Trapped in a Pandemic: When Jail Without Bail is a Death Sentence
Regardless of their offense, many people now in prison are sentenced to death by Covid-19.
Undocumented Immigrants: The Virus Doesn’t Discriminate, but the U.S. Government Does
The virus doesn’t discriminate based on where you were born. But the U.S. government does.
Leaked Amazon Memo Details Plan to Smear Fired Warehouse Organizer: ‘He’s Not Smart or Articulate’
Written notes from the meeting, attended by CEO Jeff Bezos, detail Amazon’s strategy to fight union organizing, as well as efforts to obtain COVID-19 tests and protective masks for workers.
GE Workers Demand Ventilator Production
On Monday, General Electric (GE) factory workers held demonstrations at two different plants, with the demand that the company use its aviation factories to produce ventilators.
How NOT to Fight a Virus
You would think that to fight the coronavirus, the government would pull together the best minds among relevant researchers and health care providers, decide what needs to get done, get industry to make the necessary supplies
Instacart Workers Protest Conditions
Instacart, a company that lets you order groceries online and have them delivered from your favorite stores, has seen a boom in business since the coronavirus has forced people to stay home.
An Abusive System
Childhelp, a national anonymous hotline to report child abuse, has reported a 23 percent increase in calls and a 263 percent increase in texts for March 2020 compared to March 2019.
France: Our outrage!
“I am angry and I am outraged” is the cry from the heart of a psychologist from Mulhouse hospital
Workers at Amazon Take Responsibility for Health and Strike
Amazon workers in New York at the Staten Island warehouse went on strike on Monday the 30th, demanding that Amazon shut down their shipping center to get it cleaned for Covid-19.
Amazon fires warehouse worker who led Staten Island strike for more coronavirus protection
Amazon confirmed to CNBC that it fired Chris Smalls, a warehouse worker who organized a strike at its Staten Island facility on Monday
California’s farm workers pick America’s essential produce – unprotected from coronavirus
California’s roughly 400,000 agricultural workers are deemed essential, but often without proper safety measures or guaranteed benefits
The G20 Summit’s Coronavirus Response – Hypocrisy!
As wealthy countries rush to protect capital, people around the world continue to suffer.
Is Your Grocery Delivery Worth a Worker’s Life?
Workers around the country are walking off the job to protest a lack of protective equipment, safety measures, even soap
Amazon workers to walk out over lack of protective gear amid coronavirus
Employees in New York facility say they have to ‘force company’s hand’ to act and accuse company of poor communication
The Coronavirus Pandemic: An Olympics of Failure
In country after country we are seeing an Olympics of failure. And the U.S. deserves the gold medal.
The Coronavirus Pandemic: It’s Up to Us
This is the text of a second presentation given at our Online Townhall on March 28, 2020: “The Coronavirus Pandemic: Their System Can’t Protect Us.” (link to first presentation at the townhall) (link to the discussion portion of the townhall) Introduction We have just heard how this criminal system has failed to respond to this […]
The coronavirus is the worst intelligence failure in US history
The Trump administration’s unprecedented indifference, even willful neglect, forced a catastrophic strategic surprise on to the American people
Coronavirus Crisis Awakens a Sleeping Giant: China’s Youth
How the ruling Communist Party manages the coming youths will help shape how hundreds of millions of young people see its authoritarian political bargain for decades to come.
The Coronavirus Spurs a Movement of People Reclaiming Vacant Homes
California has the worst housing crisis in the country—so bad that, when Governor Gavin Newsom took office, in 2019, he used his inaugural address to call for a “Marshall Plan for affordable housing,”
Who is Essential?
The Covid-19 pandemic has revealed some of the inherent shortcomings of the capitalist economic system. The recent labeling of “essential employees” during quarantine highlights the indispensability of certain jobs
Governor Cuomo – Not the Hero He Poses As
New York City is the center of the coronavirus crisis right now, and many people say they are impressed by the way N.Y.’s Democratic Party governor, Andrew Cuomo, seems to be handling the situation. Unlike Trump, he doesn’t minimize the dangers of the virus, and has been blunt about Trump’s failure to quickly send N.Y. […]
As Trump Calls for Business as Usual by Easter, CDC Releases Disturbing Coronavirus Findings
On March 23rd, the U.S. Center for Disease Control (CDC) released a report with daunting new information on the coronavirus
Why Is America Choosing Mass Unemployment?
European countries are paying to preserve jobs during the coronavirus crisis. Sadly for American workers, the United States is charting its own path.
[VIDEO] We need PPE! Hospital Workers Protest in Oakland
Healthcare workers protested the lack of protective equipment (PPE) outside of Kaiser Permanente Hospital, Oakland, California (March 23, 2020).
The absurdity of athletes taking on the burden of billionaires
Sixers employees were about to take pay cuts … until Joel Embiid stepped in
Key workers stage mass walk-out over inadequate coronavirus distancing
Around 100 workers at one of Northern Ireland’s main poultry manufacturers have walked out over concerns their employer has not taken proper steps to protect them from coronavirus.
Is the Cure Worse Than the Virus?
