The magnitude of the current crisis compels us to cooperate and practice solidarity despite political differences. The virus knows no boundaries or ideologies. It threatens the lives of all and therefore it is up to all of us to fight back.
This is not the time to pull up the (national) hatches and speak simply of the fight against the virus inside our own borders.
GE workers who normally make jet engines say their facilities are sitting idle while the country faces a dire ventilator shortage.
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It is in our power to decide how to meet this crisis. We could deepen divisions and set off on the fool’s errand of building “Fortress America.” Or we could use it to build community, forge solidarity, revive internationalism, renovate democracy.
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