Health Care

Capitalism kills as health workers lack protection 

Over the last three months, the U.S. government has proven its inability to protect and incompetence at caring for the…

April 9, 2020

U.S. activates new phase of violence against Venezuela

The Platform of Venezuelan Social Movements Against the Blockade issued the following statement on March 26.  To the People of…

April 8, 2020

Haiti faces a coronavirus catastrophe

The predictions are grim, and the figures are totally misleading: As of April 5, 6 p.m., Haiti reported only 21…

April 8, 2020

Sanctions or solidarity

A pandemic by its very nature needs a global response. It can only be addressed with a high level of…

April 8, 2020

How Vietnam contained the pandemic

The coronavirus pandemic has started to reveal stark differences in the emergency responses of countries all over the globe. The…

April 8, 2020

The working class is striking for safety

Whether they are organizing walkouts, sick-outs or sit-ins, workers in a whole range of so-called “essential” occupations are in a…

April 8, 2020

Interview: Amazon worker battles billionaire Bezos

Chris Smalls is a former Amazon worker who was fired for organizing a March 30 walkout at the JFK8 Amazon…

April 7, 2020

People die as capitalists profit from pandemic crisis

April 3 — One month after initial reports broke on the first confirmed COVID-19 case in New York City, we…

April 7, 2020

Migrants in detention in Texas face COVID-19

Houston, Texas Migrants being held in detention in Texas have been facing abhorrent sanitary conditions in the detention facilities long…

April 7, 2020

Prisoners resist execution by virus

On a good day, most of the 5,000 prisons and jails in the U.S. are filthy hellholes. Medical care is…

April 7, 2020