Elections
French Election Results Point to a Political Crisis and Tremendous Instability
Everyone expected a defeat for President Macron in the second round of France’s elections for the National Assembly on June 19, but the results were far worse than any forecast. This opens a major political crisis and begins an explosive five-year term for the president.
Révolution Permanente
June 20, 2022Brazil’s Strategic Scenario in 2022: An Analysis
A document prepared by Left Voice’s sister organization in Brazil analyzes the country’s situation in the run-up to elections in October.
Movimento Revolucionário de Trabalhadores (MRT)
June 15, 2022Macron, the ‘President of the Rich,’ Reelected in France Amid Record Abstention
Emmanuel Macron has won a second term as president of France in an election marked by record abstention. As he prepares to continue his war against French social gains, the Far Right is consolidating its base in opposition to the failures of Macronism. Building a bloc of resistance is now more urgent than ever.
Damien Bernard
April 25, 2022The Meaning of Orbán’s Reelection in Hungary
While Viktor Orbán’s Hungary will continue to represent a fulcrum for the most reactionary forces in Europe, the situation holds contradictions for the Hungarian regime — and for the entire European Union.
Philippe Alcoy
April 9, 2022“You are the hope of this world”: Adèle Haenel’s Letter Supporting Anasse Kazib
Adèle Haenel, French actress best known in the United States for her role in the film Portrait of a Lady on Fire, has issued a powerful anti-capitalist statement in support of the candidacy of Anasse Kazib for the French presidency, and for the work of Revolution Permanente more generally.
Révolution Permanente
March 5, 2022Who is Anasse Kazib?
Meet the Trotskyist railway worker running for president of France.
Left Voice
February 27, 2022Media Blackout of Anasse Kazib Candidacy in France Reveals the Myth of Capitalist “Democracy”
Anasse Kazib, the Trotskyist rail worker running for president of France, faces obstacles to winning ballot access. Now, he is being blacked out by the French media, which is doing the bidding of a capitalist state that wants to keep people from hearing a revolutionary program that challenges its rule.
Scott Cooper
February 18, 2022Chile’s Latest Assault on Democracy: 12 Parties Will Be Forced to Dissolve
A dozen smaller parties will be excluded, by law, from participating in Chile’s elections. It’s more proof that the new Boric government is just more of the same.
La Izquierda Diario Chile
February 12, 2022As Millions in Chile Hope for Change, Boric Promises Moderation
Hundreds of thousands of people went into the streets of Santiago to cheer the election of Gabriel Boric. Many are hoping for an end of neoliberalism. But Boric and his party were instrumental in pacifying the popular rebellion that began in October 2019.
Nathaniel Flakin
December 22, 2021Runoff in Chile: For Defeating Kast and the Right, without Confidence in Boric or His Project
Gabriel Boric’s wide margin of victory over José Antonio Kast in today’s Chilean presidential vote was a surprise. It was a rejection of the strengthening of the Right wing in the first round of the elections. Now that fight against the Right must move to the streets, where the demands from the October 2019 rebellion must be raised again.
La Izquierda Diario Chile
December 20, 2021