Workers have suffered repression and evictions to try and stop the spread of the virus, but there has also been fightback in the form of strikes.
The Indian government’s attempts to lockdown over a billion people are collapsing after only a few days.
Workers’ action is spreading across the US to stop bosses putting profit ahead of health in the coronavirus crisis.
A series of strikes in French factories engaged in non-essential production has forced employers to close some of them down, at least temporarily.
Trillions of dollars for a coronavirus aid package in the United States is mainly about protecting profits, writes Gabby Thorpe
In Greece overcrowded refugee camps on islands in the Aegean sea have been put on lockdown.
Yellow Vests took to the streets of Paris last Saturday, but their numbers were much lower than anticipated.
It is now almost certain that Joe Biden will be the Democratic party nominee for president.
A wave of strikes has hit Italy, and further walkouts may be coming
Lebanon defaulted on a foreign debt payment for the first time in its history this week.
Paris is set be a capital of protest and resistance on Saturday.
