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Editorials

School Re-Opening: False Choices

March 7, 2021

The choice that the system presents to us about school re-opening is a false one. We can do better. …

In Brief

Rutgers University: Using the Pandemic to Make Cuts to Workers

February 28, 2021

Rutgers University is using the pandemic as an opportunity to save money by making life difficult for its workers. …

Articles

The Rush to Re-Open

February 23, 2021

The rush to re-open is not because the system cares about the education of children. …

In Brief

Having Health Experts on Staff Doesn’t Mean Doing the Right Thing

February 16, 2021

Johns Hopkins University may have health experts on staff, but that doesn’t stop it from spreading disease by re-opening in-person classes. …

Articles

Immunizing Ourselves from Misinformation

February 16, 2021

People are justifiably losing trust in official institutions, but many are replacing that with belief in conspiracy theories. …

International

France: Sanofi Pharmaceutical Co. Layoffs = Sano-Bucks!

February 15, 2021

Sanofi is laying off workers, including researchers, while paying dividends, and it has not been able to develop a COVID-19 vaccine. …

In Brief

Find a Vaccination Site? There Has to Be a Better Way

February 15, 2021

With information on vaccinations difficult to find from official sources, people have been making their own websites that provide the information. …

In Brief

Being in Prison Can Itself Be a Death Sentence during COVID

February 13, 2021

Prisoners are at high risk for COVID-19, potentially making prison a death sentence. …

In Brief

Super Bowl: “Reopening” for the Wealthy vs. Reopening for Us

February 4, 2021

The NFL is taking COVID-19 precautions for the Super Bowl. Why don’t we have equivalent precautions for schools? …

Articles

Black Lives Matter in the COVID Era

February 4, 2021

Black people are disproportionately affected by COVID-19. This is part of a pattern of inequality. …

In Brief

Good news for a change

February 3, 2021

Good news: the California Department of Public Health is no longer accepting requests to waive nurse-to-patient ratios. …

In Brief

Secret Science that Rules our Lives

February 3, 2021

Newsom decided to lift the stay at home order, but provided no scientific justification for doing so. …

In Brief

Vanished Vaccines

February 3, 2021

Millions of vaccine doses have gone missing. Why can’t the capitalist system get this right? …

covid and capitalism
Featured

The International Situation: Capitalism in a State of Emergency

January 28, 2021

Capitalism is in a state of emergency, bringing all of humanity to the precipice. There is still a window of opportunity for the revolutionary power of the proletariat to intervene and carve out a path towards socialism. But that window is closing, and time is not on our side. …

US covid 2020
Featured

An Overview of the Situation in the U.S. in 2020 – A Year of Extremes

January 28, 2021

The pressures of this period are building across the U.S. and around the world. But the capitalist system that is responsible for the crisis remains. This virus has united us in many ways. It has given us a picture of the future capitalism holds out to us. And it isn’t a future that we can accept. …

In Brief

Getting the Vaccine to People Who Need It: Capitalism’s Logistical Nightmare

January 25, 2021

Now that a couple of vaccines have been approved for emergency use authorization by the …

In Brief

What to Do When We Have Too Many Bodies to Cremate Safely?

January 24, 2021

In Los Angeles County, as healthcare providers lose the battle against COVID-19, environmental regulators have …

In Brief

COVID-19 Vaccination Inequality – Another Morbid Symptom in Israel’s Occupation of Palestine

January 21, 2021

The inequality of the Israeli vaccination program is part of a long history of the mistreatment of Palestinians. …

Editorials

COVID Pandemic: In Whose Hands Does Our Future Lie?

January 9, 2021

A vaccine seems like the best solution available to slow down and limit the COVID …

In Brief

COVID-19 versus Climate Change

December 18, 2020

COVID-19 has caused a large temporary decrease in greenhouse gas emissions. What will it take to permanently reduce emissions? …

In Brief

Shoplifters are Not the Real Thieves

December 16, 2020

Shoplifting of basic necessities is on the rise, but the real theft is by those at the top who have enriched themselves during this pandemic. …

Articles

San Quentin Prison Staff Forcing Prisoners to Accept Liability for Their Own Deaths from COVID-19

December 15, 2020

Excerpted from a message from the No Justice Under Capitalism Coalition … San Quentin medical …

In Brief

COVID-19 is Leading Cause of Death: Time to Act

December 10, 2020

COVID-19 is now the leading cause of death in the United States, and it is likely to get worse. …

In Brief

The Hypocrisy of COVID Politics

December 9, 2020

The politicians institute restrictive measures while doing nothing to help people survive financially. Meanwhile, they violate their own standards to hang out with their wealthy friends. …

In Brief

Tyson Foods – Management Places Bets on Workers Getting COVID

December 4, 2020

  The U.S. company Tyson Foods Inc., among the largest beef, pork and chicken producers …

