Pandemic
There is a new blog post entitled, “The pandemic and a crisis of illegitimate authority.”
things labor nerds wake up in the middle of the night to ponder: whether "don't mourn, organize" (Joe Hill) or "pray for the dead, fight like hell for the living" (Mother Jones) is more appropriate for these times
— Sarah Jaffe (@sarahljaffe) May 12, 2020
Perhaps a funeral march for all the front-line workers who die from #COVID19, with readings of #PPEshortage(s), wages, and other abusive labor practices against a backdrop of one of those signs that says, "Heroes work here."
— David Benfell, Ph.D. (@n4rky) May 12, 2020
Christopher Rowland, Carolyn Y. Johnson, and William Wan, “Even finding a covid-19 vaccine won’t be enough to end the pandemic,” Washington Post, May 11, 2020, https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2020/05/11/coronavirus-vaccine-global-supply/
Holly Yan, “5 common arguments for reopening the economy — and why experts say they are flawed,” CNN, May 11, 2020, https://www.cnn.com/2020/05/11/us/reopening-the-economy-flawed-arguments-trnd/index.html