coronavirus
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Coronavirus Will Require Us to Completely Reshape the Economy
The Covid-19 coronavirus pandemic is a far more profound event for the global economy than the great financial crisis of 2008-9. It will have more significant consequences for the simple reason that it is operating at a more fundamental level of our economic relationships than the 2008-9 crash ever did. Continue reading
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Johnson government denounced for COVID-19 “herd immunity” policy
Boris Johnson’s Conservative government has met with mounting criticism from epidemiologists, health professionals and other scientists for its “herd immunity” policy on the deadly coronavirus. Continue reading
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Why the UK CoVid-19 plan is destined to fail
Some on the political opposition will enjoy watching the government of Boris Johnson and Dominic Cummings struggle over the unfolding Covid-19 crisis. Others will profit from it. All the while, the threat of thousands losing their lives early beckons menacingly, when there was always a better plan in plain sight. Continue reading
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People’s Assembly Statement on The Coronavirus Crisis
The people are ahead of the government in making serious moves to combat the spread of the coronavirus. It is clear the government were pushed by organisations already taking action to close down large events, a move we very much welcome. Where government refuses to act civil society institutions, trade unions, and ordinary citizens are… Continue reading
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It was the virus that did it
I’m sure when this disaster is over, mainstream economics and the authorities will claim that it was an exogenous crisis nothing to do with any inherent flaws in the capitalist mode of production and the social structure of society. It was the virus that did it. This was the argument of the mainstream after the… Continue reading
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The Emperor’s New Virus
Panic selling on Wall Street, and panic buying in supermarkets, those are the twin axes, in both meanings of the word, upon which the black hole of capitalism rests, rotates, wobbles, staggers, turns, turns, turns, and above all else, spins. Welcome to the culmination/collapse/triumph/apex/nadir of neo-liberalism, Friedmanism, the Reagan “revolution,” the cult of the Iron… Continue reading
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News-Nugget About The Coronavirus Pandemic
Excerpts from three current pieces about the novel coronavirus pandemic. Continue reading
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“The Real Case-Fatality Rate of the Novel Coronavirus in Italy is at Least 10 Times Lower than the Official Data”
In order to achieve conscious responsibility on the part of the population, the authorities should offer coherence. They have not done so in the past and they do not do so now. In the third interview with Dr. Salmaso (specialist in Infectious and Tropical Diseases, and Public Health, he has worked for 30 years at… Continue reading
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BigPharma’s Role: U.S. Sanctions Lead To Global Rise In Coronavirus
March 10 – As COVID-19 (coronavirus) spreads, it is a clear reminder that germs and viruses don’t respect national boundaries in an interconnected world. But the mainstream press has certainly not publicized how corporate capitalism and imperialism cross national boundaries to destroy people’s health. Continue reading
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Mike Davis on COVID-19: The monster is finally at the door
COVID-19 is finally the monster at the door. Researchers are working night and day to characterize the outbreak but they are faced with three huge challenges. Continue reading
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‘Where was your patient zero?’ Chinese official speculates AMERICANS may have infected Wuhan at army games & calls to ‘come clean’
Chinese foreign ministry spokesperson Lijian Zhao has demanded US authorities reveal what they’re hiding about the origins of Covid-19, going as far as to suggest the coronavirus may have been brought to China by the US military. Continue reading
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THE “GETTING IT DONE” BUDGET SOON TO BE UNDONE
12 March 2020 — theplanningmotivedotcom What left reformists and right populists have in common, their only commonality, is their profound failure to understand capitalist political economy. The Chancellor’s “Blue Sky” budget based on a “Strong and Resilient economy” facing a “temporary medical emergency” is an exercise in delusion. By the Autumn statement it will be… Continue reading
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Capitalist agriculture and Covid-19: A deadly combination
A socialist biologist explains the tight links between new viruses, industrial food production, and the profitability of multinational corporations. Continue reading
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“It’s Getting ‘The Ugly’” – What Can We Really Do About Covid-19?
IT’S GETTING “THE UGLY” A few weeks ago we published a special report on Covid-19 which projected four scenarios for the virus’s economic and market impact: “The Bad”, “The Worse”, “The Ugly”, and “The Unthinkable”. Continue reading
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The Virus & the Working Class
US politicians and media are reporting approximately 500 cases of the virus in the US as of March 8. The actual number is almost certainly much higher, however. Perhaps as much as 10-fold that number, according to some sources. Why? Continue reading
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Coronavirus: New York Won’t Close Schools Because Homeless Kids Have Nowhere Else to Go
9 March 2020 — Mint Press For many thousands of students across New York City and the United States, school is the only place they receive regular meals, shelter, medical care, and other vital services. By Alan Macleod @AlanRMacLeod Continue reading
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CoVid-19 – What the government is really covering up
The UK government led by Boris Johnson and Dominic Cummings have taken a rather Laissez–faire attitude towards the coronavirus CoVid-19. They came under attack for not taking it seriously and not being visible. It wasn’t until March 3rd that suddenly No10 Downing Street realised they needed to contain the negative stories emerging about their administration and… Continue reading
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WHO Expert Explains Why China’s Cases Of COVID-19 Are Declining
China, and specifically Hubei province, is where the Covid-19 disease emerged; it’s where 83 percent of the 89,000 cases known to date have been recorded; and it’s where doctors and health authorities have been battling an epidemic for two months — while other countries braced themselves for outbreaks — using unprecedented public health measures, including a cordon sanitaire and lockdowns that affected… Continue reading
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Lock Step, This Is No Futuristic Scenario: Panic and the Post-Pandemic Future?
Every day world mainstream news reports more people in more countries diagnosed “positive” for the coronavirus illness, now called COVID-19. As the reported numbers grow, so does widespread nervousness, often in the form of panic shopping for masks, disinfections, toilet paper, canned goods. We are told to accept the testing results as science-based. While it… Continue reading
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On Coronavirus, ‘You Have to Combine Economic and Public Health Measures’
Janine Jackson: After some breathless and some racist coverage on coronavirus and the respiratory illness COVID-19, US media did get around to acknowledging that, for example, many people can’t follow the critical recommendation to stay home from work if they’re ill. As many as a quarter of US workers don’t have any paid sick days. Continue reading
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