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.
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COVID-19: A Lesson Coronavirus is About to Teach the World
Jonathan Cook says we have always been bound together in a miraculous web of life on our planet and beyond; stardust in an unfathomably large and complex universe.
COVID-19: On the Front Lines of Coronavirus: A Doctor’s View
What is currently unfolding in the U.S. is what happens when you develop a healthcare system predicated around extracting profit from sick bodies, writes Mike Pappas.
COVID-19: How Chinese Came Together When Separated by Quarantine
Belinda Kong encourages us all to appreciate the human dimensions of epidemic life.
COVID-19: China Locked in Hybrid War with US
The fallout from the COVID-19 outbreak puts Beijing and Washington on a collision course, writes Pepe Escobar.
Militarism in Time of Pandemic: The Arrogance of the (Ongoing) US War in Iraq
Amid a Corona news blackout, Danny Sjursen says Americans are expected to forget, or ignore, that the Iraqi parliament recently asked the U.S. military to leave.
COVID-19: The Fed, The Virus & Inequality
Recent years have taught us that the official responses to crises will ultimately help Wall Street and the markets, while leaving real people behind again, writes Nomi Prins.