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Fourth International statements on Covid-19 pandemic

2020-04-18T12:57:23Z

The Fourth International and its organizations around the world are reacting to this crisis with periodic statements.

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Political statement on the COVID-19 pandemic emergency

PRT, Mexico — 2020-03-31T16:32:08Z

Humanity is facing a catastrophe of planetary dimensions that currently combines the COVID-19 pandemic with an economic crisis of capitalism, all framed in the geopolitical chaos caused by inter-imperialist conflicts and the ecological crisis, whose most sinister expression is climate change.

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Let's act for self-organization and against the coronavirus and the authoritarian temptations of the regime!

National Secretariat of the PST (Socialist Workers Party) Algeria — 2020-03-30T05:36:52Z

This statement was released by the Parti socialiste des travailleurs (PST - Socialist Workers' Party) in Algeria on 25 March 2020.

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A Medical, Economic and Social Crisis

Solidarity National Committee — 2020-03-25T07:27:32Z

The global coronavirus outbreak is not (fortunately) the end of civilization, nor is it (unfortunately) the end of capitalism. It is, however, a very deep systemic crisis with interlocking public health, environmental and economic dimensions — and reveals the need for a profound social transformation both in the United States and internationally.

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Coronavirus threatens the lives of billions

James Fortin, Jeff Mackler — 2020-03-25T07:27:11Z

As the devastating novel coronavirus (COVID-19) literally threatens the lives of billions of the earth's people, two truths about the contagion remain unchallenged: All nations are ill-prepared for the arrival of the virus, and once it lands, despite herculean efforts in some cases, little can be done to stop its spread.

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Theses on the Left and the corona crisis

Jan Willem Stutje, Paul Mepschen, Willem Bos — 2020-03-25T07:26:55Z

1. The corona crisis is a crisis of unprecedented magnitude and will have dramatic consequences. It involves a global health crisis, a health care crisis and a financial and economic crisis. In a world that has long been characterized by a high degree of instability, by lack of international leadership and the rise of nationalism, racism and right-wing populism, as well as the weak level of organization of the working class, of social and left-wing movements.

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Statement by Socialist Resurgence on Covid-19

Socialist Resurgence National Committee — 2020-03-25T07:26:34Z

The rise of the novel coronavirus, or COVID-19, brought the global economy to a crashing halt. Virtually all of the contradictions of capitalism, some previously hidden behind an economic boom, are brought into stark relief amidst lockdowns, panic, and emergency measures.

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