Editorials

Education – Another Covid Casualty

In a society that prioritized the life and health of all people, every person would have access to a free education that empowered them to reach their full potential. But under capitalism, the purpose of education is to keep schools open so that the economy keeps going and the profits keep rolling in.

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The Omicron Variant: Their System is Killing Us

The longer countries like the U.S. protect the profits of the drug companies and delay vaccinating the rest of the world, the more time the coronavirus has to mutate and cause another surge in cases, hospitalizations, and deaths. Once again, this pandemic continues to remind us that their system cannot keep us safe.

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No Jab, No Job?

Vaccination is an effective measure against disease, but we should not blame the unvaccinated for the government’s response to the pandemic.

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Biden’s COVID Vaccine Pledge: A Half Measure

On Wednesday President Biden announced new plans to help the global vaccination effort, saying now is not the time for “half-measures or middle-of-the-road ambitions. We need to go big and we need to do our part.” This is an ironic statement, considering the U.S.’s repeated lack of commitment to the measures that would be needed to end this global pandemic.  

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What Is Possible? That Depends on U.S. Government’s Priorities

This is the capitalist system – highest efficiency and ingenuity when the goal is invading and committing murder in other countries, but unable to provide basic necessities, housing, utilities, education, healthcare and safety for its own population. The problems that we face having nothing to do with what is and isn’t “possible.” They have everything to do with this system’s priorities.