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 […]
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
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?
Coronavirus Pandemic Reveals Just How Devastating the Greed of For-Profit Insurance Industry Has Become
For-profit insurers are in the business to make a profit. Period.
Go on Strike for Your Health and Safety
Now isn’t the time to blindly follow orders from bosses. To make sure our response to coronavirus is safe and just, workers need to take on-the-job action like sick-outs and strikes — as New York City educators have over the past week.
Coronavirus is a Historic Trigger Event — and it Needs a Movement to Respond
Even in times of social distancing, building a collective, social response to the pandemic is our only salvation.
The Coronavirus Pandemic Proves That We Can Overcome the Climate Crisis—If We Want To
One positive takeaway from the world’s response to the coronavirus epidemic is that it’s entirely possible to successfully combat two other existential and intertwined global crises: climate change and air pollution.
“Capitalism is a disease hotspot”
Yaak Pabst interviews Monthly Review Press author Rob Wallace about the coronavirus pandemic