Monopoly power and concentrated wealth do immense harm to the bottom third of the wealth spectrum
āIf the protesters really wanted to protect workers, wouldnāt they be demanding laws that replaced lost wages? Other developed countries have passed exactly those sorts of measures, putting their economies into a holding pattern as the pandemic passes.ā
Trump has coerced Workers at Covid-19 Hot Spot Meat Packing Plants into Front Lines
You have nothing to Lose but your Corporate Chains
President Trumpās insistence on calling the virus the China virus is not only misleading and a source and intensifier of ethnic conflict. It is also an accelerant of the pathogen
The Coronavirus pandemic will provide another opportunity for neoliberal elites to impose more of their right wing agenda on a citizenry scared and confused by this mysterious and dangerous disease
Why is there even a debate on whether any Coronavirus Vaccine Should be Free?
There are policy responses far short of a social revolution that would address these strains. Paid sick leave more work at home four day workweek, universal healthcare, and job guarantees would be a good start
Why Billionaire Financiers are Bullying the Democratic Party
Why the Nevada Culinary Workers revolted against their Union Bosses
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