coronavirus

USA: "Striketober", An Unprecedented Wave of Strikes

Submitted by Internationalis... on Dec 6 2021 15:55

The United States has experienced a wave of strikes on a scale rarely seen since 1968. All over the country, workers, exhausted by the Covid-19 pandemic, are demanding improvements in their working conditions. Driven by the rise in the cost of living, these thousands of workers are putting pressure on their bosses to grant them wage increases. This encompasses every sector of the economy.

On the Events in Rome on 9 October

Submitted by Internationalis... on Oct 21 2021 13:08

A well-attended demonstration (between 10 and 20 thousand people) against the Green Pass was held in Rome on Saturday, 9 October. The instigators were a varied bunch: from the "sincere democrats" who brandished copies of the Constitution, and the rights enshrined therein, to the galaxy of the far right who were (in an irony of propaganda) "against the health dictatorship" and for "freedom!”.

1919 Editorial

Submitted by Internationalis... on Oct 17 2021 13:21

Editorial from 1919 #2 (mcmxix.org), the journal of the North American affiliates of the ICT.

Anti-Lockdown Protests and Working-Class Activity in Australia

Submitted by Internationalis... on Oct 14 2021 18:19

As this statement is being written the number of active COVID-19 cases in Australia currently stands at just over 23,000, with New South Wales and Victoria accounting for the bulk of that. Between the two states, cases are averaging around 2,000 per day. The number of deaths is now nearing 1,400 since the beginning of the pandemic and almost 300 people are in the ICU. New South Wales has been in lockdown since the end of June and Victoria since the start of August. Nationwide, a little over 58% of people over 16 are now doubly vaccinated.

How the Pandemic Revealed the Real Health of Nations

Submitted by Internationalis... on Sep 18 2021 11:42

As we noted in our last issue, a pandemic is as good as any event to demonstrate the efficacy, or not, of a social system. This one has generally found the capitalist mode of production wanting. By now most people will have forgotten the early failures.