Asia
Extractivism fuels coronavirus spread to remote Philippine island
Coal mining activities continued on Semirara Island regardless of the fact that they were not deemed essential under pandemic lockdown.
Month: May 2020
Americas
Community self-defense, capitalism and COVID-19
A front-line account of the death of Mexican social activist Jaime Montejo that ponders his legacy and asks what comes next.
Blog
Dispatch from Mexico City: Informal work in times of COVID-19
The last dispatch from social activist Jaime Montejo, who died of COVID-19 after being denied treatment in 16 different hospitals in May.
Americas
Pandemic solidarity caravan with migrant farmworkers in Toronto
After coronavirus outbreaks on two Ontario farms, Toronto activists pull together in support of migrant farmworkers.
America Feminista
Feminists build power in Uruguay
Autonomous feminist movements in Uruguay challenge capitalism, patriarchy and racism through strikes, marches, and mutual aid.
Middle East
Will the coronavirus change the world?
On Gramsci’s ‘Interregnum’ and Zizek’s ethnocentric philosophy.