Covid-19

As omicron surges: Teachers, students resist dangerous school conditions

January 13, 2022 Greg Butterfield

Jan. 12 – Members of the Chicago Teachers Union voted to take classes remote for several days in defiance of the city administration. Thousands of New York City students walked out of classes to protest […]

People before patents: Moderna’s “Grand Theft Vaccine”

November 18, 2021 Stephen Millies

The World Health Organization estimates that 5.1 million people have died of the coronavirus. The Economist magazine claims that the real number of deaths may be three times as many. Meanwhile Pfizer expects to rake […]

They didn’t have to die: U.S. capitalism fails to contain COVID-19

September 25, 2021 Stephen Millies

Is there anyone who hasn’t lost a loved one, friend, neighbor or co-worker to COVID-19? By the middle of September, one out of every 500 people in the United States had died of the coronavirus. […]

Why China’s vaccine internationalism matters

April 23, 2021 Qiao Collective

As rich nations stockpile COVID-19 vaccines, China is providing a lifeline to Global South nations spurned by Western pharmaceuticals and excluded by the West’s neocolonial vaccine nationalism. So why is China being smeared for its […]

The West is practicing vaccine apartheid at a global level

April 23, 2021 Prabir Purkayastha

For rich countries, the billions of dollars of vaccine market for Big Pharma far outweigh the benefits of saving millions of lives. More than an eighth of the world’s population living in rich countries—the United States, Canada, […]

Wall Street Journal lies about Detroit vaccinations

April 7, 2021 Cheryl LaBash

Detroit — The Wall Street Journal proudly admits it is a mouthpiece for capitalism. According to WSJ the private, for-profit sector is the best solution for the problems faced by the earth’s human inhabitants. Thus […]

‘Is COVID-19 as deadly as they say?’ Stupid question. Deadly answer.

April 7, 2021 Stephen Millies

“Is COVID-19 as Deadly as They Say?” was a headline in the Wall Street Journal on March 25, 2020. One year later, over 2.8 million people around the world have died of the coronavirus. […]

‘Free the vaccine’ protest hits Pfizer profiteering

March 15, 2021 Stephen Millies

More than a hundred people gathered outside Pfizer’s midtown Manhattan headquarters on March 11 to demand the drug company provide its COVID-19 vaccine to poor countries. Under current schedules, it won’t be until 2024 that […]

Community leaders demand: End vaccine apartheid in Baltimore

March 11, 2021 Struggle-La Lucha Baltimore bureau

On March 6, community leaders held a news conference announcing the formation of the Baltimore Saving Lives Campaign. They called for an end to vaccine apartheid in Baltimore, and for concrete remedies to the disparity […]

China vs. COVID-19: Behind the U.S. slander campaign

March 9, 2021 Scott Scheffer

March 6 — As the Trump administration’s profits-first approach to COVID-19 was unfolding in the early months of the deadly pandemic, a slanderous campaign against China was rolled out. That campaign aimed to cover up […]