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NYC DOE: The Death of Educators
John Wilson, a NYC high school teacher, reports on the Department of Education’s deadly response to COVID-19, and the extreme attack on public education amidst the pandemic.
The COVID-19 Crisis and the End of the “Low-skilled” Worker
Mark Bergfeld and Sara Farris on the COVID-19 crisis and its dismantling of hierarchies of skill as an opening for class struggle.
The Virus Infects Politics, Part One
Philosopher Michael Bray provides us with six theses on social reproduction, biopolitical economies, and the legitimacy of states in the context of the current crisis.
Teaching Through a Pandemic (With Very Little Help)
Flavia D’angeli, an Italian teacher and feminist, discusses the politics of COVID-19.
Leninism?
Charles Post asks what we should understand today by the term “Leninism”?
Is Bolsonaro About to Fall?
Pedro Paulo Zahluth Bastos argues that Bolsonaro’s political demise is on the horizon. In this first installment of his two-part essay, he explores the utility and limits of anticorruption discourse as it has been deployed by the Bolsonaro regime.
“Essentially” Expendable: Construction Work in COVID Times
In an unsparing first-person account, Megan Kinch writes on the endemic and pandemic dangers of construction work, the failures of union leadership, and an uncertain future. You can find her @meganysta on twitter.
Operating a Train in a Pandemic
Josh Fradistern, a New York transit worker, explains the limits of TWU’s conciliatory leadership and advocates a rank-and-file approach as the only way for workers to survive the pandemic.
A COVID-19 Survival Guide
Kathleen Brown and Robin Zheng explain how socialists are fighting for life over profits in Southeastern Michigan.
Postcards From the Pandemic
“Postcards from the Pandemic” is a cartoon published by and for Amazon workers, in eight languages, by Amazon Workers International (AWI), a global network of Amazon workers’ organizations.