Posts Tagged: virus

French organisations support healthcare staff in calling for a demonstration on 16 June

18.06.2020

The World After Coronavirus can only be built when we rally behind an alternative to capitalism.

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SOS! European hospitals are struggling

2.06.2020

Healthcare workers have been warning us about increasing austerity cuts since before COVID-19. Governments must reinvest in public services.

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The Green New Deal for Europe can shield us from future pandemics

27.05.2020

The risk of triggering pandemics such as the current COVID-19 crisis increases exponentially as we ignore calls to address climate breakdown.

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Failure to deal with Dominic Cummings is a failure of British democracy

27.05.2020

The case of Cummings and the shameless defence of him by all prominent ministers, has eroded much of the public faith in the PM and his government.

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Manchester’s Quarantined Music Scene: The Hazards of Precarious Employment

15.05.2020

Social distancing measures are necessary but will leave workers in the entertainment industry out of work for the foreseeable future.

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Greek Tragedy and the first days of COVID-19 in Sicily

13.05.2020

It is our inability to deal with the virus that is killing us. In quarantine, we must excavate faded ideals and re-establish what is truly important. 

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COVID-19 Has Created a Boom Economy for Big Data

8.05.2020

COVID-19 may be wreaking havoc on businesses big and small, but there are winners in the pandemic economy. Namely, big data companies.

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Manchester’s quarantined music scene is a microcosm of inequality

4.05.2020

Manchester's precarious musicians, engineers and venue workers need a life line, not just crumbs from the table. 

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Coronavirus crisis shows our collective failure to tackle tax evasion

27.04.2020

There is a dramatic human cost to tax evasion and tax avoidance. Bolstering our public services starts with fighting tax evasion more promptly ...

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