The 2020 crisis we’ve endured isn’t an aberration of the system but, as Alex Callinicos argues, an aspect of its permanent crisis.
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Incarcerated people and corrections staff should be prioritized in COVID-19 vaccination plans
Some states are including correctional facilities in their rollout plans. All states and the BOP should do so-and put incarcerated people near the top of the list.
The war on China
The propaganda surrounding COVID-19 and China’s response is only the latest escalation in a long term geopolitical strategy by U.S. imperialism to destroy it. Few people on the left or the socialist movement in the imperial core have been paying attention to the historic breakup of the U.S.-China relationship.
It wasn’t 2020, it was the ruling class trying to kill you
Reflections on COVID-19, capitalism, empire, and the worst year ever from the Hood Communist editorial staff.
As South African climate justice veterans fall, consciousness begins reviving, from below and across
On three days last week–December 23-25–South Africa’s east coast province of KwaZulu-Natal (KZN) lost three of its clearest voices for social justice and environmental sanity: rural women’s leader Sizani Ngubane (74), trade unionist Patrick Mkhize (60) and progressive activist Faith ka-Manzi (52).
‘Stimulus bill’: Congress gives working class the middle finger
Democrat and Republican leaders in Congress announced a new $900 billion stimulus bill over the weekend for a second round of “relief” in the face of the worsening pandemic and related economic crisis.
Native Youth provide for community and elders during COVID pandemic
2020 has been a year of many trials across Indian Country. Across our many Nations, rural, city and everywhere in between, we are all coping with the catastrophic effects of the COVID-19 virus.
Anti-Vaxxers are gaining dangerous ground in the Latinx community
COVID-19 is a new disease, but many of us from immigrant families know all too well the trauma of having our livelihood threatened and our lives put in imminent danger of death. The pandemic situation is not too dissimilar to our life experiences. It is natural, especially for those who have been politicized, to look […]
Propaganda pandemic: The craziest COVID claims of the year
No matter how many Americans die, corporate media is desperate to shore up support at home and attempt to discredit foreign countries for handling the pandemic properly. Behind The Headlines’ Dan Cohen reviews the most absurd COVID propaganda of the year..
Leo Panitch, intellectual pillar of the Canadian left, dead at 75 of COVID-19
Leo Victor Panitch, one of the intellectual pillars of the Canadian left and a leading scholar of the global depredations of neoliberalism, died Saturday from COVID-19. He was 75.
Communist-led coalition sweeps local body elections in the southern Indian State of Kerala
The alliance led by the Communist Party of India (Marxist) has won more seats in local government bodies than the opposition groups combined.
In a pandemic, why are cities still making it hard for people to get utilities?
With the continuing pandemic–and expiring housing and unemployment benefits across the country–millions of people may have their utilities cut off soon.
Empire, socialism and November /w Leo Panitch
First, whether the pandemic has fundamentally altered the geopolitical balance between the U.S. and other great powers, specifically China. And second, how socialists in the U.S. should approach the November elections. For Panitch, the two issues are intimately connected.
Chart of the day
Both the number of initial unemployment claims for unemployment compensation and the number of continued claims for unemployment compensation are once again on the rise, signaling a worsening of the Pandemic Depression.
International lawyers and activists organize independent inquiry into U.S. police violence
The Trump administration thwarted an investigation specifically into the US. But that didn’t deter those who believe an independent inquiry is necessary.
Cuba sends medical brigade to Mexico to fight COVID-19
The second group of a Cuban medical brigade to contribute to the fight against the COVID-19 pandemic traveled to Mexico City on Thursday.
Venezuela’s Maduro proposes joint ALBA COVID-19 vaccination
The Venezuelan president announced a strict quarantine for January.
Canada is choosing corporate property rights over the health of billions
Unequal distribution means the poorest countries are getting trampled in the stampede for COVID-19 vaccines.
How the rich are cashing in on pandemic pain
Millions of day labourers in India lost their jobs overnight earlier this year when Narendra Modi’s central government hastily announced a national lockdown.
Over 200 million workers and farmers protest against poverty and unemployment triggered by COVID Lockdown
The general strike occurred in the context of the devastation brought about by the coronavirus pandemic in India. Added to this are the millions of people who have lost income and who now face increased poverty and hunger, in a country where even before the pandemic 50 percent of all children suffered malnourishment.
