In the midst of widespread panic, fear and economic instability, most of the world’s rich and powerful have been forced to flee to their multi-million dollar mansions and vacation homes. …
The United Nations food agency estimates that over seven million people, mostly young children, die of hunger every year. That’s in normal times without a pandemic! …
On March 25, the EPA announced it is rolling back environmental protections in response to the coronavirus. …
this article is reprinted from Labor Notes As we head into the fifth month of …
Poetry from an Oakland Kaiser Worker …
To the wealthy, we are things to exploit, not people who deserve respect. Nothing could make this more clear than the sick fact that landlords are using the current economic crisis to demand sexual favors. …
Under the Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Economic Security (CARES) Act, millionaires in the U.S. stand to receive a lot more than $1,200. They’re getting $1.6 million in deductions, EACH. …
The Smithfield pork-processing plant in Sioux Falls, South Dakota, is a huge eight-story meat processing plant that employs 3,700 workers. …
Over 10,000 people have died in New York City from the coronavirus. Many of these deaths could have been prevented if governments had taken the pandemic seriously …
Videos from COVID-19 townhall …
Around the world, prisoners are stuck in overcrowded facilities where the risk of getting COVID-19 is high. …
The COVID-19 crisis has put many people’s lives as well as livelihoods at risk. In response, the federal government has done nothing for renters or mortgage holders. …
Montana Governor Steve Bullock is allowing construction to begin on the infamous Keystone XL oil pipeline in Montana. …
Why are people of color getting and dying from COVID-19 at higher rates than white people? …
Videos of presentations and discussion from April 4, 2020 townhall …
Thousands of acres of fruits and vegetables grown in Florida are being plowed over or left to rot because farmers can’t sell to restaurants that have closed because of the coronavirus. …
This post is translated from French from: https://www.convergencesrevolutionnaires.org/ Around the World in 20 minutes Sunday, …
Bolsonaro and the Brazilian bosses don’t think they need to pay attention to what ordinary working people need. …
We live in a time of extreme contradictions. On the one hand, our civilization has eliminated smallpox, brought us cell phones, robotics, and space travel …
To lower the number of Covid-19 cases, people are encouraged to stay inside their house. But what do you do when you don’t even have a house to stay in? …
The Trump administration’s criminal failure to act and to coordinate a response to the coronavirus …
The government has rushed in to the rescue – of banks and corporations …
As Covid-19 spreads, it’s a big question whether and how students will have classes …
Many workers are shocked that they are being made to return to work with promises of protective equipment when hospitals are short of it. …
Regardless of their offense, many people now in prison are sentenced to death by Covid-19. …
The virus doesn’t discriminate based on where you were born. But the U.S. government does. …
“I am angry and I am outraged” is the cry from the heart of a psychologist from Mulhouse hospital …
Presentations from Online Townhall • The Coronavirus Pandemic: Their System Can’t Protect Us • March 28, 2020 …
As wealthy countries rush to protect capital, people around the world continue to suffer. …
The Covid-19 pandemic has revealed some of the inherent shortcomings of the capitalist economic system. The recent labeling of “essential employees” during quarantine highlights the indispensability of certain jobs …
On Monday, President Trump suggested that he’d lift the current shutdown on March 31. This is against the advice of top health officials …
On the evening of March 23, the Lieutenant Governor of Texas, Dan Patrick, did an interview on Fox News and declared …
Yesterday, the Federal Reserve announced it will provide unlimited credit–and assume the bad debts, not just of banks, but for what it called ‘Main St.’ But by ‘Main St.’ it doesn’t mean consumers or households …
Employees say they are anxious about working in crowded stores with inadequate sanitation and lack of paid time off …
The divisions between the rich and poor are infuriatingly clear in 2020 …
Now is the time to imagine a better world. …
Jeff Bezos, CEO of Amazon and richest person on the planet, recently announced in an Instagram post that he is planning on donating $10 billion to combat climate change. “Climate change is the biggest threat to our planet. …
Even in times of social distancing, building a collective, social response to the pandemic is our only salvation. …
One positive takeaway from the world’s response to the coronavirus epidemic is that it’s entirely possible to successfully combat two other existential and intertwined global crises: climate change and air pollution. …
Yaak Pabst interviews Monthly Review Press author Rob Wallace about the coronavirus pandemic …
The Algerians say that it is not simply a question of changing one president for another, it is the regime itself that needs to be changed. …
The capitalist system has created an international crisis of displaced people due to a convergence of factors. …
Revolutionary University, October 2018 We can go beyond resistance to the forces of capitalism …
Revolutionary University October 2018 France: “All Together! General strike!” This was was one of the …
Revolutionary University October 2018 An Introduction to Ecocentric Socialism The world is in the midst …
Revolutionary University October 2018 The Middle East in the Era of Trump The Middle East …
link to video of presentation Inside the 1% Transnational Ruling Class Sunday, November 11, 7PM(Doors …
We live in a time of extreme contradictions. On the one hand, our civilization has …
Revolutionary University October 2017 France: In The Streets, Workplaces, Universities, Schools & Hospitals… Everybody Hates …
Fourth of July is this week and we are hearing all the calls to be …
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