Lawsuit says Tyson Foods ordered sick workers to stay on the line, while bosses ran a pool on how many would contract the virus
Capitalism kills
Archive | Covid-19
Red & Green Reads
Ecosocialist Bookshelf, October 2020
Five book announcements and three book reviews. Origin of Covid-19; History of pollutions; Collapse of US farming; Capital today; Social justice and the environment
Video Online
Mike Davis & Rob Wallace:
COVID, Capitalism, and Ecology
Recorded on October 17: An online discussion with the left’s top pandemic analysts.
War Communism?
Book Review: Corona, Climate, Chronic Emergency
Gradual reforms can’t do the job: only profoundly radical measures can ensure human survival in an epoch of global sickening.
Pandemic responses
Covid-19: Asian contrasts and lessons
Some Asian countries have effectively contained the disease, while others have dramatically failed. What’s behind the differences?
Greenhouse Gas
‘Worst case’ emissions scenario is best match for reality
The IPCC’s most extreme projection of the impact of global climate policies is tracking within one percent of actual results.
Covid kills
Not just meat: All farm and food workers are in peril
The profit-driven food system endangers the lives of millions of low-paid workers. It’s time to adopt more humane and robust methods of feeding humanity.
Break Neoliberalism
A Ten-Point Agenda for the Global South After COVID-19
Neoliberalism has driven the the world system into a cul-de-sac. The Global South must lead in building a new international economic order
Xenophobia weakens the fight
Banning wild animal sales won’t prevent another pandemic
‘If wildlife-oriented solutions distract from the weaknesses that COVID-19 has exposed in global health security, the next pandemic will levy a higher toll.’
Interview with Fred Magdoff
Pandemic: ‘This is a time for bold programs from the left’
Covid-19 exposes capitalism’s gross inability to meet human needs. We must demand immediate measures to help people survive and recover.
Movement Building
First meeting of Global Ecosocialist Network issues Covid-19 statement
Activists from four continents plan activity, elect steering committee, and call for solidarity with the workers who are risking their lives for us all
Does Pandemic = Famine?
Covid-19 disrupts food systems; global hunger crisis looms
Global food price increases could be worse than in the 2008 crisis, causing major shortages and increased malnutrition in the global south.
Dutch manifesto
Five proposals for a better world after the pandemic
170 Dutch academics sign manifesto for sustainable, equal and diverse societies based on international solidarity