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Work in the Time of Coronavirus: Coronavirus came and my company kicked me to the curb

The son of a retail worker shares how their mother was fired in the midst of the pandemic and lost crucial benefits like health insurance as a result.

Left Voice

March 26, 2020

Democrats and Republicans to the Rescue… of Corporations

Republicans and Democrats have agreed on an unprecedented $2 trillion stimulus package, much of it going to shore up corporate profitability. While hundreds of thousands are sick and dying from the Covid-19 pandemic, Congress makes clear again in whose interest it governs.

Robert Belano

March 25, 2020

Health Disparities Will Devastate the Nation’s Capital During the Pandemic: A Physician’s Perspective

Less than a couple miles from the nation’s capital, where the seats of political power converge in one of the wealthiest cities in the world, egregious disparities in healthcare have left swathes of Washington D.C. undeserved or without access. A frontline physician implores us: We must act now.

Luigi Morris

March 25, 2020

They Flattened the Curve, but at What Cost? Interview with a Worker in South Korea

A socialist in South Korea speaks out about the government’s response to the COVID-19 outbreak and the steps that must be taken by the international working class to fight against the crisis.

Capitalist Governments Say: Shelter in Place — and Go to Work!

In many European countries, the police can fine or arrest you for meeting with friends in a park. But we are still expected to spend eight hours in an office with tens or hundreds of other people. Governments in Germany, France, Italy, Australia, and to some degree, the U.S. are all practicing this seemingly contradictory policy. They are defending capitalist profits, not people's lives.

Nathaniel Flakin

March 25, 2020

Italy Calls General Strike: “Our Lives Are Worth More Than Your Profits”

Although Italy is on lockdown, many non-essential sectors are still going to work. Today a general strike is being called to protest the government's insistence on maintaining "business as usual" in the face of a devastating pandemic.

Global Economic Crisis and COVID-19: The Reign of Uncertainty

The coronavirus pandemic is imposing extremely dire circumstances on capitalism worldwide. This could not only drag us into a global depression but could also pose the possibility of war.

Paula Bach

March 25, 2020

Healthcare Workers Are At War, But Trump Isn’t on Our Side

NYC physician gave this speech about the war against the coronavirus and the ongoing war against for-profit health care, Trump and capitalism itself. The coronavirus pandemic is magnifying capitalism’s complete inability to foster overall health and well being. We don’t just need a new healthcare system, but a new economic system altogether.

Mike Pappas

March 24, 2020

Capitalism is a Death Cult: #NotDying4WallStreet

Donald Trump and the capitalists want to save the economy by putting millions of working-class people at risk of the coronavirus. We won't die for Wall Street.

Tatiana Cozzarelli

March 24, 2020