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Coronavirus

Deaths and debts: Romania’s implosion and Poland’s violent anti-immigrant rampage

Maria Cernat - Boyan Stanislasvski
Coronavirus
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As the fourth wave of the global pandemic hits Eastern Europe, the failure of Romanian statehood becomes more apparent. While the police, military, and intelligence services are flush with cash, hospitals are in disrepair. Recently,...

German contract workers and the coronavirus pandemic

Thomas Klikauer - György Széll - Meg Young
Analysis
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When the Coronavirus pandemic hits Germany, contract worker Thomas Müntzer lost his job. So did thousands of his colleagues. Largely bypassed by the media, most Germans hardly noticed these massive job losses among contract workers. When factory...

Covid-19 and the gender gap in Germany

Thomas Klikauer - Meg Young
Coronavirus
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By mid-July 2021, Germany had around 92,000 Corona deaths and about 800 to 900 new cases per day. Most discussions centered around two issues, a summer holiday in southern Europe and the expected coming of the fourth...

Croatia: the online activities of a trade-union federation

Nediljka Junaković
Coronavirus
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Last year the strongest and most-organized umbrella organization for unions, the Federation of Autonomous Trade Unions of Croatia (Savez samostalnih sindikata Hrvatske, SSSH) organized its very first e-protest in Croatia, titled “A thank you is fine, but...

Covid-19 and global working conditions

Thomas Klikauer - Catherine Link
Analysis
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By June 2021, the world of work had changed because of the Coronavirus pandemic. We have seen about 180 million Coronavirus cases and almost four million deaths. The Coronavirus pandemic has not only caused death and misery...

The Economic Reaction of Selected EU Member States to the Outbreak of the Corona Crisis 2020

The Barricade
Coronavirus
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The corona crisis has placed European economies under enormous pressure. After a return to national solutions such as border closings for exports of medical products, the governments began to reflect and slowly assemble aid packages...

Vijay Prashad explains the recent events taking place in India

Maria Cernat - Boyan Stanislasvski
Coronavirus
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The Indian version of the Corona Virus was covered extensively during the past weeks in the mainstream media. The terrible images of people being cremated in the fields because the Indian crematoriums were no longer...

The G20 Rome Declaration on health is a mixture of hypocrisy, cynicism and indecency

We did not expect innovative proposals, but we did expect a little more breath of change. Well.... there was no breath. Worse still, in its place there were strong ugly winds. 1. First, the Declaration...

Why aren’t the vaccinations free and available to everyone on the planet?

Maria Cernat - Boyan Stanislasvski
Citizens Movements
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Riccardo Petrella is one of the most important public intellectuals and European officials to be demanding that Covid-19 vaccines be available to everybody. Petrella is a renowned scholar, and has honorary degrees from eight universities....

What exactly is “vaccine nationalism,” and why is it a terrible idea?

Boyan Stanislavski
Commons
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The concept of "vaccine nationalism" is not widely understood. However, it has gained popularity among journalists and researchers who have been following the progress of Covid-19 vaccines. The United States and Israel, the two countries...