George Floyd: US protesters charged as ‘gang’ face life sentence BBC
Civil death: how millions of Americans lost their right to vote Guardian
Coronavirus
Hispanic, Black children at higher risk of coronavirus-related hospitalization, CDC finds Washington Post
Coronavirus relief favors white households, leaving many people of color at risk of being evicted Politico
Coronavirus and Socialism Current Affairs
In the Atlantic and the New York Times this week, there are long and thorough analyses of why the coronavirus pandemic has hit the United States so badly. Neither, of course, explicitly states “the socialists were right about the systemic problems facing the country.”
Bolivia
National strike continues across Bolivia, demands grow for Áñez to step down Peoples Dispatch
Capitalist crisis
The Truth About the New Jobs Report John Cassidy
The actual contents of the employment report present a very different picture. They show that, as the coronavirus pandemic has spread across the country this summer, job growth has slowed sharply. In July, non-farm payrolls rose by 1.8 million, compared to increases of 2.7 million in May and 4.8 million in June. In more normal times, these monthly figures would be off the charts, but they pale in comparison to the loss of 22.1 million jobs in March and April, when stay-at-home orders were issued in many areas. Taking the past six months as a whole, 12.8 million Americans have lost their jobs, a drop for which there is no precedent in the employment records, which go back to 1939.
A growing side effect of the pandemic: Permanent job loss Politico
Dan Gilbert’s Fortune Explodes to $34 Billion, Impoverished Region Still Paying for Arena Upgrades Cleveland Scene
No Payment, No Problem: Bizarre New World of Consumer Debt Wolf Street
China
China Becomes First Major Economy to Rebound After Coronavirus Time
American Left Silence on China Helps Lay Foundation for the U.S.’ New Cold War Danny Haiphong, Black Agenda Report
When it comes to China, Democracy Now, Jacobin, The Nation and others on the imperial-minded US ‘left” are allies of white supremacy.
Canada’s Last Fully Intact Arctic Ice Shelf Collapses HuffPost
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