Capitalism Is a Virus: Interview with Two Socialist Healthcare Workers from New York

As thousands die each day, bodies are piled into mass graves --- these are the surreal images coming out of the world’s dominant imperialist power. This situation was by no means inevitable, but it was prepared by decades of neoliberal policies, as explained by nurse Tre Kwon and Dr. Mike Pappas from New York, members of Left Voice.

“Their wealth depends on our labor”: Interview with a New Orleans Nurse

One of the worst hit cities in the country, New Orleans has been ravaged by the coronavirus. Here we offer an interview with a nurse on the frontlines of the outbreak on the situation there and the catastrophe of the for-profit healthcare system.

Rank-And-File Healthcare Workers Call for National Day of Action

A national network of rank-and-file activists is organizing a National Day of Action on Tax Day, April 15. We reproduce their list of demands and their call to action.

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.

Harlem Hospital Workers Hold Rally to Demand Immediate Access to PPE

As completely avoidable frontline worker deaths grow, Harlem Hospital workers joined in solidarity with other frontline workers who have staged walk-outs and demonstrations demanding urgent access to PPE to protect themselves, their patients, and their families.

COVID-19 Frontline Workers Blast Trump and Cuomo on National Media for Lack of PPE

Yesterday’s action outside Mount Sinai Hospital - led by rank-and-file frontline workers - brought worldwide media attention to the struggle and demands of nurses and other frontline and essential workers.

Democracy Now! Features Left Voice Member and ICU Nurse Tre Kwon

Frontline healthcare workers held an action to demand the immediate procurement and distribution of appropriate PPE, trained staffing, and supplies. Left Voice member and nurse Tre Kwon shared more on the struggle with Democracy Now!

Jacobi Medical Center Nurse Speaks out About Limited Supplies in the Midst of a Pandemic

“There’s money, it’s there but it’s not being put into the protection of the workers, of the nurses, of the doctors, of our housekeeping staff - all of us working long hours” #WeNeedPPE #NationalizePrivateHealthcare

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.