Europe Solidaire Sans Frontières
, by JAN Hassan
As the second decade of 21st century is coming to a close, we are witnessing a world engulfed in an unprecedented crisis at all levels, from economic calamities, apparently triggered by Covid-19, to social explosions raging in every continent and wars in the middle east and other parts of the (...)
, par The Economist
CONSIDER THE following thought experiment. If you fail to eat a pizza within an hour, you will die from hunger. What do you do ? Most people would immediately order a pizza—and not just one Margherita, but lots of them, from several different parlours. In order to maximise the chances that at (...)
, by FARRER Martin, FONBUENA Carmela
Filipino medics plead for lockdown as health system teeters; US suffers deadliest month; South Korea arrest sect leader.
Senior doctors in the Philippines have pleaded with the government to impose a strict lockdown in the capital Manila or risk losing the battle to contain the spread of (...)
, by MUBAYI Vinod
The countries that Trump, Bolsonaro and Modi, respectively, rule, are currently #1, 2, and 3 in the total number of coronavirus infections. Credible projections by some scientists suggest that India is poised to become #1 within a few months. Whether that happens or not, it is more than likely (...)
, by MONJANE Boaventura, SHIN Ji Young, SITRIN Marina, ZETTLER Vanessa
A new book offers snapshots of struggles and intimate stories about life during the pandemic from across the globe, reminding us who we really are.
We are often taught to fear other human beings, that some anonymous stranger is going to steal our food, money or valuables. Yet the global (...)
, by The Economist
The world is not experiencing a second wave: it never got over the first.
IT IS ASTONISHING how rapidly the pandemic has spread, despite all the efforts to stop it. On February 1st, the day covid-19 first appeared on our front cover, the World Health Organisation counted 2,115 new cases. On (...)
, by GUTTAL Shalmali
We were already on the way to variations of Fortress World before COVID-19: right-wing, authoritarian/fascist regimes have been able to capture political power riding on the immiseration, anxieties, and frustration resulting from global capitalism and corporate globalization, while progressive (...)
, by PRASHAD Vijay
Neoliberalism has driven the the world system into a cul-de-sac. The Global South must lead in building a new international economic order
Dear Friends,
Greetings from the desk of the Tricontinental: Institute for Social Research.
In 1974, the United Nations General Assembly passed a New (...)
, by BOVEIRI, Kaveh
May 11 marked two months since WHO declared the COVID-19 outbreak a pandemic. Many of us long for a return to the routine. Here we argue against this longing.
It is not easy to speak about this virus from a universal point of view since it is not easy to find a common denominator. Take the (...)
, by ITF
Frontline public transport workers from around the world have united to publish a global charter of demands for better protection from the Covid-19 pandemic.
Hundreds of public transport workers across the world have died from Covid-19, with the death toll rising daily. They are on the (...)
, by ITF
Public transport workers are on the frontline of the battle against the Covid-19 pandemic. They are the drivers, ticket sellers, conductors, cleaners, maintenance and office workers who provide the vital services that keep public transport systems functioning - facilitating other key workers to (...)
, by ACHCAR Gilbert
For the second time since the turn of the century, governments in North America and Europe are intervening massively with public funds to prevent a general economic collapse. The magnitude of the ongoing economic disaster is such that it has revived the hope that it will lead to a major global (...)
, by GHOSH Jayati
Developing countries face collapsing international trade, falling remittances, sharp reversals of capital flows, and currency depreciation. Only bold policies—debt relief, international financing, planning, and more—will avert further catastrophe.
There are still many uncertainties about the (...)
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