Israel woke up to a new reality on Sunday – one this most communal of cultures has never had to face before: being home alone. BY: Allison Kaplan Sommer In many ways, Israelis were better […]
Number of UK deaths rises to 35 while other countries introduce stricter new measures. This blog is closed. Helen Sullivan (now) Sam Gelder, Martin Pengelly, Lucy Campbell, Mattha Busby and Helen Sullivan (earlier) We are going to close this blog […]
“It shouldn’t take a crisis like the spread of coronavirus to restore people’s right to drinking water.” byAndrea Germanos, A demonstrator holds a sign during a Detroit water shutoffs rally in 2014. (Photo: uusc4all/flickr/cc) Progressives heaped […]
Measures to stop the spread of the coronavirus seem dystopian to the world. For Palestinians, they are only slightly worse than business as usual. By Karim Kattan A Palestinian municipal employee disinfects a street at the […]
China’s gift to the world is hard-won knowledge: ‘The real remedy for epidemics is not isolation, but cooperation.’ Professor Tingbo Liang This article was updated on Monday 30 March to reflect the issuing of two […]
Her funeral is to be live-streamed since large gatherings are prevented by the present pandemic conditions. Proletarian writers It is with great sadness that we announce the death of Comrade Deborah Lavin, a founder member of […]
One of a kind: her influence on party life, and the guidance she gave to young cadres in particular, will be fondly remembered and sorely missed. Party statement Many words come to mind when we […]
Just as in Vietnam, the mighty USA has spent incalculable blood and treasure trying to enforce its will, and has signally failed. Lalkar writers On 29 February 2020, the Times reported: “America has signed a […]
Let’s get all US troops out of Iraq and Afghanistan, make peace with Iran, and address the real threats to human security like pandemics and the climate crisis .byKevin Martin More war is never a […]
Policy is needed now to curb further losses. byJosh Bivens Once the current crisis has passed, we will need a thorough diagnosis of just why the U.S. economy and society was so fragile to this […]