Sunday, March 29, 2020

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28 March 2020

TOP STORIES

Corporate America Fleeced Us Again

The coronavirus bill is an orgy of corporate welfare that rivals the 2008 bailout.

BY MOE TKACIK

We Should Be Very Wary About the Growing Military Response to the Coronavirus Crisis

The reliance on the military for emergency response is a testament to the failures of the U.S. welfare state.

BY SARAH LAZARE

To Fix the Looming Supply Chain Crisis, Nationalize Amazon

Dealing with the coronavirus pandemic demands a novel solution: placing the e-commerce giant under public control.

BY PARIS MARX

The GOP Is Exploiting Fears of Rising Suicides to Protect Wall Street Profits

If Republicans really cared about stopping deaths of despair, they’d advocate for a robust social safety net.

BY SARAH LAZARE

Know Your Billionaire: Jeff Bezos

The richest man in the world wants you to work as much as he does—for one millionth of the pay.

BY BRANKO MARCETIC


We Need a Coronavirus Fiscal Stimulus That’s Bigger Than $2 Trillion. And We Need it Now.

The risk of going too small on stimulus is large, while the risk of going too big is almost nonexistent.

JOSH BIVENS


The Future Socialists Want, And Centrists Fear

Are reds and red-scarers even talking about the same thing?

BY JOEL BLEIFUSS


Wall Street Wants To Let Us Die So They Can Profit

Because self-isolation hurts corporate profits, billionaires are calling to end the too-limited public health measures taken so far by the US government.

BY ERIC BLANC


5 Years of U.S.-Saudi War Have Left Yemen Highly Vulnerable to a Coronavirus Outbreak

Any U.S. response to the global pandemic must end the war.

BY SHIREEN AL-ADEIMI


Open the Borders. Open the Prison Gates. Don’t Sacrifice a Single Person to This Virus.

Closed borders and ICE raids mean crowded detention centers and camps, which is always inhumane. In a pandemic, it’s a global public health threat.

BY KHURY PETERSEN-SMITH


The Senate’s $2 Trillion Bailout Falls Flat on Worker Protections

The coronavirus financial relief package is packed full of corporate giveaways and lacks basic safeguards for workers and their families.

BY JOSH BIVENS AND HEIDI SHIERHOLZ


30 Socialist Songs and Sayings To Wash Your Hands To

Twenty-second clips of Solidarity Forever, 9 to 5, Joe Hill, Guantanamera, and more.

BY LU ZHAO


WORKING IN THESE TIMES

Back to Work? You First.

Lloyd Blankfein, the reasonable cheerleader for restarting commerce, you can be a doorman, throwing open the doors of your Manhattan office building for all the bankers to return to their desks.

BY HAMILTON NOLAN





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