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Dispatches From Palestine on COVID-19
Independent Jewish Voices (IJV) is releasing a series of dispatches from Palestinians and Palestine solidarity activists reflecting on life in Gaza and the West Bank under the COVID-19 pandemic. As … Keep reading »
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Call of the Indigenous Peoples, Afro-Descendants and Peoples’ Organizations of Latin America
The crisis that COVID-19 has provoked globally presents a crossroads to the peoples of Abya Yala – Latin America. The popular organizations are the first line of resistance against the … Keep reading »
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What Wall Street Doesn’t Want You to Know About Hospital Emergency Rooms
Doctor Ming Lin is the first emergency room doctor to be fired for going public with his concerns about poor hospital emergency room safety practices and shortages of medical supplies … Keep reading »
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Open Letter to Prime Minister Trudeau: Order the Use of the GM Oshawa Plant for Essential Medical Production
We call on Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to issue an immediate order for the production of essential medical equipment and supplies in the Oshawa GM complex and related parts supplier … Keep reading »
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Capitalism, Coronavirus and the Road to Extinction
The Godzilla-like image of the virus Covid-19 has been haunting the world. Not only has the virus unraveled nightmarish possibilities leading to the extinction of millions of people, but it … Keep reading »
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Are Climate and Disaster Victims Violent?
Klare’s Paean to the American Military Michael T. Klare’s new book, All Hell Breaking Loose: The Pentagon’s Perspective on Climate Change, is an uncritical paean to the American military. He credits … Keep reading »
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Cold Turkey Kenney: Oil-Addiction, Withdrawal and Alternatives in Alberta
Alberta Premier Jason Kenney’s messages were often inconsistent, and would certainly fail fact-checking, but they were very persuasive. Until recently. Uncertainties create demand for reassurance, and the reasons for uncertainty … Keep reading »
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Green New Deals: Climate Movements and Labour Unions
Author and labor organizer Jane McAlevey is interviewed by Alleen Brown, on why winning on climate in the 2020 election means changing how we talk about the clean economy. Keep reading »
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Covid-19, the Climate Crisis and Lockdown
With the coronavirus, we are really trying to mitigate the revenge blow from nature. It’s a moment to be humble and realise our finitude in a wondrous and infinite natural order. Keep reading »
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Viruses and Care
It is not surprising that the first recorded deaths from COVID-19 were in nursing homes. But the contributing factors cannot be attributed solely to age. Long-term residential care shares with … Keep reading »
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Global Health Crisis: They Are at War… Against Us!
Governments and bosses claim to be at war with coronavirus. In reality, it is a war against our social class that they are waging. A war against us for their … Keep reading »
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This is a Global Pandemic – Let’s Treat it as Such
In the face of the COVID-19 tsunami, our lives are changing in ways that were inconceivable just a few short weeks ago. Not since the 2008-09 economic collapse has the … Keep reading »