China
The Hong Kong Protests: A Democratic Struggle and Its Limitations
The anti-government movement in Hong Kong has been sustained and forceful. While limited by the confines of liberal democracy, the protests momentarily prevented an authoritarian measure designed to curtail civil rights in the region.
Sonja Krieger
August 22, 2019The U.S.-China Trade War and the Race for Global Hegemony
The escalating trade war with China has U.S capitalists trembling. Yet they simultaneously crave access to the Chinese domestic market. A battle for global hegemony looms on the horizon.
Juan Cruz Ferre
June 12, 2019From Marco Polo to Xi Jinping: Italy Joins the Silk Route
Italy signs a new trade agreement with China. What does this mean for China's relationship with Europe?
Josefina L. Martínez
April 4, 2019Markets, Volatility and Crisis: A Conversation with Tony Norfield, Michael Roberts and Paula Bach
The swings in the stock markets in the United States, Europe and Japan this past week have reignited fears of a financial meltdown. We discussed these recent developments and the immediate prospects of the global economy with three renowned Marxist economists.
Left Voice
December 11, 2018Campaign for the Release of Student-worker Activists in China Takes off
In recent years, the Chinese government has ramped up repression against union activists and students organizing in universities. The last episode has been the arrest in May of this year of 29 activists demanding the right to form a union at the Jasic Technology factory in Shenzhen.
Left Voice
November 13, 2018Strength and Contradictions of the Chinese Economy: An Interview With Au Loong Yu
Chinese global aspirations can be seen in the country’s expanding investments abroad. A trade war with the United States may have devastating consequences.
Juan Cruz Ferre
September 13, 2018Whither Korea?
After the Singapore meeting between Trump and Kim Jong-un, questions loom large. What is the path ahead for North Korea? What chances are there for a lasting peace on the Korean Peninsula? South Korean socialists weigh in.
Young-ik Choi
July 24, 201821st Century Economic Nationalism
Could the global economy crumble under a protectionist escalation? If capital is more globalized than ever before, and governments are, in the end, at the service of capital, is there any chance of a trade war at all?
Juan Cruz Ferre
March 26, 2018From the U.S. “War on Terrorism” to Anticipating Conflict between World Powers
A departure from decades-long US policy reframes global instability outside of the terms of terror and opens a penumbra of new geopolitics.
Claudia Cinatti
February 2, 2018Inheritance and Situation: Interview with New Generation of Revolutionary Marxists in China
Left Voice spoke with Stone Song and Ji Hengge, Trotskyists in China who translated and published the first Chinese edition of The History of American Trotskyism by James P. Cannon
Left Voice
April 6, 2016