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March 23, 2020 
Workers versus the coronavirus
Social distancing has sent many of us to our homes and changed our landscape for organizing. No mass meetings, rallies, phone banking and the other…
Articles
Feature
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March 22, 2020
The monster is at the door
COVID-19 is finally the monster at the door. Researchers are working night and day to characterize the outbreak but they are faced with three huge challenges. First the…
Op-ed
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March 22, 2020
Life in the time of COVID-19
I thought the warnings about COVID-19 were just hype. I didn’t read the news stories because I figured it would be the same as H1N1…
Analysis
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March 21, 2020
Basic Income is not the answer to the crisis
Though they have delayed too long and many employers are doing all they can to undermine the effort, the governments that are in the business…
Op-ed
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March 18, 2020
Stocking shelves in a pandemic
Beep Beep – My alarm wakes me up from a deep sleep. I roll out of bed, shower and get ready for work. Work can…
Analysis
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March 17, 2020
The viral crash
Oh there goes gravity. In short order the COVID-19 pandemic has triggered an unprecedented global economic downturn, whose full force we have not even begun…
Op-ed
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March 16, 2020
COVID-19 lessons from Italy
In the face of the mounting coronavirus crisis, North American states and provinces are announcing the closure of public schools. This is being done without…
Analysis
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March 15, 2020
Criminal justice: Contain COVID-19 not people
I work at the busiest courthouse in the country. Amidst the COVID-19 pandemic, when thousands of workers have been ordered to work from home, schools…
Analysis
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March 14, 2020
Coronavirus: rights not repression
With the World Health Organization (WHO) declaring the new coronavirus a pandemic, it’s urgent that countries around the world escalate public health efforts. These include…
Analysis
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March 13, 2020
COVID-19 and Capitalism
The coronavirus is keeping the world in a state of shock. But instead of fighting the structural causes of the pandemic, governments are focusing on…
Analysis
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March 12, 2020
What next after the Bernie campaign?
Two weeks ago the Democratic establishment was losing its mind after Bernie Sanders handily won the Nevada Caucus, securing a third straight contest where he…
Analysis
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March 11, 2020
Why socialists write
For socialists writing is not about demonstrating superior knowledge, it is about trying to make the best ideas from the past and present accessible and relevant. And in the process of doing so helping to build an organized socialist relationship.
