Novara Live: We Were Warned
Italy gave the British government warning of the catastrophic consequences of COVID-19. So why have we entered this crisis so woefully underprepared? With Ash Sarkar, Michael Walker and Aaron Bastani
Tag: coronavirus
Beyond Bernie: the Democratic Socialists of America Are Organising for the Bigger Picture
Eleanor Salter
For the Democratic Socialists of America, the project to change the horizons of American politics does not begin and end with the presidential race. The organisation's strength lies in its ability to organise at both an electoral and grassroots level, writes Eleanor Salter.
Opinion: 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.
Novara Live: The Great(er) Recession
How much of our economy will survive the COVID-19 recession? What will come next? Plus, the government’s testing fiasco, with Michael Walker, Aaron Bastani and James Meadway.
Opinion: 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.
Novara Live: Is There a Plan?!
As the COVID-19 crisis intensifies it increasingly seems like the government don’t have a plan. Is progress actually being made with testing and protective equipment?
The Burner: The Burner Episode #207: Logistics and Production During the Crisis, Italian Lockdown
Craig Gent delves deeper into logistics and production during the crisis – as the market scramble reveals the failures in preparedness and resilience in the NHS. Will ‘just in time’ logistics leave us empty-handed in the face of a pandemic? Plus, Rosa Gilbert brings us more from Italy – including how to keep it together during […]
Opinion: 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.
Novara Live: It Wasn’t Me
The UK is blaming poor COVID-19 preparation on secrecy by China. The problem: the dates don’t add up! Plus, the Tories rediscover “society”; high-street collapse continues; and Orban suspends democracy.
Report: Out of Work and Unsupported, Sex Workers Struggle to Cope With the Coronavirus Crisis
Sophie K Rosa
Workers who are already marginalised, stigmatised and sometimes criminalised are the most vulnerable to disasters. While sex workers are organising to support each other through the Covid-19 pandemic, campaigners are demanding the government does more to help them. Sophie K Rosa reports.
Report: Cleaners Are Having to Fight for Their Own Protection in the Fight Against Covid-19
Joe Hayns
Poorly equipped, lumped with poor working conditions and facing ever-greater occupational dangers, cleaners are simultaneously at the forefront of the fight against coronavirus and among those who stand to be worst affected by its social consequences, writes Joe Hayns.
Ash Wednesday: Nature Is Returning 🌱… Was Humanity the REAL Virus? 🦢🌿🌾🍃 🌬
With most people staying indoors and wildlife the world over having a WTF moment; some environmentalists are teetering at the edge of the slippery, Malthusian slope of eco-fascism.
Opinion: 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.
Opinion: 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.
Novara FM: Crash and Crisis Politics
James Butler is joined by James Meadway to discuss the brewing economic crisis.
Opinion: 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.
Opinion: 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.
Analysis: Pandemic Insolvency: Why This Economic Crisis Will Be Different
Bue Rübner Hansen
Many states - now including the UK and US - are beginning to act in ways that contradict not just the neoliberal script, but the crisis management strategies of the global financial crisis. Bue Rübner Hansen asks why.