More than 60,000 Germans have tested positive for the coronavirus and 577 have died from Covid-19 as of March 31. Yet, Germany has not yet suffered the terrible casualty rates seen in […]
Jakob Schäfer: Germany “more determined” v. coronavirus than U.S., but not out of the woods
1,000,000 Brazilians: Impeach Bolsonaro!
Faced with the crisis, important names in Brazilian society, such as Party for Socialism and Freedom (PSOL) congresspersons, intellectuals and artists, declare their support for the request for impeachment of Bolsonaro . […]
Brais Fernández: Death by a thousand cuts in Spain’s hospitals
Brais Fernández serves on the editorial board of Viento Sur and is a member of the revolutionary socialist Anticapitalistas in Madrid. This article was translated by Todd Chretien and originally published in […]
Patrick Bond: Covid-19 attacks the down-and-out in ultra-unequal South Africa
South Africa has the highest number of coronavirus infections in Africa, topping 1200 as of March 30, including the second Covid-19 fatality. More than twenty-five years after the ANC’s triumph and Nelson […]
Joshua Santos and Herido Corazon: quarantines and human rights, Covid-19 in the Philippines
Philippines President Rodrigo Duterte introduced aggressive measures two weeks ago in the face of spreading coronavirus infections, describing the outbreak as “the fight of our lives.” Yet confirmed cases have risen from […]
Brazilian left parties: Bolsonaro’s coronavirus denialism will cost lives (video)
Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro has outdone even President Trump in denying the coronavirus’s lethality. While Trump hems and haws about testing and recently mused that he wants the U.S. economy “open by […]
Edgar Franks: Fighting for justice while feeding the nation during a pandemic
As this interview demonstrates, farmworkers are on the frontline of the coronavirus epidemic, but that doesn’t mean the American government will treat them with the respect they deserve. According to a recent […]
ROAPE: Out of Control — Crisis, Covid-19 and Capitalism in Africa
Activists and researchers from across Africa speak about the impact of Covid-19 on their countries. Writing from Kenya, South Africa, Burkina Faso and Nigeria and Zimbabwe, Femi Aborisade, Heike Becker, Didier Kiendrebeogo, Gacheke […]
Puerto Rican Educators: Stopping coronavirus privatization of online learning
This statement by the Puerto Rican Broad Front in Defense of Public Education describes how educators, parents, and students stopped a proposal to privative aspects distance learning (online) in the wake of […]
Pierre Rousset: 2,000 dead as coronavirus ravages France
As of March 28, France ranks fifth in global Covid-19 deaths, with 1,995 deaths (365 and 299 on Thursday and Friday respectively) and approximately 33,000 dedected coronavirus infections. As the contagion rages […]
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