Mike Forster is a member of Socialist Alternative (England, Wales & Scotland). Humanitarian Catastrophe Threatens Whilst the Coronavirus pandemic has shown it does not discriminate in the way it infects people, as the virus continues to spread rapidly across the world, it’s clear that the effects on those countries and peoples which are the least […]
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Andy Moxley is a member of International Socialist Alternative. Workers’ Power on Display Thursday The Covid-19 virus has shown just how deeply flawed and anarchic the capitalist system is. Not only has there been an inability for the capitalist class worldwide to mount a coordinated humanitarian effort in response, but responses on a national level […]
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Thomas White is a member of the Socialist Party (ISA in Ireland). Money-hungry corporations cash in on human misery In what should be positive news it looks like Remdesivir, an antiviral drug developed in the wake of the 2014 Ebola outbreak, could be used to help treat patients with severe cases of Covid-19. The drug […]
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John Hird is a member of Socialismo Revolucionario (ISA in the Spanish State). All Power to the Balconies! The COVID-19 crisis in the Spanish state, came to International attention on 6 March, when 60 cases in Haro, a small town in the La Rioja wine region, were traced to a funeral in the nearby Basque […]
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Giuliano Brunetti and Massimo Amadori are members of Resistenze Internazionali (ISA in Italy). The Italian Employers federation ‘Confindustria’ continues to demand that factories and production sites remain open, meaning they are openly working to spread the pandemic. It means that they are objectively responsible for the worsening of the situation. With over 5476 dead in […]
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Last week, the WHO was forced to say what everyone already knew — the COVID-19 disease spread by the coronavirus — is a global epidemic. From day one, the spread of the virus has been a testimony to the inability of our current social system, capitalism, to cope with crises and the constant quest to […]
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This is a statement by ISA’s International Executive. Entering a deep crisis The coronavirus pandemic has infected hundreds of thousands and taken the lives of thousands. Most scientific and medical experts warn that the situation is bound to get far worse, with millions likely to lose their lives globally. This crisis has demonstrated both the […]
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Giuliano Brunetti is a member of Resistenze Internazionali (ISA in Italy). Shut it down before it’s too late! The virus doesn’t stop at the factory gates! After unnecessary delay, the government has now decided to step up measures to contain the spread of the Coronavirus in Italy. From March 10, a decree by the President […]
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Per Olsson is a member of Rättvisepartiet Socialisterna (ISA in Sweden). Largest market collapse since 2008 crisis The collapse on the world’s stock exchanges on March 9 was the largest since the beginning of the global capitalist crisis in 2008. The fall on the US stock market at opening time was so severe that it […]
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International Socialist Alternative is a member of ISA’s International Executive Committee. Covid-19 has now spread to all continents. At the time of writing it is unclear how long the crisis will last, how many will be affected and how many will die. The effect it is having on the world economy is already becoming clear […]
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