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Churches Participated in Racism and Colonialism. Expropriate and Tax Them

The Catholic Church ran re-education schools for indigenous children in Canada that were rife with abuse and death. We must fight to hold the church accountable and demand that their land be expropriated and their profits taxed.

Sybil Davis

July 1, 2021

The Infrastructure Debate: Yet Another Sign of the Ongoing Crisis

The infrastructure debate shows once again that the ruling class cannot solve the contradictions of capitalism.

James Dennis Hoff

June 23, 2021

Profits Call the Tune

Profit is not a "gift of capital," and does not rely on investment. Profits can be generated out of the exploitation of labor power without further investment, and indeed, that is what we can see now in the expansion of ‘fictitious capital’ at the expense of productive investment.

Michael Roberts

June 17, 2021

Jeff Bezos Is Going into Space. Fingers Crossed He Won’t Come Back

If Bezos, Musk and Co. want to go “off Earth,” then let them. Our task is to ensure that at some point, when they come back, they’ll find the completely irrational, exploitative system of capitalism on which their obscene wealth was based has been dismantled and replaced with a socialist society.

James Plested

June 9, 2021

From Black Wall Street to Black Capitalism

It was the super-exploitation of poor Black labor that facilitated both the function of Tulsa as a whole and the Black Wall Street District. Neither could have existed without the presence of poor Black people. Yet, their presence is rarely acknowledged in the revisionist plot.

Too Black

June 4, 2021

An Illustrated History of May Day

May Day, or International Workers Day, is celebrated every year around the world to honor the struggles of the generations of workers who fought against capitalist exploitation. Here we take a look at the one that started it all — the Haymarket uprising in Chicago, 1886.

Sarah Crowe

May 1, 2021

Every Government Agency Serves the Bourgeoisie — Even the Post Office

A recent report revealed that the USPS has been secretly surveilling social media sites and reporting to the Department of Homeland Security. But the bourgeois function of the Post Office didn’t originate with online surveillance.

Olivia Wood

April 23, 2021

Football: Created by the Poor, Stolen by the Rich

Private capital and sport for profit must be replaced by a real people’s sport, run by the people for the people.

Michael Roberts

April 22, 2021

The Fight for Autism Acceptance Is the Fight for Socialism

This #AutismAcceptanceMonth, a Left Voice writer reflects on his experiences on the spectrum under capitalism.

Samuel Karlin

April 20, 2021