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  Covid-19 Pandemic

  Sri Lanka: When socialist pioneers fought malaria and colonialism 

  March 29, 2020 Srinath Pereira, United Socialist Party (CWI in Sri Lanka)

  In late 1934 and early 1935, parts of Sri Lanka (then Ceylon) were plagued by an epidemic of malaria. This followed huge floods in 1934. The British colonial rulers and the ‘Ceylonese Council of Ministers’ [...]

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  Britain

  Coronavirus: State intervention shows what is possible

  March 29, 2020 Sarah Sachs-Eldridge, from The Socialist (weekly newspaper of the Socialist Party - CWI England & Wales)

  All that seemed solid now seems to be melting. This is the effect of the coronavirus crisis. The governing Tories in the UK cut – but now they spend. They privatised – but now they [...]

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  Covid-19 Pandemic

  South Africa: Covid-19 exposes bankruptcy of ANC’s capitalist policies

  March 28, 2020 Weizmann Hamilton, Marxist Workers' Party (CWI South Africa)

  The 26 March countrywide lockdown South African President, Cyril Ramaphosa, announced in an emergency attempt to contain the spread of the coronavirus, has been hailed as the decisive intervention the pandemic required. Worldwide the number [...]

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  Covid-19 Pandemic

  Coronavirus: Capitalism fails to defend the health of millions of Nigerians

  March 27, 2020 H.T Soweto, Lagos

  Even though the figures are rising daily, it is not certain yet how disastrous the ravages of COVID-19 will be for Nigerians in terms of the number of infections and deaths. Economically, however, there is [...]

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  Covid-19 Pandemic

  Coronavirus crisis deepens in USA, challenging neoliberal business as usual

  March 27, 2020 Jacob Bilsky, Independent Socialist Group (USA)

  Coronavirus continues to spread in the United States, with new confirmed cases in West Virginia completing the virus’ spread to all 50 states and three U.S. territories. As the crisis seems to plateau in China, [...]