The COVID-19 Catastrophe in Bangladesh
The virus risks plunging Bangladesh into social, economic, and political turmoil — not to mention the public health crisis.
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America’s Super-Rich See Their Wealth Rise by $282 Billion in Three Weeks of Pandemic
America’s billionaires have accrued more wealth in the past three weeks alone than they made in total prior to 1980.
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Getting Trumped by Covid-19
The author offers an evocative take on her experience of being locked down due to Covid-19 in two different countries, with two worldviews.
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Coronavirus Deaths Likely 60% Higher than Official Numbers Reflect
Studies show that the number of confirmed coronavirus cases might be many multiples of the official count.
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Trump’s Plan for Reopening the Economy Will Be Lethal
With internal polls showing that Trump is losing the November elections, he is desperate to put the economy back on track, irespective of its consequences for the people.
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The Lockdown is a Dangerous Experiment, India’s Democracy Will Not Emerge Unscathed
Just as daily bread is necessary, said Bertolt Brecht, so is daily justice. “It is even necessary several times a day”. Unless the Supreme Court remembers this, an Orwellian world can easily become reality.
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Mayday, Mayday, Mayday!
It was indeed with a deep sense of dismay and disappointment that we watched the rather prosaic address by the Chief of Defence Staff, thanking the ‘Corona Warriors’.
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Bolivia vs Venezuela: COVID-19 Response Reveals True Nature of Governments
Government responses to the COVID-19 pandemic have put into sharp relief their true nature. This is perhaps no more evident than when we compare Bolivia and Venezuela. Plus an interview with President Maduro of Venezuela.
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Three Articles on Cuba’s Socialist Internationalism
As we move through this crisis, we see the tragedy of the rich superpower with its privatized, dysfunctional health care system failing its people, while its impoverished neighbor–under constant attack from the superpower–reaches out to help the world. Three articles.
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Vietnam and the Indian State of Kerala Curbed Covid-19 on the Cheap
The secret of both Vietnam and Kerala in combating Covid-19 is their quick and efficient public-health systems, and early and timely planning to tackling the disease.
