Hospital Workers Fight Covid
This video shows a protest of health workers of the privatized Highland Hospital in Alameda County / California on October 7, 2020.
https://en.labournet.tv/hospital-workers-fight-covid-privatization-bullying-union-busting
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Caribbean women and the black community
Race Today Women on the collective struggles by Caribbean women in Britain. Published in April, 1975.
The Anarchists versus the Plague: Malatesta and the Cholera Epidemic of 1884
In 1884, cholera tore through Italy, claiming thousands of lives. Despite a three-year prison sentence hanging over his head, Errico Malatesta joined other revolutionary anarchists on a daring mission to Naples—the heart of the epidemic—to treat those suffering from the disease. In so doing, he and his comrades demonstrated an alternative to coercive state policies that remains relevant today in the age of COVID-19. This article was first published by Crimethinc.
The 1918 flu pandemic in the CNT media
The notorious flu epidemic of 1918 – known as the ‘Spanish’ flu epidemic – was first reported among US troops bound for the First World War trenches. Given the enormous mobility of troops at the time, the disease was largely free to spread to fresh population centres and so it claimed the lives of 50 million people worldwide. Spreading like wildfire. A powerful example of the destructive power of a pandemic.
What’s Worth Dying for?: Confronting the Return to Business as Usual
The Coronavirus Disaster and the Forces for Change - Mark Kosman
To the Living: Brief report on the Greek pandemic crisis and the social struggles against it
Clap for carers but now they want our money as well
For the last three Thursdays we have been asked to “clap for carers”. As we have said before, we fully support all NHS staff (and in fact all workers) and the appreciation they are getting. But, we also need to remember why we are in the position we are in, where the NHS is under staffed; doesn’t have enough beds; and many staff have to claim benefits to top up their disgustingly low wages.
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