We Need Solidarity and Socialism to Confront This Disaster
The crisis is proof that we need to get rid of the capitalist system and usher in a society based on human need, not corporate profits, in which public health is put above “the economy”.
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May Day, Mayday!
May Day’s roots lie not only in the great U.S. Eight Hour strikes and marches of 1st May 1886; it also has different and older, “green” roots.
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Cuba: From AIDS, Dengue, and Ebola to COVID-19
The U.S. dawdled for months before reacting to the pandemic. Cuba’s preparation for COVID-19 began on January 1, 1959.
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Relevance of Ambedkar’s Idea of ‘State Socialism’ in the Time of COVID-19
In the light of the current crisis, the time has come to revisit Dr Amebdkar’s ideas on democratic state socialism proposed by him in his book ‘State and Minorities’ written in 1947.
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Kerala is a Beacon to the World for Taking on the Coronavirus
Vijay Prashad & Subin Dennis, March 27, 2020 K.K. Shailaja is the health minister in the Left Democratic Front government in Kerala, the state in the southwest of India that has a population of 35 million people. On January 25, 2020, she convened a high-level meeting to discuss the outbreak of COVID-19 in Wuhan, China….
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Cuba Sends Doctors, Nurses Worldwide in Covid-19 Fight
Courtesy: Telesur Cuba on March 28 sent a team of 39 doctors and nurses to Andorra, the thirteenth medical brigade the country has dispatched overseas to combat the COVID-19 pandemic. The medical help came as health authorities in Andorra have reported four deaths and a total of 308 confirmed cases due to the coronavirus outbreak….
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Argentina: President Fernandez Prohibits Layoffs for 60 Days
Courtesy: Telesur Argentina’s President Alberto Fernandez Tuesday published a decree that prohibits the layoffs and suspensions of workers for 60 days. This decision is part of a package of measures aimed at sustaining economic activity amid mandatory quarantine. More specifically, the decree prohibits dismissals without just cause, dismissals for lack or reduction of work, and…
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Venezuela’s Coronavirus Response Might Surprise You
Leonardo Flores, March 24, 2020 Within a few hours of being launched, over 800 Venezuelans in the U.S. registered for an emergency flight from Miami to Caracas through a website run by the Venezuelan government. This flight, offered at no cost, was proposed by President Nicolás Maduro when he learned that 200 Venezuelans were…
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China and Cuba’s Medical Internationalism is a Shining Example of Global Solidarity
Danny Haiphong China sends medical equipment abroad, Cuba sends doctors and cutting-edge drugs, but the U.S. fails to provide its people, doctors and nurses with basic tools and protection. U.S. imperialism has loathed China and Cuba ever since the mid-20th century when both nations pursued a revolutionary path and replaced the yoke of imperialism with…
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A New Humanity, A New World
Owei Lakemfa Imagine. Imagine you are on a cruise ship with 681 others and then discover that some of them have contacted a highly infectious virus that has neither cure nor vaccine. Even if there were a cure, it was not within reach as you are afloat in the ocean and no country wanted you…
