As of March 30, the World Health Organization reports that thus far there are upwards of 635,000 confirmed cases of coronavirus and over of 36,000 confirmed deaths, worldwide. These numbers likely reflect underreporting. Although current socioeconomic systems seek to push the most vulnerable people further into the margins, this era . . .
Continue reading World impact of Coronavirus — including peoples’ resistance at Workers.org
The COVID-19 pandemic has affected almost every region of the world. The speed at which it spreads and the relentlessness of the infection rate make it difficult to contain and dangerous to leave unabated. Some wealthy Western capitalist countries in Europe and North America have had limited success in containing . . .
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The Workers’ Party of Korea is the guiding political body of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea. From 1950 to 1953, the DPRK was the target of a horrendous U.S.-led war that cost millions of lives. That war ended in a ceasefire, not a peace treaty. Ever since, the U.S. . . .
Continue reading Exchange of solidarity messages with Korea at Workers.org
The U.S.-backed Zionist siege of Gaza has been in place for almost 13 years. Pippa Bartolotti, former leader of the Green Party of Wales, stated in a Feb. 9 article about the Israeli blockade on Gaza: “The World Bank estimated in 2015 that [Gaza’s gross domestic product] losses caused by . . .
Continue reading A voice from Occupied Gaza – a WW interview at Workers.org
On Feb. 10, Donald Trump sent Congress a budget request for the coming fiscal year that included $740.5 billion for “national security.” This huge amount — three-quarters of a trillion dollars! — ignored the COVID-19 epidemic that was already growing around the globe. Chinese medical workers have traveled to support . . .
Continue reading ‘National security,’ Iran and the virus at Workers.org
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