In Brief

California DPH Calls for Weekly Testing of Healthcare Workers

December 4, 2020

Now, it will depend on workers to make sure guidelines are followed. …

In Brief

Possible Vaccine on the Horizon

November 15, 2020

What are the specifics of the clinical trial of this vaccine? …

In Brief

COVID-19 Surging Again

November 5, 2020

Trump had been trumpeting that media reports on COVID-19 would end right after the election. …

Articles

We Can’t Let Elections Decide Our Future

November 4, 2020

Trump and Biden may have their differences, but they both defend this system of capitalism, which profits off the labor of working people and is responsible for the problems we face today. …

In Brief

Getting Rich off of COVID

November 3, 2020

Since the COVID-19 crisis began, tax revenues for state and local governments that provide services …

In Brief

California Hospitals Deny Emergency Services to Uninsured

November 3, 2020

The COVID-19 pandemic continues to show the utter disregard for human life in the profit-focused U.S. healthcare system. …

In Brief

The Mask Falls Off of a Sick Administration

November 2, 2020

There is no White House plan to stop the spread of COVID-19. …

In Brief

Amazon: Increasing Profits and Increasing Infections

October 23, 2020

While a record number of small businesses are closing during the pandemic, Amazon’s package delivery …

IRC Articles

The German Economy and the Covid Crisis

October 20, 2020

International Revolutionary Convergence V.1, Aug. 2020 [this article has been translated from German] Germany is …

IRC Articles

The Class Struggle in France During the Pandemic

October 20, 2020

International Revolutionary Convergence V.1, Aug. 2020 [this article has been translated from French] Now that …

IRC Articles

What Perspectives, Following the Shockwave of Protests Around the World?

October 20, 2020

International Revolutionary Convergence V.1, Aug. 2020 [this article has been translated from French] In the …

IRC Articles

Is a Regroupment of Revolutionaries Something to Embrace? Where to Start and Where to go to?

October 20, 2020

International Revolutionary Convergence V.1, Aug. 2020 (written in April 2020) [this article has been translated …

In Brief

No Relief for Workers as Stimulus Delayed Until After Election

October 10, 2020

Democrats and Republicans in Congress still won’t pass another so-called stimulus bill. Even though the …

Editorials

Trump’s Campaign Goes Viral

October 5, 2020

Trump tested positive for COVID-19, and was hospitalized for a few days. Over the next …

In Brief

The COVID-19 Response: Decreasing Restrictions and Increasing Deaths

September 30, 2020

The pandemic is far from over, with an enormous ongoing death toll. But the politicians insist on reopening the economy – because they serve corporate profits, not us. …

In Brief

COVID-19: What’s the Vaccine Timeline?

September 27, 2020

When will a vaccine for COVID-19 be ready? The short answer is not for a while. …

Articles

Virtual Learning is NOT the Same as Being in a Classroom

September 25, 2020

Students, teachers and parents this fall are facing the consequences of our nation’s leaders’ inability and unwillingness to control the coronavirus pandemic. …

In Brief

Shifting CDC Guidelines Expose an Unequal System

September 22, 2020

It’s easy to understand why people are hesitant to believe official information …

Online Town Hall Videos

Videos of Townhall: Back to School? This is Not Education.

September 20, 2020

The U.S. education system has been presented as a pathway of opportunity for every generation – especially those from poor and working class backgrounds. …

Articles

Big Pharma: Cutting Corners, Risking Lives

September 12, 2020

Recently, nine of the biotech and pharmaceutical companies working on vaccines for COVID-19 pledged that they’ll only ask the FDA for approval when the vaccines they’re working on are proven to be safe and effective …

Articles

Will Public Transportation Survive the Pandemic?

September 9, 2020

Before COVID-19, the New York Metropolitan Transit Authority served 8 million people daily. Since COVID-19, it’s losing $200 million per week and suddenly has a predicted deficit of $16 billion over four years …

Articles

Worst Year Ever? It’s not 2020 – It’s Capitalism

September 8, 2020

2020 has indeed been the worst year. But further events like the ones that define this year will not end with it, unless the root cause – capitalism – is removed. …

Articles

Herd Immunity: A Game of Chance

September 5, 2020

Lately, there’s been a lot of talk about herd immunity in relation to COVID-19. But what is herd immunity, and what does it mean in relation to COVID-19? …

Articles

New York City has big problems – and Wall Street and the Politicians Make Them Worse!

September 5, 2020

New York City was the first place where COVID reached critical proportions in the U.S. …

In Brief

“Lucky To Have A Job”

September 1, 2020

Is it really “lucky” to have to work in the midst of a pandemic? Meanwhile, the super-rich are still getting richer. …

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