As of April 11, Mexico has 3,844 confirmed coronavirus infections and 233 Covid-19 deaths. The real figures are likely many times higher. Left-of-center populist President Andrés Manuel López Obrador was slow to […]
Andrés Lund: Capitalism stripped naked, Covid-19 in Mexico and beyond
Rossana Rodriguez Sanchez: “I belong to the movement,” Chicago socialist alderwoman speaks
As the coronavirus descends on Chicago and its surrounding county, it exposing the racist reality of life in the United States. According to WBEZ, “The COVID-19 virus is killing black residents in […]
CTUWS: Coronavirus shows Egyptian workers need real trade
As of April 10, Egypt has 1,699 confirmed coronavirus infections and 118 Covid-19 deaths, although as the Middle East Monitor reports, “critics and researchers believe the figures are far higher.” And as […]
Olivier Besancenot: France after the pandemic, the iron fist or reinvent society?
As of April 10, at least 86,334 people in France have tested positive for the coronavirus, while 12,210 have died from Covid-19. To get a sense of the disaster in Europe and […]
Todd Chretien: Bernie prepared us to fight the Covid-19 Depression
Todd Chretien is an author, translator, and teacher and a member of the Democratic Socialists of America in Maine. Bernie Sanders announced that he was suspending his campaign* Wednesday afternoon. He ended by […]
Lai Brown: Collective Action against Covid-19 in Nigeria
As of April 8, Nigeria reports 254 coronavirus infections and 6 Covid-19 deaths. However, like many low-income, high-poverty countries whose governments focus more on repression than public health, once the virus gets […]
Educadores, sindicalistas y organizadores puertorriqueños: Carta a la gobernadora Wanda Vázquez Garced
6 de abril de 2020 Hon. Wanda Vázquez Garced GobernadoraLa Fortaleza, San Juan, PR Honorable Wanda Vázquez Garced: Saludos cordiales. Conforme avanza la emergencia del contagio de COVID-19, crece la preocupación de […]
Puerto Rican Educators, Activists, and Unions: Money for health care, not debt payments
This letter was delivered to Puerto Rican Gov. Wanda Vázquez Garced by a coalition of educators and parents demanding the government step up its efforts to stop the spread of the coronavirus. […]
Valerio Arcary: Bolsonaro and Mourão out now! For early, free and fair elections!
With over 13,000 detected infections and more than 581 deaths as of April 7 (more than doubling over the last 6 days) far-right President Jair Bolsonaro in under increasing pressure from all sides. Here […]
Amandla: This Changes Everything — Covid-19, South Africa, and beyond
As of April 7, South Africa is reporting 1686 confirmed coronavirus infections and 12 Covid-19 deaths. However, as with several other BRICS countries (Brazil, Russia, India — China is obviously in a […]
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