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U.S. Imperialism Is Blocking Venezuela from Receiving Fuel from Iran in the Middle of a Crisis
Venezuela is facing a brutal shortage of gasoline, but the U.S. is threatening to block badly needed shipments of oil from Iran. Venezuela has every right to market or receive gasoline from whomever it deems necessary --- not whatever is determined by a foreign imperialist power.
Milton D'León
May 21, 2020Unable to Contain the Internal Crisis, Trump Continues the Push Against China
Blaming China for the pandemic has become the strategy of both Republicans and Democrats. This increases tensions between the countries and within the U.S. itself. While they try to divide the working class, capitalist interests are protected.
Ana Rivera
May 16, 2020Joe Biden, Tara Reade and the Farce of Liberal Feminism
Tara Reade's credible sexual assault accusation against Joe Biden has been ignored by the media and by the DNC. Liberal feminists have rushed to Biden's rescue without hesitation. What does this tell us about feminism, the Democratic Party, and the "lesser evil" strategy?
Tatiana Cozzarelli
May 14, 2020Tre Kwon: “Frontline Workers Show the Working Class Has Solutions for Society’s Ills”
In a speech given at the international rally of the Trotskyist Fraction this May Day, socialist nurse and editor of Left Voice Tre Kwon speaks about how the present crisis has revealed the contradictions of capitalism, in particular the undervaluation of “feminized” social reproductive labor. She shares her experiences as a frontline worker in the middle of a pandemic and the need to build an independent organization of the working class that fights for working and oppressed people.
Tre Kwon
May 7, 2020The U.S. Is Using COVID-19 As An Opportunity to Steal Indigenous Land
In the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic, the United States government announced a move that would eliminate the Mashpee Wampanoag tribe’s jurisdiction over their own land. It is not an accident that this latest attack on Indigenous sovereignty and land is being carried out at a time when organizing and resistance are difficult, though not impossible.
Rebecca Margolies
April 5, 2020Portrait of a Political Monster
How can we understand Donald Trump and what can we expect from his re-election run?
Maria Aurelio
April 1, 2020Organizing the Unemployed in the 1930s: Lessons for Today from U.S. Working Class History
The article below by Danny Lucia, from the now-defunct International Socialist Review, discusses how the Communist Party and other groups became involved in organizing the unemployed in the 1930s. This history can be instructive for socialists as unemployment soars amidst the current crisis.
Left Voice
March 26, 2020Work in the Time of Coronavirus: Coronavirus came and my company kicked me to the curb
The son of a retail worker shares how their mother was fired in the midst of the pandemic and lost crucial benefits like health insurance as a result.
Left Voice
March 26, 2020Senator Burr Made a Killing Off Of the Coronavirus While Leaving the Public in Harm’s Way
The Chairman of the Senate Intelligence Committee was revealed to have sold off hundreds of thousands of dollars of private stock in response to the coronavirus. This, combined with a recently released audio, shows that Richard Burr put the working class in danger in order to enrich himself and his capitalist friends.
Sybil Davis
March 22, 2020Work in the Time of Coronavirus: Tour Guides Struggling in an Empty City
An NYC tour guide is enraged over the current situation. Capitalism’s “pull yourself up by the bootstraps” mentality won’t help workers put food on the table and pay rent, especially not during this crisis.
Left Voice
March 21, 2020