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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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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Eric Jenkins is a member of Socialist Alternative in the US. Climate change is now an existential crisis for humanity. Forests around the world, from California to the Amazon, Siberia to Australia are enveloped by raging fires. Working-class communities in coastal cities such as Venice, Italy are seeing record levels of flooding that now call […]
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Vincent Kolo is a contributor to chinaworker.info. Mismanagement of epidemic plunges Xi Jinping’s regime into historic crisis “They are lying, we know they are lying. They also know that we know they are lying, and yet they are still lying.” This online comment from a resident of Wenzhou, one of several big cities locked down […]
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Workers need to act: build unions / epidemic action committees in every workplace The coronavirus has killed 563 people so far (February 6). On January 22, the Chinese regime stated there were 548 confirmed cases, by February 5 it had risen to over 28,000 cases. Entire cities in china are locked down with not transport […]
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This article by a trade union shop-steward in a major pharmaceutical company was first published in Lutte Socialiste/De Linkse Socialist, monthly paper of PSL/LSP – the CWI in Belgium. In recent weeks, a number of scandals connected to the pharmaceutical sector have broken out. Firstly, over the very high treatment costs for a sick baby, […]
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In early April, hundreds of thousands of students, teachers and education workers protested against Doug Ford’s attacks on education. At the end of April, 8,000 health care workers and their allies rallied at Queen’s Park, the seat of the Ontario legislature, in Toronto. This was hosted by the Ontario Health Coalition, an umbrella group representing […]
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