coronavirus

A Class Compass in the Covid Crisis

Submitted by Internationalis... on Sep 17 2020 11:29

The crisis, which has been developing since the start of 2020, opens up new and unprecedented scenarios in class confrontations. For revolutionaries it is essential to clarify some basic points about the current period which are as original in form as they are classical in substance.

Abolitionism against pandemic policing in the Philippines

Submitted by bandilangitimph on Sep 4 2020 11:39

The demand for abolition becomes urgent in the face of a highly militarized response to the COVID-19 pandemic in the Philippines.

Covid Crisis or Capitalist Crisis

Submitted by Internationalis... on Aug 15 2020 10:22

Revolutionary Perspectives 16 Editorial

Why the Working Class is Key

Submitted by Internationalis... on Aug 7 2020 12:23

Some may wonder why we keep harping on about the working class. Let’s briefly explain…

Unrest in the USA: A Perfect Storm

Submitted by Internationalis... on Aug 6 2020 20:46

The spread of COVID-19 to the United States earlier this year both triggered and exacerbated the economic crisis which has been building up for decades. Around 50 million workers in America have been thrown out of work since the start of the lockdown, the great majority of whom have no alternative source of income for the necessities of life.

Pandemic Politics in the UK

Submitted by Internationalis... on Aug 5 2020 12:10

In the UK, the coronavirus crisis has brutally exposed the significance of the endless cuts to the NHS as well as the incompetence of the Johnson government. From failure to organise protective equipment for medical staff to the catastrophic decision to return elderly COVID-19 patients to care-homes, the shambles of the bespoke track-and-trace scheme and shipwreck of the scheme to re-open schools in England, the government has lurched from fiasco to debacle.

A Crisis of Capitalist "Civilisation"

Submitted by Internationalis... on Aug 4 2020 15:55

More than 650,000 official deaths, 130 million on the edge of starvation, hundreds of millions potentially out of work. And still counting. This is the scale of the catastrophe that has spread around the world over the past months.

For Migrant Labourers An Amnesty with Capitalism Is a Mockery

Submitted by Internationalis... on Jul 22 2020 19:56

Which is worse? The hypocrisy of an Italian Minister of Agriculture shedding tears in public over the supposed end to the maltreatment of cheap migrant field workers in Italy or the hypocrisy of Johnson’s Brexit government sanctioning the airlifting of workers from the poorer parts of Europe to work in British fields during the lockdown? This is an outline of what’s been going on recently in Italy.

Keir Starmer: From 'Marxist' to 'Cop in an expensive suit' - Mark Kosman

Submitted by hedgehog on Jul 11 2020 14:49

Three months on from Sir Keir Starmer’s accession to the Labour leadership, we now have a better idea of how he wants to lead what is still officially called ‘Her Majesty’s Most Loyal Opposition’.