Dan O’Rourke, Author at

Omicron: Another Warning of Capitalism’s Inability to End Pandemic

December 5, 2021Dan O’Rourke

Dan O’Rourke is a member of the Socialist Party (ISA in Ireland). The new strain of Covid-19 (B.1.1.529) found in Botswana and South Africa has been named Omicron by the WHO, which has labeled it a ‘variant of concern’. Some experts have described it as the “worst” variant yet. Similar to the Delta variant it […]

Panama Canal: Workers’ Protest Brutally Attacked By Police

May 18, 2021Dan O’Rourke

Dan O’Rourke is a member of the Socialist Party (ISA in Ireland). Cost cutting and the potential for disaster … Workers at the Panama Canal in Central America have come under brutal attack from local police during a protest for safer working conditions. The workers are demanding their employer, the Panama Canal Authority (ACP), hire […]