The right-wing Toronto Sun has never been afraid to foment division among workers, even when division didn’t exist. In the time of coronavirus, this hasn’t changed. Sun columnist Brian Lilley, on March 30 launched an attack on public sector workers in Service Canada offices. He wrote: “I know there are many good civil servants at […]
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Zhou Yi is a contributor to chinaworker.info. Protests in Hubei province reveal the dark reality of the battle against pandemic On 8 April, the 76-day lockdown imposed on the metropolis of Wuhan (11 million inhabitants) ended. Similar COVID-19 lockdowns in the rest of Hubei province, where Wuhan is the provincial capital, ended two weeks earlier. […]
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Did you make less than $5,000 in 2019? Are you a student who was about to re-enter the workforce after finals? Have you lost most, but not all, of your freelance or gig work income? If the answer to any of these questions is yes, you are not eligible for the latest $2,000 a month […]
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As COVID-19 spreads over Canada and the rest of the world, seniors are being especially hard hit. In our country, the vulnerability of our elders seems especially evident if they are in some sort of care facility. Care home after care home is being locked down due to the virus, and the death toll in […]
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With this global pandemic, with so many people’s lives being thrown into flux and uncertainty, it can be nice to remind ourselves of things that have stood fast and unchanging, the familiar things that remind us of our lives before the crisis. Don’t worry. Canada’s government continues to buy weapons of war to kill people […]
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The Lynn Valley Care Centre in North Vancouver was the site of the first death in Canada attributed to COVID-19. As of April 6, there have been at least 15 deaths at the facility, along with 46 residents and 24 healthcare workers infected. The infection was brought into the care home by a staff member […]
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Ana Mitra is a member of the Socialist Party (ISA in Ireland). On March 25, Prime Minister Narendra Modi called for a 21 day lockdown in India, leaving the nation of 1.3 billion people approximately four hours to prepare for it. This announcement resulted in the country queuing up to panic buy groceries and essentials […]
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This is a statement by ISA’ International Women’s Bureau. Women among those bearing the worst effects The covid-19 crisis has hit the world hard. Health care workers, whose voices were never heard when they screamed for more staff and resources in movements and strikes all over the world in the last years, are now society’s […]
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Per-Åke Westerlund is a member of Rättvisepartiet Socialisterna (ISA in Sweden). “The shock to the global economy from COVID-19 has been both faster and more severe than … even the Great Depression.” That comment by economist Nouriel Roubini on March 24 indicates the growing possibility of global events entering an entirely new period. One way […]
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Uri Bar-Shalom Agmon and Shahar Ben Horin are members of Socialist Struggle Movement (ISA in Israel-Palestine). Emergency measures are needed to lift restrictions on the Gaza strip, so that all the necessary medical equipment and assistance can be delivered. The 13-year long draconian blockade imposed on two million Palestinians in the most densely populated place […]
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