The pandemic makes clear that useful vaccines only come about as a side effect of making profit. It is time to seize the pharmaceutical companies and unleash their full potential to fight illness and promote wellness.
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Covid-19: The Endgame?
The working class suffers miserably under the Covid-19 pandemic. But in record time, we begin mass immunization! Is this the endgame? Despite an invaluable scientific tool, class relations threaten a second wave deadlier than the first, a botched vaccine rollout, and Sars-CoV-2 variants that might just undermine vaccination altogether.
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Geometric composition with factory landscape. Giorgio de Chirico.
Contradictions in Capitalism — For-profit Agribusiness Threatens Everything
Do pandemics emerge simply by chance? Arguing from a eco-socialist perspective, we instead highlight how the capitalist system inevitably leads to the vertically-integrated and globalized agribusiness model that serves as a breeding ground for new pandemics.
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Girl in Yellow Sweater. Prudence Heward.
"You're Gonna Make me Lonesome When You Go" — An Impression of a Summer Romance
Bob Dylan’s “You’re Gonna Make Me Lonesome When You Go” is a masterclass in painting the impression of a whirlwind romance, with all its highs and lows. Contemporary covers by Miley Cyrus and others slow down the song, giving it an entirely different feel that is at odds with the Dylan’s inspiration — a torrid love affair with a record company employee.
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After the Wedding. L.S. Lowry.
The Interconnectedness of Everything — Capitalist Contradictions and Marx's Metabolic Rift Theory
Everything is connected. But the profit motive in capitalism disrupts natural cycles through exponential extraction and robbing resources from workers and indigenous people. Through the lens of Karl Marx’s metabolic rift theory, we establish a basis for eco-socialism and democratic control over the economy!
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