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Governments across the world are making decisions about to how to pay for the COVID-19 crisis. Economist Brian O’Boyle assesses the options open to the Irish state and argues that despite the spin, the money exists for a progessive alternative to the austerity our leaders favour. The Irish
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The current pandemic has thrown a long overdue spotlight on our health system, and how we care for people more generally. Physiotherapist Maeve O’Neill looks at the changes needed for a more healthy – and humane – society. Only a few months ago in the North, healthcare unions were on industrial
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The COVID-19 crisis presented a greater threat to Palestinians than most and, as Sara O’Rourke writes, that threat was worsened by the purposeful actions of an apartheid Israeli state. In Palestine, it is almost 3 months since places like the West Bank and others entered lock-down. A
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In this article we discuss the role of Australia’s political establishment during the COVID-19 crisis, and the response of workers and minorities to their racist, nationalist approach. Australians greeted 2020 with masks, a global and increasingly universal symbol of human suffering. Frontpage photos of masks shielding lungs from
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As Stormont releases its ‘roadmap to recovery’ Rebel details the road already taken by the Executive during the COVID-19 crisis – filled with confused intentions and potentially deadly missteps. Interested observers of the Stormont Executive’s approach to the COVID-19 pandemic might have been somewhat surprised by last Thursday’
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Sarah Jaffe, with co-journalist Michelle Chan, interviews US workers of all stripes for their podcast “Belabored” for Dissent Magazine. The following interviews are excerpts from their series on COVID-19 stories, republished with permission. For the full interviews, more workers’ stories, and the podcast, visit here. Farmworkers need Field
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As Boris Johnson prepares to set out his plan for ending lockdown, following Varadkars strategy launch last week, Becca Bor argues that the lockdown in Ireland should continue – in a way which protects workers and communities – rather than profits. Last week, Leo Varadkar announced his government’s timeline for easing
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Despite polls showing support for continuing the lockdown, employers are attempting to put people back to work. Eddie Conlon discusses the relationship between capitalism and workers’ safety, and argues that the lockdown should continue – on workers’ terms. Each year hundreds of thousands of workers…die of work-related accidents and
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The Coronavirus crisis has laid bare the lengths capitalism will go to in order to preserve its profits, putting workers, families, and wider society at serious risk. Eddie Conlon reports on workers leading the fightback the world over. “They don’t care about our health!” So says a Pittsburgh sanitation