US Elections
GUEST POST
Deliver Us to the Lesser Evil: How Social Movements Bury Themselves in the Democratic Party
July 28, 2017 | The Democratic Party has often been called “the graveyard of social movements,” and more often than not the social struggles in the United States end their useful lives digging their own graves in (...)
ANTI-TRUMP
Anti-Trump Protests Around the Country and Around the World
January 21, 2017 | Thousands around the country and around the world unite to fight Trump.
UNITED STATES
Inaugural Sermon: A God Appointed Leader to Build a Wall
January 20, 2017 | Led this year by Robert Jeffress, a Southern Baptist pastor, Trump's inaugural mass was entitled “When God Chooses a Leader”. The title is a reference to the biblical figure, Nehemiah, who built a (...)
TRUMP INAUGURATION
Resistance Against Trump: Inauguration Actions in DC
January 16, 2017 | A list of events and actions taking place in Washington, DC from January 19 to 21.
GUEST POST
Elections: A Small Piece of Socialist Strategy
January 13, 2017 | Real working class power is built through organization and disruption, not by support for bourgeois electoral candidates
UNITED STATES
Trump: The Fall of the Neoliberal Narrative
December 29, 2016 | Much has been written to absorb the conservative avalanche that turned so many states red in the November elections. Even the screenwriters of “House of Cards” could not have a big enough (...)
GUEST POST
A Blueprint for Compromise
December 27, 2016 | The authors critically analyze Seth Ackerman’s ‘Blueprint for a New Party’.
UNITED STATES
The Roots of Trumpism
December 26, 2016 | A radical, right-wing, middle-class insurgency displaced the hegemonic capitalists in the Republican Party, at least temporarily.
GUEST POST
The Green Party: A Washed-Out Strategy of the Left
December 09, 2016 | Several leftist parties placed their bets on the Greens. Despite favorable conditions for the growth of the Greens, they failed to become the dynamic third party that so many leftists believed (...)
IDEAS & DEBATES
David Harvey and Robert Brenner Discuss the Economy and Donald Trump
December 02, 2016 | The two marxist scholars exchange on the current economic situation and the tasks ahead.
US ELECTIONS
The Trump Era: Reflections on the Future Economy
November 26, 2016 | Does Trump’s victory mark the end of neoliberalism? In this article, we will analyze Trump’s economic platform, its striking contradictions and the balance between demagoguery and (...)
UNITED STATES
Teaching in the Trump Era: "I Feel Hatred in People’s Eyes"
November 21, 2016 | Three teachers share their experiences in the classroom the day after Trump was elected. All K-12 and university teachers are invited to share their experiences with Left Voice in a paragraph or (...)
UNITED STATES
Teaching after Trump Victory: Immigrant Students Told, "You Better Run"
November 16, 2016 | A teacher shares her experience in the classroom the day after Trump was elected. All K-12 and university teachers are invited to share their experiences with Left Voice in a paragraph or more. (...)
UNITED STATES
A Class Divided: A 5th Grade Classroom in a Red State
November 16, 2016 | A teacher shares her experience in the classroom the day after Trump was elected. All K-12 and university teachers are invited to share their experiences with Left Voice in a paragraph or more. (...)
UNITED STATES
US Elections Are a Sham
November 16, 2016 | There’s been a flood of explanations for Trump’s victory. Interpretations aside, his triumph is a measure of how undemocratic the electoral system is.
UNITED STATES
Voices on the Left After Trump’s Victory
November 15, 2016 | Left Voice interviewed four intellectuals and activists of the US Left right after the electoral triumph of Donald Trump.
US ELECTIONS
A Teacher’s Tale: The Day after Trump’s Win
November 15, 2016 | A teacher shares her experience in the classroom the day after Trump was elected. All K-12 and university teachers are invited to share their experiences with Left Voice in a paragraph or more. (...)
UNITED STATES
After a Trump Victory, We Will Fight Back!
November 10, 2016 | A Trump victory is a blow against the working class. In the face of a racist, sexist, xenophobic President, we must fight back!
US ELECTIONS
Trump’s Triumph and the World that Lies Ahead
November 10, 2016 | The unthinkable is no longer so when it becomes a reality. Against all predictions, Donald Trump became the 45th President of the United States. He is now the man who will hold the most important (...)
#NotWithThem
My House, My Vote
November 08, 2016 | Oprah Winfrey recently said that people should vote for Clinton even if they don’t like her. After all, “she’s not coming over to your house.” But, Clinton’s policies are in the houses of Black (...)