Feminism and Coronavirus: What Next?

Feminism has already warned that capitalism brutally expands the precariousness of the work necessary for social reproduction, work that falls mainly on women, and the acute contradiction between life and profit under this system. The pandemic confirms these diagnoses. So what do we do next?

Russian Doctors and Activists Face Threats for Reporting on Coronavirus Amid Surge in Cases

A few weeks ago, while the rest of the world scrambled to contain the spread of the novel coronavirus, Russia declared a victory over it. The truth, however, is far from it, as doctors and activists have been at the receiving end of harassment by the state for speaking out.

The International Situation in the Era of the Coronavirus Pandemic

Covid-19 is profoundly changing the international situation in many ways. While a number of dangers loom for the working class, several opportunities are also arising for a radical questioning of the capitalist system, which leads us to barbarism.

CEO of Trader Joe’s Uses Coronavirus to Union-Bust

Trader Joe’s CEO Dan Bane recently sent TJ employees a letter to discourage them from unionizing. Left Voice spoke to a Trader Joe’s worker to learn more about their work conditions and the union efforts.

Capitalist Profiteering in the Age of the Coronavirus

The legal framework under which capitalism operates allows the wealthy and big business to engage in the same kind of petty thievery as profiteers and price-gougers, except with impunity and on a massive scale. With the coronavirus pandemic, this is made blatantly obvious every day.

Work in the Time of Coronavirus: Lack of PPE Makes it Impossible to “Do No Harm”

A nurse in a city in central North Carolina reveals working conditions at her hospital and how her relationship with her workplace has changed. She and her coworkers are unable to care for patients without potentially exposing themselves, their families, the patients, and each other to COVID-19.

The Coronavirus Pandemic is Ravaging Black Communities

The data confirms it: although political leaders talk of the coronavirus as the great equalizer, Black people are getting sick and dying of COVID-19 in higher numbers than others.

Work in the Time of Coronavirus: My Job is Closed, But My Rent is Due

An assistant server at an Upper East Side restaurant is only barely able to scrape together her April rent. As NYC extends its “Pause” through the end of the month, the approaching May 1 bill casts a dark shadow for workers still unable to make a living but provided with no relief.

As Coronavirus Decimates Ecuador, Other Poor Countries Wait Their Turn in Horror

Bodies infected with COVID-19 are being dumped in the street of Guayaquil, Ecuador by security forces. That is what capitalism has in store for huge swaths of the least-developed countries of the world.

The U.S. Is Using Coronavirus to Push Regime Change in Venezuela

In the midst of the global crisis opened up by the coronavirus pandemic, the Trump administration has redoubled its efforts to overthrow Venezuelan president Nicolás Maduro. It is dangling the lifting of devastating sanctions and offering foreign aid in exchange for Maduro’s ouster. We must demand that all sanctions be lifted unequivocally and denounce all U.S. military interference in the region.