Category: Dispatch
Bartending in the Apocalypse
Interview with James Brooke about his graphic vignettes from Bartending the Apocalypse, and excerpts from the work. More available on Instagram: @bartendingintheapocalypse
Sympathy Won’t Win Us Better Conditions
A care worker writes about the struggle for PPE, wages, and job security in the United Kingdom.
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.
Teaching Through a Pandemic (With Very Little Help)
Flavia D’angeli, an Italian teacher and feminist, discusses the politics of COVID-19.
“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.
My Fight as a Worker and as a Feminist During COVID-19
The pandemic has highlighted the contradictions between production and social reproduction, making both the various forms of oppression and the cracks in the system more apparent. Maddelena Manca tells the story of women workers who, in addition to facing the choice between health and work, have to carry the burden of domestic labor and childcare.
Transit Workers’ Struggle in a Pandemic
A transit worker writes on the demand for PPE’s broader political potential.
Only the Rank and File Can Save Us Now
Tre Kwon argues that organizing, workplace action, and basic protective equipment are not privileges, but necessities for saving the lives of nurses and patients.
How to Have a Boycott in a Pandemic
Anthony Alessandrini asks what the pandemic changes about the strike at UC Santa Cruz?