January 6th, 2022 marks the first anniversary of an unruly mob which meandered through the US Capitol building against the certification of the 2020 presidential election results. Statements from major corporate heads came out lambasting this so-called “insurrection”, the president of the notoriously anti-worker National Association of Manufacturers even called on Mike Pence to invoke … Continue reading Democracy for War Criminals
Princess Blanding and the Liberation Party of Virginia – Independence from the Democrats is Good, but Not Enough!
With the upcoming Virginia governor's race we are faced with two sides of the same coin, Republicans or Democrats, both corporate candidates who serve the rich and tout their credentials and history to back it up. Realistically we know one of these two candidates will win. What is most exceptional and significant about this race … Continue reading Princess Blanding and the Liberation Party of Virginia – Independence from the Democrats is Good, but Not Enough!
The NRV Volvo Strike
The NRV Volvo Strike At the beginning of the year, it became apparent that the rank and file Volvo workers were fed up with work conditions and their terms of employment. It’s common knowledge that mass layoffs are part and parcel of Volvo operations in Dublin, new hires get pushed out, veteran workers get to … Continue reading The NRV Volvo Strike
The Peoples Assembly and Abolition
After our second Peoples Assembly we think it important to reflect on these events and how we can continue to build off them. Since the beginning of our first Peoples Assembly we’ve always centered the theme of abolition, having triggered a wave of assemblies across the area including at least two assemblies in Roanoke by … Continue reading The Peoples Assembly and Abolition
Socialism: what it is and what it aint
"socialism was a middle-class movement, communism a working-class movement. Socialism was, on the Continent at least, “respectable”; communism was the very opposite. And as our notion, from the very beginning, was that “the emancipation of the workers must be the act of the working class itself,” there could be no doubt as to which of … Continue reading Socialism: what it is and what it aint
Update on the Struggle at Warm Hearth Village
Since last year with the Warm Hearth Village Workers Committee picketing Warm Hearth Village over racism on the job, workers have reported a significant victory for the Black workers dealing with their discrimination at work. After WHV bosses served a lifetime ban on supporters of the WHV workers committee for joining their picket and locking … Continue reading Update on the Struggle at Warm Hearth Village
Dance Party In The Capitol
In the leadup to the 2020 US Presidential election many on the Left have echoed the liberal slogan of resisting a potential “fascist coup” by Trump and his supporters. The main intervention by the Left in the leadup to this was the Bernie 2020 campaign. After this was easily and successfully routed by the Democratic … Continue reading Dance Party In The Capitol
Editorial: Where We’re At
by: CG As COVID-19 continues to rage unchallenged across the country, rural areas are some of the becoming some of the hardest hit by the virus. Not only do residents of these areas have underfunded infrastructure and hospitals, but many are still forced to go out and work at jobs where the risk of COVID … Continue reading Editorial: Where We’re At
Arm The People, Not The State
A Joint Statement from the Virginia Left Regarding Recent Gun Control Measures We, the undersigned, representing several groups of the anti-capitalist movement in Virginia, wish to make clear that we completely reject any attempt by the new Democrat majority state government to pass and enforce any new "gun control" laws. Liberals see the issue of … Continue reading Arm The People, Not The State
Politics as Punishment
“No politics” is a familiar refrain for many of us. It means we want to talk about enjoyable or directly important topics, the happenings in our daily lives, not the lives of politicians, who, for all intents and purposes are living in a different world than the rest of the population. Politics is what politicians … Continue reading Politics as Punishment
New River Workers Power 