Latest News Politics , Business , Finance , Technology , World News & Opinion & Tracking & Analysis.
Left Voice
Primary focus: World
Angel Arias reports from on the ground in Venezuela where workers are organizing their own response to the earthquake and beginning to question the government’s failure to respond and its subordination to the United States. The post Venezuela After the Earthquake: American Occupiers and People’s Suffering Create Conditions for a Major Crisis appeared first on Left Voice.
Following the declaration of a state of emergency in Bolivia the persecution of social leaders and activists is intensifying. This Saturday, July 17, leaders David Mamani, of the Tupac Katari Federation, and David Quispe Machaca, of the Unified Confederation of Peasant Workers (CSUTCB), were arrested. The post Repression Intensifies in Bolivia with Arrest of Prominent Peasant Leaders appeared first on Left Voice.
Below, we outline in brief strokes some decisive moments of proletarian struggle in China over the last century and a half. The post Notes on the Formation of the Chinese Working Class, 1840–1989 appeared first on Left Voice.
In a prime-time televised address, Donald Trump once again spread unsubstantiated theories about the 2020 election, announced the declassification of documents to justify an attack on the electoral system, and used the opportunity to reinforce his reactionary agenda against transgender people, immigrants, and other oppressed groups. The post Trump’s Election Tirade Signals Shift Toward Greater Repression Ahead of Midterms appeared first on Left Voice.
Under the threat of renewed, high-intensity genocidal warfare and pressure from its bourgeois allies, Hamas has agreed to transfer the administration of Gaza to a pro-imperialist committee. This concession offers a victory to Israel and U.S. imperialism. The post Betrayed by its Allies, Hamas Accepts Imperialist Control of Gaza appeared first on Left Voice.
Under the threat of renewed, high-intensity genocidal warfare and pressure from its bourgeois allies, Hamas has agreed to transfer the administration of Gaza to a pro-imperialist committee. This concession offers a victory to Israel and U.S. imperialism. The post Betrayed by Its Allies, Hamas Accepts Imperialist Control of Gaza appeared first on Left Voice.
Argentina defeated England after an epic match in the World Cup semifinals. As expected, the game was steeped in history, symbolism, and Argentina's long-standing claim to sovereignty over the Falkland Islands. This angered FIFA, several right-wing groups, and Bhaskar Sunkara, founder and editor of Jacobin magazine and a leading figure of Democratic Socialists of America (DSA). The post The Falklands Question and the World Cup: A Marxist Response to Bhaskar Sunkara appeared first on Left Voice.
Argentina defeated England after an epic match in the World Cup semifinals. As expected, the game was steeped in history, symbolism, and Argentina's long-standing claim to sovereignty over the Malvinas Islands. This angered FIFA, several right-wing groups, and Bhaskar Sunkara, founder and editor of Jacobin magazine and a leading figure of Democratic Socialists of America (DSA). The post The Malvinas Debate and the World Cup: A Marxist Response to Bhaskar Sunkara appeared first on Left Voice.
The killings of Lorenzo Salgado Araujo and Joan Sebastian Guerrero are a reminder that ICE is still terrorizing communities across the United States. We need a movement that refuses to be pacified by midterm elections and leaderships linked to the Democratic Party. The post ICE Killings in Houston and Maine Should Reignite a Combative Resistance to Trump’s War on Immigrants appeared first on Left Voice.
The xenophobic wave of Afrophobia across South Africa is not a spontaneous reaction from the working classes. It is the result of deeper contradictions within the post-apartheid order and, currently, of a degraded political regime that paves the way for the institutionalization of these conservative phenomena. The post South Africa: Wave of Xenophobia Against African Immigrants appeared first on Left Voice.
