Tag: COVID-19

For many Americans, it’s time for a system change along the lines of the Nordic model. This has the political establishment deeply worried.

“Senate Republicans are using the coronavirus crisis as a cynical cover to attack our Social Security system.”

To fight like hell for the living will require unrelenting work from progressive movements willing and able to organize effectively in every political arena.

Epidemic Epistle: A COVID-19 crisis diary by Dave & Gary Lindorff...

Families recount painful conversations with loved ones inside detention centers and join advocates demanding action that detainees be protected against spread of the coronavirus.

Message to Trump: lead, follow, or just get the hell out of the way.

At this time of crisis, we will still need to raise our voices to call on governments to use their resources to care for ordinary citizens, not cater to the whims of industry and the wealthy.

“Testing is central because that leads to early detection, it minimizes further spread, and it quickly treats those found with the virus.”

As we respond to the coronavirus emergency and the immediate needs of the people and communities impacted by it, let us also keep in view the systemic needs and possibilities that crisis exposes.

There is no public health system in the U.S., in short, because the richest nation in the world has no capacity to protect the public as a whole, apart from national defense.