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Unable 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, 2020

Joe 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?

Tre 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, 2020

The 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, 2020

Portrait of a Political Monster

How can we understand Donald Trump and what can we expect from his re-election run?

Maria Aurelio

April 1, 2020

Organizing 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, 2020

Work 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, 2020

Senator 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, 2020

Work 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