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Nagle Is Wrong: There Is No Left Case Against Open Borders

30 November | Angela Nagle and other reformists are wrong. The “left case” against open borders ignores imperialism and functions on the false premise that capitalists want to open the (...)

100 YEARS OF THE GERMAN REVOLUTION

100 Years Ago in Berlin: The Bitter Lesson of a Defeat

27 November | The Social Democrats and the military prepared to crush the revolution. A big majority of the working class desired socialism – but they had no major party of their own to lead the struggles. What (...)

Revolutionaries in Parliament: LV Interviews Myriam Bregman and Nicolás Del Caño

22 November | Following the U.S. Midterm elections, a contest which provided no principled choice for working class voters, Left Voice interviewed two representatives of the PTS for their views on how (...)

BRAZIL

The PT, Neoliberalism, and the Brazilian Regime

20 November | The Partido dos Trabalhadores (PT - Workers’ Party) has played an important role during decisive moments of Brazilian history. This article offers a critical overview of the party’s responsibility (...)

100 YEARS OF THE GERMAN REVOLUTION

100 Years Ago in Berlin: Revolution and Counterrevolution in Germany

18 November | In the first days of the German Revolution, workers’ and soldiers’ councils formed across Germany. The Social Democrats allied with the military to save as much of the old order as they could. The (...)

US ELECTIONS

Race, Class and Gender in the Midterms: Solidarity or Collision?

17 November | What the interplay of race, gender and class dynamics teaches us about Trumpism and the 2018 midterm election results.

MEDIA AND CULTURE

Black Radicalism on Screen: “The Hate U Give”

9 November | It's not every day that the music of Tupac Shakur and the politics of the Black Panthers are harmoniously woven into a tale about a modern black family

100 Years of the German Revolution: Interview with Ralf Hoffrogge

’The Workers Invented a Concept for Socialist Transformation’

5 November | On November 9, 1918, the revolution began in Germany. We spoke with historian Ralf Hoffrogge about the role of the "Revolutionary Stewards."

BRAZIL

The Rise of Bolsonaro and the Position of Brazilian Revolutionaries

17 October | Socialist Revolutionaries from Brazil explain how they are organizing against the rise of the far-right and why the call for a ‘critical vote’ to the PT in the coming runoff (...)

Reassessing the Legacy of Louis Althusser on His 100-Year Anniversary: An Interview with Warren Montag

16 October | Louis Althusser was one of the most disputed scholars in the Marxist tradition. Condemned as a revisionist by some, celebrated as a brilliant, innovative Marxist philosopher by others, his (...)

Karl Kautsky: From Pope to Renegade

3 October | In the last few years, there has been a revival of interest in Kautsky's politics in both academia and on the political left.

UNITED STATES

Kavanaugh, the Supreme Court, and the Need for a Stronger Challenge

1 October | Despite the shockingly farcical hearing in which Brett Kavanaugh was forced to address allegations of his history of sexual assault, there is every indication that he will be confirmed by the (...)

IDEAS AND DEBATES

Populism and Its Uses: Antinomies of a Failed Reformist Strategy

20 September | Reflections on Chantal Mouffe’s new book, “For a Left Populism.”

IDEAS AND DEBATES

On Reproductive Labor, Wage Slavery and the New Working Class

11 September | The feminist movement has reemerged on a world scale, and the debate over how patriarchy and capitalism are related is once again on the agenda. This old but renewed debate has taken on a new (...)

IDEAS AND DEBATES

Trotskyist Summer School in Catalonia

5 September | Last weekend, almost 100 people gathered in the Catalonian coastal town of Palamós for a summer school. The Revolutionary Workers Current (CRT) invited workers and youth for a weekend full of (...)

IDEAS AND DEBATES

80 Years of the Fourth International

3 September | 80 years ago today, on September 3, 1938, a secret meeting took place in a house in Périgny, a small town outside of Paris. 26 delegates represented eleven revolutionary organizations from around (...)

IDEAS AND DEBATES

Why Trotskyism?

25 August | It has been 78 years since Trotsky was murdered in Mexico on the orders of Stalin. Why is Trotskyism still relevant today?

Open Letter to Kshama Sawant: Don’t Support the Police!

23 August | Kshama Sawant, a socialist on the Seattle city council, has just voted to confirm the new police chief. This is a serious mistake, as the police are defenders of capitalism. Socialists should aim (...)

The Problem of Reformism

20 August | Revolutionaries have classically rejected the reformists’ political method of relying on the electoral/legislative process and the state. Here is why.

IDEAS & DEBATES

Don’t Give to Charity

17 August | There are now more charities and nonprofit organizations than ever before, with bigger budgets and more sophisticated fundraising methods. But charities have failed to meaningfully combat (...)

UNITED STATES

Does Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Represent the Politics of the DSA?

7 August | Things have moved quickly since June, when Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez won a primary election in New York, becoming the Democratic Party’s candidate for a seat in the U.S. House of (...)

IDEAS AND DEBATES

Universal Basic Income: A Capitalist Solution to the Evils of Capitalism?

7 August | Supporters of universal basic income (UBI) either entertain illusions in a palliative “from above” to the miseries of capitalism, or look for an impossible shortcut for organizing the working (...)

IMMIGRATION

Abolish ICE, and Abolish the Border Too: A Socialist Perspective

30 July | The movement to abolish ICE has sparked a conversation among socialists about borders and their relation to capitalism.

GUEST POST

More Than Universal Healthcare: The Meaning of Socialism

29 July | Young people are turning to socialism, and Democratic Party politicians are adopting the term. But what is socialism?