Grace Fors is a member of Socialist Alternative in the US. Drastic Action Needed to Contain COVID As Joe Biden takes office, the state-by-state heat map of COVID transmission is a sea of red. The sheer depth of the crisis is prompting him to propose bold measures on the issue of the pandemic. No less of […]
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Written by Socialist Alternative members (England, Wales & Scotland) in the National Education Union, Unite and UNISON. Trade Union Action Gets Results. We Need Real Opposition. The Tories’ plan to reopen schools was met with fierce opposition from scientists, politicians from all parties, and most importantly from the trade unions. After almost a year of […]
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On December 14, the first COVID vaccinations were given in Canada. This gave hope that there may be an end in sight, in this dark winter. Politicians were keen to highlight the vaccine, less enthusiastic in addressing the current reality. COVID is largely out of control across much of Canada. November and the first half […]
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Eric Byl is a member of ISA’s International Executive. “Let us not, however, flatter ourselves overmuch on account of our human victories over nature. For each such victory nature takes its revenge on us.” F. Engel 1883 — Dialectics of Nature Many will have felt relieved at the successful development of a first generation of […]
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Fight for our health! Not for private profits! Unable to stem the second wave of COVID-19, the Legault government forced most of Québec back into lockdown by September’s end. Since then, the number of cases has continued to grow. While public health is claimed to be a priority, the maintenance of private profits is instead […]
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John Hird is a member of Socialismo Revolucionario (ISA in the Spanish State). The recent avalanche of articles reporting the pronouncements of the pillars of capitalist rule such as the IMF, World Bank and EU in the financial press regarding the economic and social consequences of the Covid-19 crisis, indicate we are at an important […]
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Rebecca Green is a member of Socialist Alternative in the US. Millions and millions of ordinary people are experiencing a tornado of escalating crises: from COVID-19, social isolation, unemployment and evictions, to the climate meltdown and food insecurity. It is no wonder people are struggling to cope. In August, the Center for Disease Control released […]
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Nof Azulay is a member of Socialist Alternative (England, Wales & Scotland). It was recently announced by a news release that Pfizer and BioNTech have developed a vaccine for Covid-19 that showed it was 95% effective in preventing the disease. Moderna, another pharmaceutical company, announced it had developed a vaccine using a similar technology with 94.5% effectiveness. AstraZeneca […]
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Ford and for-profit homes to blame At the height of the first wave of COVID-19 in Ontario, the Canadian army released a searing report of what the troops found when deployed in some of the worst affected long-term care (LTC) homes. Nearly 77 percent of total COVID-19-linked deaths in the province were residents in LTC, […]
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Update, November 25: Twelve days ago Kenney finally recognized the threat of COVID, and took some limited steps. However, it was too little and today he was forced to take more thorough actions. Even still his actions are too little and too late. Dr. Joe Vipond, a Calgary emergency room physician, stated “Now that our […]
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