Coronavirus
CDC Sides with Bosses Against Workers, Shortens Quarantine Time
CDC recommends shorter isolation times for people with COVID-19 despite increase in cases.
Cal Berry
December 28, 2021Ending the Pandemic Is Not an “Individual Responsibility”
The Biden administration’s “individual responsibility” directive to “get vaccinated and boosted” is failing. The focus on vaccination only, rather than systemic solutions, is a ruling-class tactic to deflect blame away from bourgeois politicians and the capitalist system that continually places profit over lives.
Mike Pappas
December 28, 2021“We Could Vaccinate The World In Six Months”: End Medical Imperialism Now!
A recently released report identifies more than 100 companies worldwide that could begin manufacturing vaccines immediately. Vaccine imperialism needs to end, and the profit-driven medical system should die with it.
B.C. Daurelle
December 26, 2021Hours-Long Lines in the Cold and Rain: Covid Test Hell in New York City
Covid cases are surging in NYC as the Omicron strain spreads across the world. Those hoping to get tested are facing an hellish experience, waiting in freezing weather and in some cases being turned away for a lack of available tests.
Molly Rosenzweig
December 20, 20212 Years Later: Why Aren’t There Enough Covid Tests?
Nearly two years into the pandemic, there are hours long wait times to get tested for the coronavirus in New York City. There has been a 194 percent increase in cases over the past 14 days. This is the product of a system that puts profit over people’s lives.
Tatiana Cozzarelli
December 19, 2021Imperialism Is Responsible For Omicron
With capitalism acting as an incubator for pandemics, and vaccine nationalism preventing an effective global response, it is no surprise that the Omicron variant of Covid-19 has emerged. Waive the patents!
Samuel Karlin
November 29, 2021Shortages and Supply Chain Disruptions Are about Capitalism, Not Covid
Amid all the talk of global supply chain disruptions, the real cause — production for profit — has been largely ignored.
James Dennis Hoff
October 19, 2021Firing Thousands of Health Care Workers Won’t Stop the Pandemic
The state of New York is firing thousands of unvaccinated health care workers and replacing them with members of the National Guard. While we support all workers being vaccinated, this is a clear attack coordinated by the bosses and the State against the working class.
Mike Pappas
September 28, 2021A Working-Class Program to Fight the Pandemic
As cases of Covid-19 continue to rise, the capitalist system has proved itself incapable and unwilling to address the pandemic. The result is akin to manslaughter, if not murder, at the hands of this system. We propose measures that need to be taken to address the pandemic.
Left Voice
September 25, 2021Italy Is Making a Vaccine Passport Mandatory to Work. Let’s Fight the Employer Association “Cure”!
As of October 15, the vaccine passport — known as the Green Pass — will be mandatory for all workers in Italy. It aims to put the pandemic crisis on the backs of the working class. Let’s fight for a solution to the crisis that stands on the side of the exploited!
Revolutionary Internationalist Fraction (FIR), Italy
September 24, 2021