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The viral crisis in light of the crisis of capitalism

The author is a veteran Portuguese Marxist and an editor of the web magazine jornalmudardevida.net. Workers World publishes this March…

March 30, 2020

A trigger for a crisis driven by profit

By Claudio Katz Katz is an economist and a professor at the University of Buenos Aires. His website is lahaine.org/katz.…

March 30, 2020

Corona crash. You ain’t seen nothing yet

First published March 24 at dewereldmorgen.be. Republished with permission of the author, a Belgian Marxist who writes for globalresearch.org, rebelion.org,…

March 30, 2020

Doughnut workers organize in Portland, Ore,

March 21 -- Workers at a popular eatery, Voodoo Doughnut, in Portland, Ore., announced the formation of the Voodoo Doughnut…

March 28, 2020

Venezuela needs solidarity now more than ever

Ibarra, Ecuador Worldwide demands for an immediate end to the criminal sanctions and economic blockades that impact Cuba, Iran, Venezuela…

March 28, 2020

Bosses get lion’s share of stimulus package

March 27 -- The so-called stimulus bill, providing $2 trillion as a response to the capitalist economic crash triggered by…

March 27, 2020

Spa workers take direct action in Austin, Texas – WW commentary

Austin, Texas The writer is a worker at a health spa in Austin. March 16 -- The spread of coronavirus…

March 27, 2020

After teachers protest, New York City closes schools

New York On March 22, Education Week Magazine announced that 118,000 schools with 53.7 million students had been closed to…

March 27, 2020

As coronavirus spreads disability activists fight for their rights

New York “The COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic has reminded us that from one moment to the next anyone can become a…

March 26, 2020

Palestine battles the pandemic

There have been relatively few confirmed cases of the coronavirus COVID-19 among the Palestinian population compared with the Israelis infected.…

March 26, 2020