Iran & Covid-19: Trump’s criminal sanctions amount to biological warfare
By Dean O’Donnell 2020 got off to an alarming start with the US government assasination of Iranian General Qasem Soleimani. An act of imperialist
Workers cannot wait to safeguard their health – unions must act
By Mick Barry TD On Weds 25 March 1,000 workers at Moy Park Portadown walked off the job demanding proper health and safety protections
1930s Great Depression & global crisis today
“The shock to the global economy from COVID-19 has been both faster and more severe than… even the Great Depression.” That comment by economist
Covid-19: from outbreak to pandemic – a chain of profiteering
By Niamh Brannelly How has COVID-19 spread so far and so fast? Catastrophes are not caused by a single event, but rather a chain
COVID-19 crisis and Italy
Guiliano Bruneti – member of the Socialist Party’s sister group in Italy, Resistenze Internazionali – spoke in an online meeting last Saturday, organised by
The mental health crisis and COVID-19
By Aislinn O’Keefe According to a 2018 OECD survey, one in six people across Europe are living with a mental health problem, and more
The profiteering of big pharma
By Thomas White In what should be positive news it looks like Remdesivir, an antiviral drug developed in the wake of the 2014 Ebola
Capitalism and the pandemic: Why the system has failed
By Manus Lenihan Covid-19 has utterly changed the political landscape. Just one month ago, rent freezes were deemed “unconstitutional.” Today a rent freeze is