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.
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.
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’.
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.
Why the West Hates Sandinista Nicaragua
The West cannot admit that Nicaragua has succeeded in controlling the pandemic, because doing so would contradict the lies and fabrications of the right-wing and allied forces they support.
Two articles on Cuba’s Socialist Internationalism in Health
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”.
Halt Destruction of Nature or Suffer Even Worse Pandemics, Say World’s Top Scientists
Only one species is responsible for coronavirus – humans – say world’s leading wildlife experts.
Women Lead the Fight Against Coronavirus
Despite our patriarchal society, women are at the frontline in the fight against the corona pandemic. Also: the stellar role being played by the tribal women of Odisha’s Sundergarh District in this struggle.
ILO Warns 1.6 Bn Workers Risk Having Their ‘Livelihoods Destroyed’ by Pandemic
Hundreds of millions of the world’s most vulnerable workers will be hit by the aftermath of the coronavirus lockdown, says the UN labour agency.
COVID-19 Proves Workers, Not Bosses, are Essential
In the conditions created by the COVID-19 pandemic, the truth of Marx’s claim, that it’s the labour of workers, and not the supposed intelligence and entrepreneurial spirit of bosses, that keeps society running, has been brought into sharp relief.