coronavirus

New Year, Same Crisis

Submitted by Internationalis... on Jan 16 2021 15:01

The COVID-19 pandemic has left the entire working class living with a new level of uncertainty. There have now been cases reported on every continent after researchers and military personnel on Antarctica recently reported their first cases.

The Illusion of State Intervention in the Economy: The Eternal Anti-Working Class Weapon of Reformism

Submitted by Internationalis... on Dec 12 2020 13:38

With each new jolt to the capitalist structure its crisis deepens. The disruption of production and distribution caused by the coronavirus pandemic has only added to the existing woes of the system. And, as ever, the working class is being fed illusions about the beneficial effect that state intervention would bring to their conditions and to the "community" in general, irrespective of class.

Coronavirus - Axe Falls on the Working Class

Submitted by Internationalis... on Dec 7 2020 13:02

Capitalism’s continuous plunder and destruction of the natural environment is forcing animals such as bats, rodents and other small creatures into our cities. They bring their diseases with them and pass them on to humans. We have no immunity to these new viruses and the result is epidemics like SARS, MERS and the present pandemic Covid-19. Capitalism is the real mother of the virus!

A Quick Glimpse at the Current State of the Pandemic in Oceania

Submitted by Internationalis... on Nov 27 2020 15:09

The COVID-19 pandemic has swept across the world, infecting tens of millions, killing over a million so far and leaving many survivors with recurring or permanent health conditions.(1) The region of Oceania has had tens of thousands of virus cases and around a thousand deaths. However, it has been hit even harder in the form of other pandemic related factors, such as border closures, unemployment, and a rise in mental health issues and domestic violence.

Denmark's Mink Farms Demonstrate that Covid-19 is the Child of Capitalism

Submitted by Internationalis... on Nov 27 2020 14:52

The media on 5 November was greatly agitated by the news that a new variant of SARS-CoV-2 had been found in intensive rearing of minks on Danish factory farms. This mutation weakens the ability to produce antibodies, a fact which could compromise the effectiveness of future vaccines.

Capitalism and its States against the Working Class, once again on the Front Line just as in the World Wars

Submitted by Internationalis... on Nov 13 2020 01:16

Article from Bilan et Perspectives #19, magazine of our French comrades.

France isn't a Special Case in the General Crisis of Capitalism

Submitted by Internationalis... on Oct 28 2020 14:07

The editorial from Bilan et Perspectives #19, magazine of our French comrades.

Does working from home weaken the working class? - Bluebirdbeta

An article about the challenges of workplace organising when working from home, first published by New Syndicalist.This piece came about from conversations within IWW Cymru, and we hope that it kicks off discussion in the wider labour movement.

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.