On Monday, President Trump suggested that he’d lift the current shutdown on March 31. This is against the advice of top health officials
Profit Before People: Coronavirus Edition
On the evening of March 23, the Lieutenant Governor of Texas, Dan Patrick, did an interview on Fox News and declared
Seasick
For the past couple of weeks, nurses at Kaiser Hospital have been caring for patients that came from the Grand Princess cruise ship and tested positive for coronavirus. Although there was time for the hospital to prepare before the ship docked, management implemented a training scheme only after the first confirmed cases of patients with Covid-19 arrived.
Fox News: Liars and Hypocrites!
While Fox news was denying coronavirus was a problem, Fox’s owner was acting differently.
Coronavirus rent relief, eviction moratoriums enacted across Bay Area
With many people out of work due to coronavirus’ impact on their industry or their health, some Bay Area cities and counties are offering modest relief to renters
Kaiser Permanente Threatened to Fire Nurses Treating Covid-19 Patients for Wearing Their Own Masks, Unions Say
Nurses at Kaiser Permanente hospitals and clinics in California could be fired immediately for wearing their own face masks, according to unions representing nurses at the facilities
The New Federal Reserve as Garbage Can for All Capitalist Debt
Yesterday, the Federal Reserve announced it will provide unlimited credit–and assume the bad debts, not just of banks, but for what it called ‘Main St.’ But by ‘Main St.’ it doesn’t mean consumers or households
The Italian Workers Fighting Like Hell to Shut Down Their Workplaces
Italy is the Western European country where the coronavirus pandemic spread first and where its tragic effects are being felt the most.
I’m 26. Coronavirus Sent Me to the Hospital.
Millennials: If you can’t stay at home for others, do it for yourselves.
‘Sorry we’re out of soap:’ A couple’s diary of quarantine life at Travis air force base
David and Denise Morse were sent to the California air force base after 21 people on their Grand Princess cruise were diagnosed with coronavirus
Detroit Bus Drivers Shut Down Service and Win Safety Protections
Fed up with unsanitary working conditions, bus operators in Detroit refused to drive the buses on Tuesday, March 17. Less than 10% of the workforce showed up to demand basic safety measures in light of the coronavirus epidemic. One of the main things that sparked the strike was the recent closure of restaurants which left […]
ICE Raids Continue to Terrorize Communities, Despite “Shelter in Place”
At the end of 2019, the Immigration and Customs Enforcement, or ICE, began a massive series of raids in “sanctuary cities” such as San Francisco, Los Angeles, and Boston, which have passed ordinances against fully cooperating with ICE. In this effort, called “Operation Palladium,” hundreds of ICE officers have orders to “flood the streets,” using […]
U.S. Sanctions Exacerbate the Coronavirus Crisis in Iran
Someone dies of coronavirus every ten minutes in Iran, according to the country’s health ministry. In addition, 50 new people become infected every hour. Iran has the third highest level of deaths from the coronavirus, behind Italy and China. Physicians are estimating that the death toll could reach as high as 3.5 million people. Unlike […]
No Bank Left Behind
We are often told that we don’t have the money in this country for what we need, whether for healthcare, education, housing or anything else. This is a lie! When the banks are in trouble, it’s called “a crisis” and they have no difficulty coming up with the money, but when our lives are in […]
Target and Walmart aren’t protecting staff amid pandemic, workers say
Employees say they are anxious about working in crowded stores with inadequate sanitation and lack of paid time off
Coronavirus: A Disease of Capitalism
By March 23rd, there were over 370,000 cases of Coronavirus, including more than 16,000 deaths
France: Who Will Foot the Bill?
This post is translated from French from: https://www.convergencesrevolutionnaires.org/ Everybody trusts virologists, emergency doctors and biologists to tell us what to do more than politicians who don’t know anything about the virus. The peak has not been reached, but hospitals are already at breaking point. A worn-out health service In the Haut-Rhin area, they must choose […]
‘Terrified’ Package Delivery Employees Are Going to Work Sick
Truckers and warehouse workers at UPS and FedEx feel they have not choice but to keep showing up, even with coronavirus-like sypmtoms
The coronavirus outbreak is exposing the devastating gaps between the rich and poor at a moment when America is primed for class warfare
The divisions between the rich and poor are infuriatingly clear in 2020
I’m A Doctor. The U.S. Response To Coronavirus Has Been Nothing Short Of Criminal.
“With every crucial delay, with every blunder and misstep, the toll is going to be measured in lives lost.”
COVID-19 — The Priorities Of The U.S. Government Couldn’t Be Clearer
Faced with the horrific coronavirus pandemic, with no idea of its potential scope or how long it could last, it is absolutely clear what the U.S. government’s priorities are. The priority has been to support and protect the financial health of the corporations and banks. Initially they were preoccupied with talking to financial experts about […]
Covid-19: A Best-Case Scenario
Now is the time to imagine a better world.
Uber and Lyft drivers protest to demand more benefits during coronavirus crisis
Rideshare workers are calling for enforcement of California’s AB5 which would allow them at least three days of paid sick leave
‘Suddenly I have no paycheck’: layoffs and cuts for workers rocked by coronavirus
As the outbreak has hit America and the country has started to shut down, workers in many industries wonder: what now?