
Compare hundreds of millions of Asians’ serene response to the coronavirus crisis with the West’s fear, panic and hysteria, writes Pepe Escobar.
UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres said 70 nations now back his call for a global ceasefire to combat Covid-19, including nine countries in conflict.
The pandemic offers an opportunity to implement solutions that will ultimately benefit humans and the planet, says George Wittemyer.
This pandemic has been made worse and continues to be made worse by toxic nationalism, ironic considering the virus truly doesn’t give a shit about our borders, says Lee Camp, CN’s newest columnist.
There is no substitute, as this catastrophe unfolds, to transfer priorities from privatization to the creation of a robust public sector at the very least for health, says Vijay Prashad.
The human tendency to attack each other even when the entire species is under threat, especially as the U.S. goes after China, gives an advantage to viruses, which can even survive a nuclear attack, says Coleen Rowley.
Belinda Kong encourages us all to appreciate the human dimensions of epidemic life.
The fallout from the COVID-19 outbreak puts Beijing and Washington on a collision course, writes Pepe Escobar.