Covid-19
Hospital closings = death
Will hospitals be able to cope with all the expected patients during the Covid-19 pandemic? New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo doesn’t think so. He told NBC’s Today Show on March 19 that “the health care […]
Month: March 2020
Capitalism and Marxism
Why the profit system is spinning into crisis
Wall Street has been on an unprecedented roller coaster ride, with big swings in both directions every day for more than a week, a volatility not seen since November 1929. The stock market had the […]
Covid-19
Cuba Saves
The cruise ship MS Braemar, with five confirmed cases of Covid-19 and a thousand people on board, docked shortly before dawn this Wednesday in the Port of Mariel, 40 kilometers from Havana. The airport evacuation […]
Covid-19
Four Palestinian prisoners in isolation for potential coronavirus exposure from Israeli interrogator
Four Palestinian prisoners in Megiddo prison are reportedly in isolation for potential infection with coronavirus (COVID-19) after exposure to an Israeli interrogator who has been confirmed to have COVID-19. While the four prisoners’ diagnosis is […]
In the U.S.
Italy: Communist efforts in the coronavirus outbreak
Joint declaration of the Popular Front, Italian Communist Party and “La Città Futura” collective Italy, like many other countries, is facing a severe health emergency in these weeks. Many people are in deadly danger […]
In the U.S.
Philippines: Communists call for collective action against Covid-19
In the face of the coronavirus disease (Covid-19) pandemic, and the threat of the epidemic rapidly spreading among the Filipino people, the Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP) calls on the Filipino people and all […]
Covid-19
What is a recession?
President Trump said on March 16 that a recession is likely, maybe the only factually correct statement he made that day. But what is a recession? Wikipedia says a recession is a business cycle contraction […]
La Lucha por el Socialismo
El coronavirus ha desenmascarado la enfermiza brutalidad del capitalismo – solo la solidaridad global será suficiente para enfrentar esta pandemia
Declaración de la Unión del Barrio La emergencia de salud del coronavirus (COVID-19) se está desarrollando en una escala que nos ha impactado a todos como especie. Este momento representa una nueva conciencia global que […]
In the U.S.
The coronavirus has unmasked the sick brutality of capitalism – only principled global solidarity will be sufficient to contend with this pandemic
Statement from Unión del Barrio The coronavirus (COVID-19) health emergency is unfolding on a scale that has impacted all of us as a species. This moment represents a new global consciousness that is spreading across […]
Labor and strikes
‘Neutron Jack’ the job killer
Few tears were shed in Schenectady, N.Y., when former General Electric CEO Jack Welch croaked on March 1. Why should there have been? Welch destroyed 22,000 jobs in GE’s hometown in the 1980s. Welch got […]