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How Did the U.S. End Up with Nurses Wearing Garbage Bags?

Susan B. Glasser The New Yorker
America watched, shocked, as doctors and nurses pleaded for protective gear and medical equipment such as ventilators. What followed was an inside glimpse of the dysfunction emanating from Trump's Washington in the midst of the pandemic

Erich Fromm’s Marxist Sociology Forty Years Later

Kieran Durkin Marxist Sociology Blog
Fromm was famous for this critique of consumer capitalism as well as for his penetrating studies of authoritarianism. He was a significantly influential figure on U.S. radical thought during the second half of the 20th Century.

How China Broke the Chain of Infection

Vijay Prashad, Weiyan Zhu and Du Xiaojun Independent Media Institute
As information about coronavirus emerged, the Chinese government and Chinese society began to organize an immense campaign against its spread.

Essential Work

Stephanie Luce Organizing Upgrade
Under capitalism, the only real essential work is that which makes a profit. How can we seize the moment to push for change in the midst of the Coronavirus pandemic?