Coronavirus

Today, new forms of solidarity, mutual aid, and common struggle are emerging in the pandemic. How will they shape tomorrow’s struggles for a post-capitalist world?

Deadly and disruptive as it already is, and terribly as it could yet worsen and spread, the 2020 coronavirus outbreak could also have political effects that last long after the contagion is contained. Crisis Group identifies seven points of particular concern.

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In some countries, workers will have 90 percent of lost wages covered. In others, residents fear eviction. Nation to nation, rescue plans reflect conflicting ideas of government’s role in a crisis.

Food & Water Action Demands Federal Control of the Struggling, Polluting Industry

An Open Letter and Call to Action to Members of Congress

After looking at the demographics, virology, public health dimensions, and earlier parallels (e.g., the 1918 flu epidemic), it seems to me that this whole episode with COVID-19 is being handled incorrectly. This is partly due to Donald Trump's self-serving blunders, but not entirely. More

Evolutionary biologist Rob Wallace on the linked global crises of Covid-19 and capitalism, waking up to the fight for our lives, and his article

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The Great Recession could have killed globalization, but China emerged as the champion of a new global "connectivity." With the coronavirus, that phase is finished.

The COVID-19 public health crisis is rapidly devolving into a vast, multi-faceted crisis of social reproduction with no end in sight. How can we seize this moment to build dual power?

Left Voice spoke with Giacomo Turci, a member of the Revolutionary Internationalist Fraction (FIR), about the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic in Italy, the reasons why the healthcare system is overwhelmed, and the urgent measures needed to confront this crisis.

In Argentina, the workers are providing an exemplary response to the Coronavirus pandemic. In some recovered factories, basic supplies are being produced to address the health crisis. The government declared a virtual curfew, but workers can provide a much more effective and organized response.

We live in an interwoven, interconnected world where an injury to one is truly an injury to all. We must confront the coronavirus with solidarity and fight for a society where the health of all is more important than profits for a few.

Après l’avoir longtemps niée, Téhéran s’alarme de l’ampleur de l’épidémie. Les forces armées dirigent à présent « la guerre » contre le virus. Pourtant, pas question de quarantaine mais une dénonciation du « terrorisme médical » de Washington qui se refuse à alléger les sanctions.

International Assembly of the Peoples and Tricontinental: Institute for Social Research. SARS-CoV-2 or COVID19, now declared a global pandemic by the World Health Organisation, has begun to wreak havoc in large parts of the world, with other parts waiting in anticipation. We are in a real str

How the Republican adoption of populism in the midst of a global pandemic is going to affect America’s longterm future.

“We are all afraid but we have a revolutionary duty to fulfill, so we take out fear and put it to one side,” Leonardo Fernandez, 68, an intensive care specialist, told Reuters late on Saturday shortly before his brigade’s departure.

At a time of such economic uncertainty, in addition to the coronavirus, it’s time for all of us to ask how we got here and who our best choice is to deliver ...

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Democrats make a huge mistake by shying away from a robust material response to the crisis.

Pandora's Box is open, and our ruthless economic system is making everything far worse.

The COVID-19 pandemic has revealed truths about how our capitalist society runs. It has laid bare the injustice, the inequality, and the indifference to human suffering that are endemic to capitalism. In response, voices around the country, including some in Congress, are arguing for national paid sick leave, expansion of Medicaid, a moratorium on evictions, the forgiveness of student debt, and free healthcare. We need all of these things--but we’ve needed them for a long time. It should not take a disaster that threatens the well-being of people across the world for our leaders to muster u...

In This Issue Trading Our Lives Can We Get a Little Help Here? Workers Strike Back DSA Announcements: Organize a COVID-19 Workplace Response, Sign our COVID-19 Petition, Collaborative Resources Doc, Mutual Aid Support Trading Our Lives If you’re still trying to wrap your head around this crisis, you’re not alone. But rest assured that when…

Dan interviews Mike Davis about everything we are all suddenly trying to figure out. Support this podcast at Patreon.com/TheDig

Bernie proposes at least $2 trillion in funding to mobilize to prevent deaths, job losses, and economic ruin.

Amid everything else, there’s a deeper economic crisis underway.

By Tariq Khan Republished from Black Rose/Rosa Negra . From official disregard and denial to mismanaged response, each day the COVID-19 crisis brings into ever sharpening clarity the hypocrisy and moral bankruptcy of the current ruling class. Claims of American exceptionalism and greatness a