Vijay Prashad explores the differences between the pandemic responses of a few countries with socialist governments and others in the capitalist order.
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COVID-19: Rot Exposed By Pandemic Augurs a Future of Fear
Vijay Prashad raises deep questions about the exhaustion of the global capitalist system in a time of great human suffering.
Annexation of West Bank Will Only Deepen Israel’s Apartheid Policies
COVID-19: The Dangerous Incompetence of Narendra Modi & Jair Bolsonaro
Vijay Prashad surveys the alarming news about the virus in Brazil and India, where neither government is taking a science-based approach or showing a regard for the people.
UPRISING: Goliath Is Not Invincible
Revolutions are difficult, writes Vijay Prashad. They must chip away at hundreds of years of inequality, erode cultural expectations and build the material foundations for a new society.
COVID-19: A New Appeal Against Preparations for War
In response to the atmosphere of war that the U.S. is creating during the Great Lockdown, Vijay Prashad and Abdallah El Harif are issuing a fresh appeal for peace.
COVID-19: Hunger Gnaws at the Edges of the World
Agricultural workers, farmers and social movements can teach us how the food system should be reorganized during this crisis, write Vijay Prashad and Richard Pithouse.
COVID-19: Calendar Year 2020 Has Been Cancelled
Almost 3-in-4 essential frontline workers are women, writes Vijay Prashad. During CoronaShock they are in more danger than ever.
COVID-19: These Migrant Workers Did Not Suddenly Fall from the Sky
A hasty show of compassion is not enough, writes Vijay Prashad. The system that keeps them barely alive must be replaced.
COVID-19: We Won’t Go Back to Normal, Because Normal Was the Problem
When a global pandemic strikes, the private-sector austerity model simply falls apart, writes Vijay Prashad.