coronavirus
Do they really want to kill us?
March 31, 2020If Thomas Malthus felt the answers to overpopulation were war and disease, we are not very far from embracing those solutions ourselves.
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Calif. governor bans evictions during pandemic; housing advocates say that’s not enough
March 31, 2020Newsom's order does not meet the task at hand; the last thing needed is a wave of evictions immediately after the emergency ends.
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Workers strike over safety failures; progressives hatch plans for next stimulus
March 31, 2020“Whatever plan we put together must be totally focused on workers,” Association of Flight Attendants-CWA President Nelson declared.
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Neoliberalism is terminally ill—There can be no more ‘business as usual’
March 31, 2020It would be unacceptable if the crisis were passed on to ordinary people again - like the financial crisis was.
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COVID-19 exposes austerity attacks on Canada’s public health system in Ontario
March 30, 2020The health system was already straining under neoliberal austerity even before the pandemic struck.
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