“International solidarity is still something extremely important among the revolutionary governments in Latin America, and not just because it is an act of aid or charity, but also of survival.”
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“International solidarity is still something extremely important among the revolutionary governments in Latin America, and not just because it is an act of aid or charity, but also of survival.”
Nathália Urban: Solidarity, Covid-19 and Latin America
“Even if we somehow stabilise the economy faster than I suspect is possible, an inevitably reappraisal of financial asset values will follow – and that means insolvent banks. It’s hard to see how they could be rescued this time.”
Robin McAlpine: When people say the virus has changed the world, this is what they mean
“Profiteering is making the market more fragile, and exposing the profound weaknesses that have been bred into the economy by recent trends.”
The Covid profiteers: How the great coronavirus robbery is already underway
Local knowledge is key to dealing with community’s basic needs during crisis, but the government should be doing everything they can to provide funding and support, in order to protect society’s most vulnerable people.
Food During Crisis: Government Needs to Support Communities That Support the Vulnerable
Just before hundreds of thousands across Scotland and the UK cheered on the NHS last night, I had a conversation with a nurse in Glasgow working in the emergency department, i.e. on the COVID-19 frontline. She told me that “colleagues are writing wills and getting life insurance in order”. They’ve still not been tested, though there […]
The real face of Lord Kitchener
There are signs of some positive steps in the Scottish Government’s approach to this crisis which hopefully bode well. The setting up of an independent expert group separate from the UK Government, which will at the moment “supplement” the UK-wide expert advice but could ultimately lead to different policies being taken in Scotland, sounds like […]
The work dilemma
“Hundreds of thousands of people throughout Scotland rely on home care, for various needs and conditions, not just dementia. My mum is just one. If carers aren’t being fully looked after by the government at a time like this, who is?”
“You have to wonder who else is also missing out”: Care services and the Coronavirus
“I am sick to the back teeth of independence, a cause very dear to my heart, being kicked around the gutter in a game of image management.”
Robin McAlpine: The impact of the virus on the independence movement
An important study was published yesterday from Bristol University on the possible economic repercussions of the Coronavirus lockdown. It found that a fall in GDP of more than 6.4 per cent could lead to more deaths than will be saved through beating the virus. “I’m worried that in order to solve one problem we’d create a bigger […]
It’s our health, or their markets
“The president and his advisers are debating whether it is worth infecting and killing larger numbers of people in order to keep as much of the economy going as possible, and therefore minimise the catastrophic damage to both profits and the wider integrity of the system.”
Covid-19: Why the rich want to send you back to work, even if that means death
“At a time of global crisis, we need to work towards constructing a new model that doesn’t rely on private money, building an alternative solution for funding projects that can work to help tackle public financing issues internationally.”
Pete Carson: Scotland’s dangerous dance with private finance
The lockdown is on. The government has finally done what should have happened weeks ago. Now we are running to catch-up, and the government has to run much faster. Both governments, I should say. The Scottish Government has acted in unity with the UK Government, and as such has also been utterly inadequate so far. Without doubt […]