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The Corona-Crisis Reveals There Is No Such Thing As Low-Skilled Labour

Phil Jones

The coronavirus pandemic has shown that our lives are in fact precariously balanced on the supposedly low-skilled labour of others - a vast majority of them women. This ugly revelation is a chance to learn and reimagine the way we value work, writes Phil Jones.

Labour Can Only Win by Building on the Corbyn Era, Not Destroying It

Aaron Bastani

Jeremy Corbyn won the Labour leadership twice, despite a war waged against him from within the party and by the media. He won for a reason, writes Aaron Bastani; if the next Labour leader wants to become prime minister they must acknowledge this, and build on his legacy, not destroy it.

By Letting Small Businesses Fail, the State Is Handing Power to Corporate Giants

Grace Blakeley

The world’s biggest businesses will benefit from the coronavirus crisis as they devour the carcasses of their smaller rivals, writes Grace Blakeley. But this is not just the nature of the market, it comes down to who the government chooses to help and who it chooses to abandon.

Coronavirus Has Shown That Care Services Are Vital. Now Let’s Build a State That Cares

Lynne Segal and Catherine Rottenberg

Moments of rupture provide us with a critical opportunity to imagine and create a different world, write Lynne Segal and Catherine Rottenberg. If the coronavirus pandemic has taught us anything so far, it is that we are in urgent need of a politics that puts care front and centre.

The Covid Financial Crisis Will Require a Much Stronger Response Than the Last Crisis

James Meadway

The coronavirus pandemic is bringing with it a financial crisis on a scale far beyond the crisis of 2008, writes James Meadway, and weathering it requires stronger action than anything we've seen in recent history.

More People Won’t Die Because of a Recession Than Because of Coronavirus

Aaron Bastani

The idea that an economic recession would necessarily lead to more deaths than Covid-19, even if no measures are taken to slow the spread, isn’t just wrong - it’s ideological, writes Aaron Bastani.

From Geopolitics to High Streets, Covid-19 Will Change Everything. Here’s Why.

Aaron Bastani

When Covid-19 is eventually defeated the whole world will be very different. In its wake we must create a collective sense of purpose, writes Aaron Bastani, a shared desire to build something better than what came before.

Undocumented Migrants Must Be Given Access to Healthcare and Welfare

Benjamin Morgan

In response to the coronavirus pandemic, healthcare and welfare provision must be made available to everyone, regardless of their immigration status, argues Benjamin Morgan.

Coronavirus Has Destroyed the NHS Internal Market Overnight, Proving That It Never Worked

Jo Sutton-Klein

Covid-19 has forced the government to make drastic changes to the fundamental structure of the NHS as, under pressure to meet the demands of a pandemic, the internal market has fallen apart overnight, writes junior doctor Jo Sutton-Klein. We must demand that changes made now stay in place after the coronavirus crisis.

Coronavirus Will Expose the Vast Inequality Between the Global North and South

Grace Blakeley

The coronavirus pandemic has shown that rich countries can spend without limit to meet the needs of their populations. But poorer, less powerful countries quite literally can't afford to play by those rules, argues Grace Blakeley.

Release Women From Prison and Give Them the Support They Need

Sophia Benedict

In the midst of the coronavirus pandemic, the government must urgently begin releasing women from prison, while also ensuring that they are supported after their release, writes Sophia Benedict.

We Could Be Collecting Data on Coronavirus Cases, but the Government is Afraid of Being Embarrassed

Jo Sutton-Klein

Testing on the scale seen in countries like Korea might not be possible, but there are other ways the UK could gather data on the spread of Covid-19, writes junior doctor Jo Sutton-Klein. The problem may be that the government doesn't want to make too much data public.

Northern Ireland Risks Being Left Without an Adequate Response to the Pandemic

Patrick Geddis

From a neglected health service to a fragile political settlement, Northern Ireland is poorly placed to respond to the coronavirus pandemic, writes Patrick Geddis.

We Must Democratise Our Economy or Face an Era of State Monopoly Capitalism

Grace Blakeley

The Covid-19 pandemic is epoch-defining, writes Grace Blakeley. It could herald the end of the era of finance-led growth, and the beginning of state-monopoly capitalism. Socialists must adapt or face another lesson in disaster capitalism from the right.

Without Bailouts Most Airlines Will Be Bankrupt by the End of May

Aaron Bastani

Between the pressures of the Covid-19 outbreak, and the perils of climate change, the very nature of commercial aviation may be transformed in the coming years, writes Aaron Bastani.

Coronavirus Will Require Us to Completely Reshape the Economy

James Meadway

This crisis will require more than money to resolve; it will require the restructuring of our economy. This will be done either to the benefit of people and the planet, or it will not be, writes James Meadway.

Joe Biden walks in front of an American flag that occupies the entire background

Establishment Democrats Have It Wrong, Joe Biden Can’t Unify the Left

Oly Durose

The calls have started for Bernie Sanders to drop out of the Democratic presidential race in a bid to unify the left. But frontrunner Joe Biden's seemingly innocuous 'middle-ground' politics have dangerous and oppressive consequences that risk creating further divisions, argues Oly Durose.

Austerity Is Not Over and Coronavirus Will Prove It

Grace Blakeley

The Tories may have broken with Osbornism, writes Grace Blakeley, but they have not made any changes that will substantively improve the lives of most people in the country, who are facing the combined threats of climate breakdown, a deep recession and a global pandemic after a decade of wage stagnation, rising private debt and the evisceration of the UK’s public services.

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