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While Western nations plan to introduce booster vaccines, millions in the Global South are still awaiting their first shot – under capitalism, global inequality must be maintained even at the expense of public health.
Inequality was steep in Britain before the pandemic, but those who entered this crisis with insecure work, low pay and high rents will leave it even worse off – if we want a better future, it's time to organise.
On International Workers' Memorial Day, we remember those at the frontline who lost their lives to the pandemic – and the protective measures, from liveable sick pay to PPE, which could have saved them.
While ministers clapped every week for migrant workers on the frontline, the Hostile Environment cast them as criminals – and exposed the myth that we're all in this together.
In England's first lockdown, 15,000 rough sleepers were given a place to sleep. The policy proved that homelessness could be ended – now it's time to campaign for a statutory right to housing.
Before Covid-19, the Tories promised to 'level up' Britain's post-industrial regions – but new research shows they have been hammered by the pandemic and government support has been thin on the ground.
The Labour government in Wales is trying to respond progressively to the Covid-19 economic fallout – but its efforts are hindered by Westminster's failings. It needs the UK Labour Party to lead a stronger fightback.
For many, 2020 has been a nightmare; for others, it's been a moneymaker. Big corporate interests have profited from the pandemic – and screwed the workers who kept society running.
As 2020 draws to a close, we hear from those at its frontlines: nurses, teachers, posties, binmen – the workers who've kept society going through Covid-19, despite the best efforts of the government.
Newham's Labour council is leading one of London's most creative responses to Covid-19 – pursuing Community Wealth Building, living wage jobs and free school meals even amidst a wave of Tory cutbacks.
From a lack of investment in public healthcare to mishandling vaccine production, India's far-right BJP government has failed its people during the pandemic – and paved the way for the present Covid disaster.
True justice for the victims of the pandemic won’t come from the excuses and apologies offered by politicians before the Covid Inquiry. It will come from ending the unjust political system they uphold.
80% of Pfizer vaccine stocks have been bought by countries representing just 14% of the world's population. The power of Big Pharma and the wealth of the developed world threatens the global fight against Covid-19.
Poor air quality disproportionately impacts lower income communities, and coronavirus has shown that the resulting illnesses can be fatal – after it's over, we need to ensure everyone has a right to clean air.
The government is ending self-isolation requirements and urging 'personal responsibility' instead – but as the pandemic proved, it's hard to be 'responsible' when sick pay is so low that staying off work means not making rent.
The government has failed frontline workers from the beginning of the pandemic – but in the North West, thousands of care workers organised to fight back, join a union and win liveable sick pay.