Coronavirus
‘We are motivated by the irresponsible attitude of the government,’ say students in occupation in Greece
01 October 2020Students have occupied more than 700 schools across Greece, forcing them to close, in protest at the unsafe push to return.
Activists gather to launch emergency coronavirus programme
29 September 2020A coalition of Labour MPs, trade unionists, campaigners and socialists have called for a “fightback to demand ordinary people won’t pay for the crisis”.
Resist the drive for profit that is killing us
29 September 2020Capitalism keeps a tiny minority of people rich off the back of work that is done by the vast majority of people.
Covid-19 is creating new political divides
28 September 2020More and more coronavirus is reshaping politics
Tories’ virus failures fuel a growing crisis for Johnson
28 September 2020The Tories were set to suffer a humiliating defeat in parliament this week over their handling of the coronavirus crisis. But they looked set to be saved by a speaker’s ruling.
“We felt abandoned by the state”—health workers speak out as they prepare for second wave
27 September 2020Health workers are “physically and emotionally on their knees” as they prepare for a second wave of coronavirus.
How Trump and privatised health care left US exposed
27 September 2020The US is the richest country in the world, but has one of the worst responses to coronavirus. Sarah Bates looks at how a a broken system killed over 200,000
Students locked in at universities as system profits
26 September 2020Thousands of people are isolating in student accommodation after a spate of virus outbreaks at universities. Students told Sophie Squire that they are being left without support—and slammed the ‘entirely predictable’ crisis
Handling of the virus has made mental distress worse
25 September 2020The virus has meant that mental health services are in crisis—Isabel Ringrose spoke to two health workers on the frontline
The Tories’ jobs scheme—patching up a failing jobs market
25 September 2020The new jobs scheme announced by Chancellor Rishi Sunak on Thursday reflects growing panic over the end of the furlough scheme, which closes on 31 October. However, it will not prevent surging unemployment in Britain or offer workers the protection they need.
Sunak gives bosses another bailout while workers still face job and pay cuts
24 September 2020Tory chancellor Rishi Sunak announced another bailout package for bosses on Thursday as the coronavirus crisis deepens.
France battered by Covid-19 second wave catastrophe
22 September 2020France is now tightly in the grip of a second wave of coronavirus infections.
Tories want workplaces to stay open as second wave of coronavirus looms
21 September 2020A second wave of coronavirus in Britain is imminent as cases continue to rise.
Tories refuse to take the blame for Covid-19 spike
21 September 2020The Tories’ drive to push people back to work—and reopen the economy—has plunged Britain into a second wave of coronavirus infections
Workers in grip of the economic crisis speak out—millions face jobs misery
19 September 2020With the future of the government’s furlough scheme in doubt, and with hundreds of firms axing jobs, a wave of fear is spreading
LETTERS—Grouse shooting rule shows what the elite are about
18 September 2020As if we need yet another example of how out of touch the Tories are, here we go again.
‘Plainly we don’t have enough’—Tory in charge of coronavirus tests admits ‘significant’ failure
17 September 2020Tory test-and-trace tsar Dido Harding said the demand for tests was three to four times higher than capacity
Billionaires are still cashing in on the Coronavirus crisis
15 September 2020“Pandemic be damned”. That’s the message from Forbes, which calls itself “the defining voice of entrepreneurial capitalism.”
Stop the jobs massacre when furlough ends
15 September 2020People are being thrown out of work at the sharpest rate since the recession in 2009
It’s one rule for us and another for the rich
15 September 2020The government’s whole approach is sunk in hypocrisy
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