May Day strike
Toward the Mass Strike: Interview with Two Southern Organizers Cosmonaut
In anticipation of May Day, we’ve sat down to talk with two organizers from Cooperation Jackson, an organization building economic democracy and solidarity in Jackson, Mississippi, and Target Workers Unite, a militant retail worker organization fighting one of the largest corporations in the United States.
New York City Tenants Want the State to Cancel Their Rent. So They’re Going on Strike. Vice
Class war
Stanford Health Cuts Healthcare Workers’ Pay 20% SEIU
Los Angeles Teachers Use Contract Action Teams to Win COVID-19 Victory Labornotes
ILO: As job losses escalate, nearly half of global workforce at risk of losing livelihoods International Labour Organization
This May Be the Real Reason Trump Is Throwing a Bone to Meatpackers Mother Jones
Coronavirus
Poll Shows Tens of Millions of Americans Would Avoid Covid-19 Treatment Over Cost Fears Common Dreams
Comparing COVID-19 Deaths to Flu Deaths Is like Comparing Apples to Oranges Scientific American
Experts demolish studies suggesting COVID-19 is no worse than flu Ars Technica
Antibody tests support what’s been obvious: Covid-19 is much more lethal than the flu Washington Post
Over 70% of Tested Inmates in Federal Prisons Have COVID-19, Official Figures Show Time
Why Did the World Health Organization Wait Until March to Declare a Global Pandemic? Vijay Prashad
The U.S. has now surpassed 1 million coronavirus cases. Blaming China and the WHO does nothing to explain why the U.S. has 5 times as many cases as the next highest country.
The US has reached 1 million coronavirus cases – this is how it happened pic.twitter.com/K8S6wL76nv
— The Independent (@Independent) April 29, 2020
Moldova: Protesters demand justice for prisoners, doctors, fined residents during pandemic
This measles study shows how small towns help epidemics spread Futurity
China
Will China replace Islam as the West’s new enemy? Middle East Eye
The dangerous new consensus: blame China Stephen Kinzer / Boston Globe
Joe Biden and Donald Trump’s Anti-China Campaign Strategy is Part of a Broader Imperialist War Against China Black Agenda Report
Maj Sjöwall: ‘Nordic noir’ pioneer, author of the Martin Beck series, dies aged 84 Guardian
Lenin is one of those truly exceptional cases Granma
Excerpts from speeches by Comandante en jefe Fidel Castro Ruz in 1970, 1981, 1992 and 2001
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