“A Victory for Us Will Be a Victory for All Workers”: Interview with Chicago Teacher on the Brink of Strike

Teachers in Chicago are fighting against the city’s plans to force them back to in-person learning despite unsafe conditions. Left Voice spoke to one of the teachers in the middle of the struggle about their experience and why it is important that workers across the country support Chicago teachers in this struggle.

As Death Rates Soar Teachers Speak Out on Unsafe School Reopenings

Two Indianapolis public school teachers question officials’ claims that schools are not a vector of Covid-19 transmission as the district sends students and staff back to buildings.

Covid and Fictitious Capital

In 2020, output, investment, and employment plummeted across the world, but the opposite was true for the stock and bond markets of the major economies. Marxist economist Michael Roberts explains this trend, which will likely reverse in 2021.

People Before Profits: We Must Have More Vaccine Doses Now

The news is full of governors and mayors complaining that they don’t have enough doses of the Covid-19 vaccines to implement their distribution plans. That’s not because of a lack of manufacturing capacity. It’s all about capitalism’s priorities.

School Openings Leave Teachers “Literally Like Cannon Fodder”: Interview with a Tennessee Teacher

In a phone interview conducted on January 14, Left Voice caught up with Tennessee public high school teacher DJK Freeman about the continued negligence of school administrations during the Covid-19 pandemic.

What’s in Store for the Economy under Biden?

As Biden begins the first day of his presidency, the United States still faces near record levels of COVID cases and deaths. At the same time, economic activity remains well below pre-pandemic levels.

Vaccine Imperialism: Wealthy Countries Are Hoarding Doses

Out of the 39 million doses of the Covid-19 vaccine administered so far, only 25 have gone to the poorest countries in the world, according to the World Health Organization. Wealthy countries and pharmaceutical companies are putting profits before people.

Fast-Food Workers and SEIU Plan Actions to Demand Higher Federal Minimum Wage and Union Rights

Fast-food workers in 15 cities, led by the Service Employees International Union, are planning work actions today demanding a $15 hourly federal minimum wage, union rights, and increased Covid-19 protections. These are important demands, but SEIU’s top-down, bureaucratic-led efforts are no way to build real workers’ power.  

Covid-19 Vaccines Are Being Thrown Away

Despite rising Covid-19 cases and deaths around the United States, the highly anticipated vaccine, which began being distributed in December, has been sitting shelved in hospitals and clinics around the country. Many vials have even been left to expire and be discarded.