Robert Belano

1 month ago | leftvoice.org | Robert Belano

More than 70 years have passed since Joseph Stalin's death. Yet even today, any project claiming the banner of communism must address the legacy of Stalinism. On one hand, this is because of the countless accounts by anti-communist historians that sought to frame Stalinism as the natural continuation of Leninism and revolutionary Marxism.

Jan 12, 2024 | leftvoice.org | Laura Liff |Robert Belano |Adriana Bilbao

Editor’s note: This article is based on an article by Laura Liff that was published in Spanish at La Izquierda Diario. It has been extensively adapted for an international audience. In December, the 53-year old “libertarian” journalist Javier Milei won Argentina’s presidential runoff in a landslide, gaining 56 percent of the vote, compared to 44 percent for Sergio Massa, the Peronist candidate and former minister of economics.

Nov 20, 2023 | leftvoice.org | Robert Belano

Six weeks into Israel’s murderous military assault on Gaza, responsible for the deaths of over 13,000 Palestinians — the large majority of whom are women and children — the U.S.’s most well recognized “democratic socialist” has refused to even call for a ceasefire.

Oct 25, 2023 | leftvoice.org | Robert Belano

After nearly every pre-election poll had the far-right candidate Javier Milei finishing first, it was the Peronist and current Economy Minister, Sergio Massa, who surprisingly came out ahead in last Sunday’s presidential elections in Argentina. Nor was the result particularly close, with Massa finishing with 36 percent as compared to Milei’s 30 percent.

Jun 26, 2023 | leftvoice.org | Robert Belano