right wing called these rallies across the country to try to rehabilitate itself. For the most part, the attempts totally flopped.
Steve Leigh
April 15, 2021Minneapolis Transit Union Refuses to Transport Arrested BLM Protesters
The transit workers of Amalgamated Transit Union Local 100 issued a statement saying that they refuse to aid police by transporting protestors. These workers stand in solidarity with the Black Lives Matter movement following the murder of Daunte Wright by police in Brooklyn Center, MN.
Allison Noel
April 14, 2021Not Just One Bad Apple: Another Man of Color Was Murdered By Police Outside of Minneapolis
Police in Minnesota shot and killed Daunte Wright Sunday afternoon. As protesters gathered, the police shot at them with rubber bullets. There is no reforming the racist, murderous police.
Left Voice
April 11, 2021Witnesses Agree: Chauvin Murdered Floyd, Ignoring their Pleas
During the first few days of the Derek Chauvin murder trial, we’ve learned that the “crime” George Floyd was accused of could have been handled with a ticket under standard policing protocol, and that the cops refused to let a trained EMT save Floyd’s life. No wonder: taking the lives of Black men is standard operating procedure for police departments across the country.
Scott Cooper
April 1, 2021BLM and the Union Fight are the Same Struggle: Interview with an Alabama Amazon Worker
Over the weekend, Left Voice had the privilege of talking with Frances Wallace, an Amazon worker and BLM activist. Read the transcript of our interview here.
Left Voice
March 29, 2021The Black Power Collective of the Inland Empire Stands in Solidarity with Amazon Workers Fighting for a Union
Black Power Collective, Inland Empire (Formerly BLM-Inland Empire) stands in solidarity with Amazon workers fighting for a union in Bessemer, Alabama.
Black Power Collective
March 19, 2021Battlefield Bessemer
The unionization drive at Amazon in Alabama revives the Black labor tradition.
Tatiana Cozzarelli
March 7, 2021The Struggle Against Racism is International
The following speech was delivered by Carmin Maffea at the “Black Socialists on BLM, Class Struggle, and Revolution” online panel held February 27, 2021
Carmin Maffea
March 6, 2021Black Socialists Speak on BLM, Democratic Party Co-Optation and the Fight for Revolution
On Saturday evening, nearly 200 people gathered on Zoom for a Black History Month panel hosted by Left Voice to discuss the Black Lives Matter uprisings, the recent breaks within the Black Lives Matter Global Network (BLMGN), and the fight for socialism and Black Liberation.
Left Voice
March 3, 2021