Category: Pandemic
Anger is mounting in the working class after generals, royalty and politicians got the COVID-19 vaccination even as vaccines are running out for frontline health care workers. Read More
The Socialist Equality Group and IYSSE in Turkey held an international online meeting January 17 titled “Amid the global breakdown of democracy, the way forward for the Boğaziçi University protests.” Read More
Dutch police said they arrested 25 people and handed out 3,600 fines for violations of a nighttime curfew which went into effect on Saturday in a bid to rein in the coronavirus. Read More
More than twenty students, including many athletes, walked out of class in protest Friday morning. Read More
The agreement was reached a day before the BTU took part in last week’s phony “Day of Resistance” protest aimed at appealing to Biden and the Democratic Party. Read More
At least 12 staff have been diagnosed with COVID in recent days, including up to ten bus drivers, a manager and the garage’s full time Unite Health and Safety Rep Read More
Kentucky protest against Republican Senate leader who blocked relief payment increase unites progressives and pro-Trump crowd Read More
Traditional event stopped but some celebrate anyway as city spokeswoman decries some marchers’ lack of masks Read More
The Louisville home of Mitch McConnell and the San Francisco home of Nancy Pelosi were vandalized after Congress didn’t secure $2,000 stimulus checks. Read More
Factories, tea estates and government institutions are now dangerous hotbeds for COVID-19, a situation caused by the Rajapakse government’s defence of corporate profits. World Socialist Web Site – Marxist analysis, international working class struggles & the fight for socialism Read More
Former child star Kirk Cameron organized a caroling protest event in California that drew scores of people, many without masks or social distancing. Read More Google News – Search
When the coronavirus pandemic hit, inewsource focused on producing journalism that could help San Diegans understand their new reality. Read More
The deal reached last week entails the broad reopening of schools in which teachers could be required to return to in-person teaching. World Socialist Web Site – Marxist analysis, international working class struggles & the fight for socialism Read More
Roughly 200 protesters gathered outside of the Capitol as lawmakers convened for the year’s third special session to address issues created by the Covid pandemic. A group attempted to forcibly disrupt the session, smashing windows, blocking streets, assaulting journalists and spraying unidentified chemicals on police. Read More
About 300 anti-lockdown protesters gathered outside the Oregon State Capitol building and forced their way in on Monday during a lawmaker special session on pandemic relief. Read More
The crowd was a loose collection of members of the Proud Boys, Patriot Prayer and others far-right groups, many of them are armed with pistols and rifles. It got ugly fast. Read More
The COVID-19 pandemic has pitted establishment Republicans, who defer to public-health officials’ expertise, against hard-right libertarians. Read More Google News – Search
Videos show a group of maskless protesters decrying COVID-19 health guidelines and confronting shoppers at Phoenix’s Christown Spectrum Mall Dec. 17. Read More
Police made at least two arrests during the six-hour rally that included more than 100 protesters, including members of the far-right Patriot Prayer. Read More
Only 0.5% of the medical residents at Stanford are in on the first round of shots. Read More
With the pandemic spreading out of control and California hospitals strained beyond capacity by the flood of nearly 20,000 COVID-19 patients, including at least 3,500 in ICUs, nurses in Southern California have taken a stand to demand safe staffing levels and protections that are critical to save the lives of health care workers and patients...
Just as no soldier wants to be the last one shot before a peace treaty, there is no justification for any further deaths to build Jeeps or F-150s while millions of people wait to be vaccinated. World Socialist Web Site – Marxist analysis, international working class struggles & the fight for socialism Read More
The state’s attorney general called the incident “disturbing behaviour masquerading as protest”. Read More
Protesters across California took to the streets last night in defiance of Gov. Gavin Newsom’s latest nighttime curfew orders that went into effect Saturday night to clamp down on resurging coronavirus cases. Read More