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Covid 19-Government lifts restrictions but global pandemic continues
By Conor Payne On Friday, 21 January, Taoiseach Micheal Martin announced the sudden abandonment of most Covid restrictions.…
Criminal government inaction as Covid cases soar
Extended editorial from the upcoming issue of The Socialist The beginning of a new year is once again…
Capitalist world leaders are to blame for COVID nightmare
By Keely Mullen, Socialist Alternative, our sister organisation in the US “Everyone has COVID.” If you live in…
Austria: Discontent over Covid measures further undermining confidence in ruling elites
With the fourth wave of Corona accelerating and fear over the newly emerging ‘Omicron’ mutation growing, governments are…
New ‘Omicron’ variant: another warning of capitalism’s inability to end pandemic
By Dan O’Rourke The new strain of Covid-19 (B.1.1.529) found in Botswana and South Africa has been named…
New Covid surge — Government inaction on health means major investment needed
Editorial from the Socialist, paper of the Socialist Party Recent weeks have seen an alarming rise in the…
Maternity care during Covid: state misogyny continues
By Emma Quinn An outpouring of anger and frustration has erupted again in light of the release of…
Demand schools are made safe — reject mass infection of the young
By Ruth Coppinger, secondary school teacher and parent With schools reopening, many parents and young people will no…
Climate catastrophe and Covid spurs human catastrophe in the Global South
By Robert Cosgrave The Covid crisis, reflecting the existing global inequalities of capitalism, hit the Global South, particularly…
Covid Crisis: Mandatory vaccination?
By Sonja Grusch, ISA Austria Large protests have shaken France and its President Macron, who wants to implement…
