Covid-19 and Domestic Violence: Another Public Health Emergency
On 23 March, the government issued strict instructions to stay at home in order to “reduce the spread of coronavirus, protect the NHS and to save lives”. Clearly, as the Tories’ complacent approach and failed (then abandoned) ‘herd immunity’ strategy has allowed the disease to spread out of control, there is an urgent need to […]
Ruling Class Chauvinism Leads to More Racist Attacks
In all crises, contradictions tend to explode, and trends accelerate. The Corona crisis has revealed that nationalism around the world is not just about Donald Trump, but how the ruling elite in each country whips up nationalism and racism to protect themselves and their own capitalist class interests. In the wake of the coronavirus, this […]