The Guardian on Covid-19
21
Mar
There, fixed it …
Category Archives: politics
Labour Party: your silence is deafening!
21
Mar
Labour is “alarmed at Covid-19 laws being passed without vote”. And so they bloody well should be – the potential for abusing the draconian powers now passed into law is immense. There are those who say covid-19 is overegged. Some … Read More »
Cook on Covid-19
20
Mar
When death stalks us it is not bankers we turn to, or corporate executives, or hedge fund managers. Nonetheless, those are the people our societies have best rewarded. Marx is misunderstood. His use of the word materialism is not the … Read More »
WSWS on Covid-19
19
Mar
World Socialist Website, maintained by the Socialist Equality Party, is worth keeping an eye on. Its reports on the coronaviris crisis have been outstanding. I’ve no links to the SEP, one product of the implosion of Gerry Healy’s frightful WRP, … Read More »
Kevin Ovenden on Covid-19
19
Mar
See also: Varoufakis on Covid-19 … Klein on Covid-19 The corona virus has cast a light on every aspect of British society: the economic relations, the class inequalities, migration, capitalism, big pharma. Everything i seen in a new light and … Read More »
Varoufakis on Covid-19
19
Mar
Do not miss this. Yanis Varoufakis on the political and economic impact of the crisis – and its inextricable links with the 2008 crash. Price to you? Eighteen minutes and twenty-two seconds of your life. (See also: Kevin Ovenden on … Read More »
Covid-19 – capitalism on trial
18
Mar
… wealth is increasingly concentrated among a privileged few while millions are barely subsisting. Women are dying for lack of decent maternity care and children are denied an education that could be their route out of poverty. It doesn’t have … Read More »
“Grazi Cina!” – and roll over Beethoven
17
Mar
With Italy in lock down there’s music on the balconies of Rome’s apartment blocks, but it’s not Beethoven’s Ode to Joy. Five days ago the The European Court of Justice fined Italy €7.5 million for ‘illegal’ state-aid to Sardinia’s struggling … Read More »
Corona Capitalism
17
Mar
Klein on Covid-19
17
Mar
(See also: Kevin Ovenden on Covid-19 … Varoufakis on Covid-19) Anne, a good friend from down under, posted this an hour ago on FB: In spite of everything, there seem to be some potentially significant and positive things arising from … Read More »