New Future

Germany’s Left Party now has over 100,000 members. Tens of thousands of young people have joined since the beginning of the year. Can they change the party’s character?

Zelenskyy’s policy has been to make Ukraine a territory totally integrated into the Western powers’ framework of domination. Only a determined, massive, and powerful social force, organized around the Ukrainian working class, can fight for Ukraine’s real self-determination.

Left Voice editor Samuel Karlin interviewed immigrant rights organizer and writer Silky Shah. They spoke about how immigrant detention is tied to the prison system, the problems with a “good immigrant vs. bad immigrant” framing, and how to resist attacks from the state.

Militarization in the U. S. and its million-dollar spending prioritizes control and security over satisfying social needs. It favors the business elite and deepens inequality and authoritarianism in the U. S. , Latin America, and other regions of the world.

Graduate workers at Wayne State University are rebuilding their union and entering negotiations for a new contract at a vital moment on college campuses. As they rebuild the rank-and-file, they are also calling on the community and social movements to join them for open bargaining.

News of ICE expansion in Newark, NJ is a reminder of the need for a combative, mass movement committed to fighting ICE with a perspective of class independence, unity in action, and the widest democracy possible.

The Berlin International Film Festival was marked by attempts to censor pro-Palestinian speech.

The New York Post’s call to shut down overdose prevention centers like OnPoint NYC is a dangerous attack on lifesaving harm reduction efforts. As an individual working at these sites, I’ve seen how they save lives, provide compassionate care, and challenge the dehumanizing logic of capitalism --- proof that love, not punishment, is the path to healing.

The NYPD’s crackdown on the CCNY protest is part of a broader assault on the Palestine movement and student activism by politicians, university administrators, and the Far Right. The repression is meant to scare, divide, and demoralize us, but now is the time to stand united and fight for our right to protest.

Barnard College students launched a sit-in to protest the expulsion of students protesting the genocide in Palestine. The fight for their reinstatement is a critical part of the struggle against the Far Right and its attacks on democratic rights.

Barnard’s expulsion of two students for pro-Palestine activism is a direct and unprecedented attack on the right to protest. Students, workers, and the community must demand their immediate reinstatement.

OnPoint United workers continue to battle for a labor contract at OnPoint NYC, the first legally operating Overdose Prevention Site in the United States. But the organization is doing everything it can to delay and halt organizing and negotiating efforts.

The CPAC conference showed how much the Right thinks this is their moment. But lots of people still hate them, and we should use that hatred to organize a resistance.

In the elections on Sunday, Friedrich Merz of the conservative CDU got the most votes, while the far-right AfD won over 20 percent. People under 25, however, swung left.