Health Wealth & Inequality
The link between poverty and ill-health is well documented but a new study shows a direct correlation between inequality and health – the more equally income is distributed, the healthier society.
An article from Black Flag #219 (2000)
Hospital Workers Fight Covid
Submitted by Johanna Schellhagen on Oct 28 2020 08:07
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
Video by laborvideo
Leaflet to health workers in Brussels - Mouvement Communiste/Kolektivně proti kapitálu
On Sunday, 13 September 2020, there was a demo by a few thousand health workers in Brussels, organised by "Santé en Lutte" ("Health in Struggle"). This leaflet was distributed there by comrades of MC/KpK.
Caribbean women and the black community
Submitted by wojtek on Jul 8 2020 22:41
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
Submitted by R Totale on May 27 2020 13:27
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
Submitted by Kate Sharpley on Apr 28 2020 17:49
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
Submitted by R Totale on Apr 22 2020 20:34
The Coronavirus Disaster and the Forces for Change - Mark Kosman
Submitted by hedgehog on Apr 22 2020 16:43
The UK Government's handling of the coronavirus disaster has been chaotic from the start. Meanwhile, criticism from opposition parties has been half-hearted at best.[1] Consequently, health professionals and scientists have had to lead the way in holding the Government to account.
To the Living: Brief report on the Greek pandemic crisis and the social struggles against it
Submitted by @s_ky_a on Apr 12 2020 13:06
This letter aims to inform comrades around the world about the situation in Greece during the coronavirus pandemic.
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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