COVID, capitalism, and class war : a social and political chronology of the pandemic, volume 1, 2020 / World Socialist Web Site, edited by Evan Blake.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Blake, Evan, 1993- editor.

Standardized Title:

World Socialist Web Site.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

COVID-19 Pandemic, 2020-2023--Economic aspects.

COVID-19 Pandemic, 2020-2023.

COVID-19 Pandemic, 2020-2023--Political aspects.

COVID-19 Pandemic, 2020-2023--Social aspects.

Economic history--21st century.

Economic history.

Income distribution--History--21st century.

Income distribution.

Equality--History--21st century.

Equality.

Social conflict--History--21st century.

Social conflict.

Place of Publication:

Mehring Books

Summary:

"COVID, Capitalism, and Class War is the definitive scientific, social, and political account of the COVID-19 pandemic, drawing on investigative reports, economic data, and extensive interviews with scientists, doctors, healthcare professionals, and workers. A unique element are the rich accounts by workers around the world - from factories, meatpacking plants, transport and logistic centers, hospitals, and schools - of the devastating toll the uncontrolled spread of the disease has taken on themselves, their families, and their communities. A trigger event in world history, the pandemic has intensified the crisis of world capitalism and set in motion social struggles and the outbreak of war. Class relations and geopolitical tensions have been irreversibly changed. Since its onset in early 2020, the ruling elites have viewed the pandemic not as an issue of public health, but as an impediment to generating profit. COVID, Capitalism, and Class War demonstrates the common response of the ruling elites in virtually every country - the subordination of human lives to profit. A welcome and courageous answer to the barrage of misinformation, the work counters the dangerous pseudo-science of "herd immunity," the disregard of long-established principles of public health, and the anti-scientific Wuhan Lab Theory. Edited by Evan Blake, this book is the result of incisive reporting and analysis by writers and contributors from throughout the world to the World Socialist Web Site. Unparalleled in its comprehensiveness, depth of social insight, and political foresight, this is essential reading for anyone seeking to understand the social and political implications of this devastating event. "The analyses of events as they were unfolding were extraordinarily prescient. The great advantage of the editors and writers of the World Socialist Web Site-published by the International Committee of the Fourth International-was that they were guided by a perspective deeply informed by history and a Marxist-Trotskyist understanding of the conflict between private economic interests and the welfare of the public in modern capitalist society. On this foundation, the WSWS identified the pandemic not simply as a medical event or a biological phenomenon, but primarily as a social and political crisis of global dimensions." -from the introduction by Evan Blake"-- Provided by publisher.

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ISBN:

9781959124009

1959124005