In Brief
How Kaiser Treats Its Heroes
Kaiser Permanente calls its workers heroes, but it just laid off 200 of them. …
COVID-19
In Brief
Patent Rights and COVID—Profits Versus People
Biden has agreed to a limited waiver of COVID vaccine patent rights, but still supports such rights for corporations in general. …
In Brief
Pharma Executive Makes a Fortune off of Botched Vaccines
The CEO of Emergent Biosolutions sold $10 million worth of stock before it fell 50% due to reports of vaccine production problems. …
In Brief
Vaccine Inequity heightens COVID crisis
A recent outbreak of COVID-19 in a nursing home shows the necessity of vaccinations for all people. …
In Brief
India’s Covid Hell and Biden’s Eyedropper
India is facing horrific numbers of COVID-19 infections with no signs of slowing. …
In Brief
COVID in India: The System “Has Reached its Limits”
India is being overwhelmed by COVID-19, its capitalist system being unable to handle such an event. …
In Brief
Two-tiered Lock Downs
France has lockdowns for the poor, while the rich are having secret luxury meals. …
Featured
Andreas Malm’s “Corona, Climate, Chronic Emergency” — A Revolutionary Socialist Perspective
Andreas Malm’s recent book Corona, Climate, Chronic Emergency lays out the overlapping causes of both …
In Brief
The Savage Inequalities of Global Vaccine Distribution
Worldwide vaccine distribution is extremely unequal, with many poor countries having to wait years for theirs. …
In Brief
Don’t Mix For-Profit Companies and Public Health Emergencies
Emergent BioSolutions botched millions of vaccine doses. They are focused more on profit than producing good vaccines. …
In Brief
COVID – The Terrible Truth
The truth came out that policies under the Trump administration increased the number of COVID deaths. But even under the Biden administration, with loosening restrictions, we risk more virus transmission. …
In Brief
Time off, Telecommuting, Part-Time work: We Foot the Bill Again?
France is entering its third lockdown. The working class will be hurt the most by the government’s policies. …
Articles
COVID-19 and Workplace Safety: Real Worker Safety Can’t Happen Under Capitalism
The government’s ineffective enforcement of workplace safety standards during the pandemic is due to the fundamental pressures of the capitalist system. …
In Brief
U.S. Murder Rate Increased in 2020
The murder rate increased in 2020, a symptom of a sickness in our society. …
In Brief
At Least Six Vaccines and Zero Solutions: Let’s All Download the #StopCapitalism App
The French government’s illogical response to the pandemic is based more on preserving business profits than the well-being of the people. …
In Brief
No “Spring Break” from Capitalism
Governor DeSantis deserves blame for the spring break fiasco, but so does the system of capitalism. …
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Saving Us from COVID – One Rich Country at a Time
Corporations and rich nations are hoarding life-saving vaccine technology instead of sharing it, because even during a pandemic they only care about profits. …
In Brief
Mumia Abu-Jamal – The Only Treatment Is Freedom!
Mumia Abu-Jamal’s life is at risk due to prison conditions. …
In Brief
COVID-19 and the For-Profit Healthcare System
The COVID-19 pandemic has been made worse because the for-profit healthcare system doesn’t care about our health. …
In Brief
Biden’s Stimulus: A Small Bandaid for a Gaping Wound
Biden’s stimulus plan will provide relief to workers, but it does not mean that Biden has the interests of the working class in mind. …
In Brief
Vaccine Distribution in Baltimore: Racial Disparity on Full Display
It is not surprising that in a racist society, there is a racial disparity in vaccination rates. …
In Brief
Spike in Hate Crimes Against Asian-Americans
After a year of Trump blaming COVID-19 on China, it is not surprising to see a rise in anti-Asian hate crimes. …
Editorials
School Re-Opening: False Choices
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
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
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
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
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!
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
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
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
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
Black people are disproportionately affected by COVID-19. This is part of a pattern of inequality. …
In Brief
Good news for a change
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
Newsom decided to lift the stay at home order, but provided no scientific justification for doing so. …
In Brief
Vanished Vaccines
Millions of vaccine doses have gone missing. Why can’t the capitalist system get this right? …
Featured
The International Situation: Capitalism in a State of Emergency
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. …
Featured
An Overview of the Situation in the U.S. in 2020 – A Year of Extremes
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
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?
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
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?
A vaccine seems like the best solution available to slow down and limit the COVID …
In Brief
COVID-19 versus Climate Change
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
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
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
COVID-19 is now the leading cause of death in the United States, and it is likely to get worse. …
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The Hypocrisy of COVID Politics
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. …
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Tyson Foods – Management Places Bets on Workers Getting COVID
The U.S. company Tyson Foods Inc., among the largest beef, pork and chicken producers …
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California DPH Calls for Weekly Testing of Healthcare Workers
Now, it will depend on workers to make sure guidelines are followed. …
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Possible Vaccine on the Horizon
What are the specifics of the clinical trial of this vaccine? …
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COVID-19 Surging Again
Trump had been trumpeting that media reports on COVID-19 would end right after the election. …
