How Market Reforms Made the NHS Vulnerable to Pandemics
A 2014 report warned that reforms to the NHS would make it vulnerable to pandemics – by making staff redundant, undermining public health and defining spare capacity as waste. It was ignored.
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Coronavirus Exposes Construction’s Bogus Self-Employment
More than a million workers in the construction industry are bogusly classified as self-employed. If the government wants them to stay home, it has to extend wage protections to cover them.
This Crisis Will Change the World – for Better, or Worse
The coronavirus pandemic poses enormous economic challenges – now is the time to meet them with policies that promote equality at home and internationalism across the globe.
David Harvey: Anti-Capitalist Politics in an Age of Covid-19
Forty years of neoliberalism has left our societies exposed and ill prepared to face a public health crisis on the scale of coronavirus, argues David Harvey.
The Coming Debt Deluge
As coronavirus leads to lockdowns across the world, capitalism will be forced to face its Achilles heel: the vast mountain of global debt.
Workers’ Power Under Coronavirus
Capital has already exploited the coronavirus pandemic as an excuse for layoffs and wage cuts. If workers are to survive, they'll need to be organised – and ready to brush off criticism to take strike action.
Coronavirus Could Unravel Globalisation
Coronavirus will slow the engine of capitalist globalisation as nation states seek self-sufficiency. It's a time to rethink our world economic model – and ask whether a more progressive alternative is possible.
The Coronavirus Debt Crisis
UK household debt hit an all-time high before the coronavirus. Now it's the next crisis the government has to tackle – and only a suspension of repayments will do.
Salford Against Coronavirus
Socialist councillors in Salford are enabling large-scale community support to make sure that there’s somebody looking after everyone who needs it during the coronavirus crisis.
“They Haven’t Provided the Economic Security People Need to Stay Home”
By delaying a proper economic response to the coronavirus crisis, the government has cost jobs and undermined public health. Today it must act urgently and at scale, argues John McDonnell.
Failing the NHS When It’s Needed Most
NHS staff facing coronavirus have made three clear demands of the government – testing, protective equipment and ventilators. As the outbreak grows, there are no signs that any of these will be met.
Labour Demands a Bailout for Workers
The government has confirmed that it will finally produce a support package for workers tomorrow. Labour has set out its demands: prevent layoffs, support wages, increase sick pay and boost unemployment supports.