Left Voice interviewed four intellectuals and activists of the US Left right after the electoral triumph of Donald Trump.
Left Voice
November 15, 2016
Julia Wallace, columnist for Left Voice, political activist from L.A.
Kshama Sawant, City Councilmember of Seattle, Member of Socialist Alternative.
Bhaskar Sunkara, Editor of Jacobin Magazine.
Benjamin Woods, writer for Black Agenda Report, Activist M4BL, Scholar.
Militant journalism, revolutionary politics.
As the brutal genocide of Palestinians continues with the help of the Biden administration, there is maneuver underway to co-opt the movement for Palestine. We need to have a democratic and independent movement that relies on the power of the working class, the student movement, and mobilizations in the streets.
Tatiana Cozzarelli
April 7, 2024
Left Voice member speaks about the massive 1999 Mexican student strike and the role of assemblies.
Jimena Vergara
March 30, 2024
The capitalist world is in a "permacrisis" — a prolonged period of instability which may lead to catastrophic events. The ongoing struggles for hegemony could lead to open military conflicts.
Claudia Cinatti
March 22, 2024
Poor Things is a fantastical comedy with beautiful set design and costumes and an Oscar-winning performance from Emma Stone. So why did it leave me feeling so empty? Despite juggling feminist and socialist ideas, the film is ideologically muddled and often self-contradictory.
Basil Rozlaban
March 16, 2024
South Korea’s legislative elections on April 10 were a decisive blow to President Yoon Suk-Yeol — but a win for the bourgeois regime.
Joonseok
April 18, 2024
Google has fired 28 workers who staged a sit-in and withheld their labor. The movement for Palestine must take up the fight against repression.
Left Voice
April 18, 2024
In recent weeks, the movement in solidarity with Palestine has faced a new round of repression across the U.S. We need a united campaign to combat this repression, one that raises strategic debates about the movement’s next steps.
Tristan Taylor
April 17, 2024
The Labor Notes Conference will have record attendance this year, but it’s showing its limits by opening with a speech from Chicago’s pro-cop Democratic mayor, Brandon Johnson. Instead of facilitating the Democratic Party’s co-optation of our movement, Labor Notes should be a space for workers and socialists to gather and fight for a class-independent alternative.
Emma Lee
April 16, 2024