Tag: Care Work
Capitalism
My Fight as a Worker and as a Feminist During COVID-19
An Italian textile worker reflects on the economic crisis surrounding COVID-19, its specific impacts on woman workers, and the urgent need for a feminist labor movement.
Maddalena Manca
April 28, 2020
Care Work
Only the Rank and File Can Save Us Now
Organizing, workplace action, and basic protective equipment is not a privilege. It is a necessity if we want to be able to contain Covid-19 and for saving the lives of nurses and patients.
Tre Kwon
April 15, 2020
Anti-capitalism
How “Just-in-Time” Capitalism Spread COVID-19
Historically, most epidemics have spread geographically through two common forms of long-distance movement: trade and war. The timing, however, changed dramatically with the rise of capitalism.
Kim Moody
April 8, 2020
Care Work
Fighting to Save Lives in a World That Doesn’t Value Them
The Trump administration and employers didn’t prioritize saving lives over saving money. Nurses did.
Bonnie Castillo
April 6, 2020