Donald Trump cuts funding for the WHO and finds condemnation and no support
Contributed by Jim Hayes Reeling form epic mishandling of the COVID-19 outbreak, US President Donald Trump has gone and cut all funding for the World…
Government
Sinn Féin’s success leads to attempted coalition of traditional parties
Contributed by Ben Wilson Ireland is stuck with a parliament where a party cannot put together a majority to form government. The limbo has been…
Where are we going to go after the Coronavirus?
Contributed by Joe Montero What comes next? The arrival of Covid-19 has deepened the political crisis already under way, adding the prospect that it could…
Video: John Pilger: What Governments aren’t telling you about the Coronavirus pandemic (COVID-19)
Veteran Australian journalist and campaigner, John Pilger, talks about the failure to prepare for what came. He says that the British government knew at least…
Arundhati Roy says ‘The pandemic is a portal’
Acclaimed Indian novelist Arundhati Roy, observes how Covid-19 has affected her country and the world, and the inadequate response, as the political madarins bcarried on…
Has the Australian government done an ideological and political backflip or not?
Contributed by Joe Montero A spinoff the Corona virus pandemic is that Scott Morrison and his government’s image have been partially re-written – at least…
Waging war on the Corona virus also means defence against rising authoritarianism
Contributed by Adam Carlton and Joe Montero Concern over Australian government’s extraordinary control and policing measures being applied to the Corona virus outbreak is rising….
At last Morrison goes a little in the right direction
Contributed by Joe Montero It’s a start. The Morrison government has at last made some positive moves, on a scale that might have some effect….
Pandemic demands the mobilisation of society
Contributed by Joe Montero Recent days have seen the beginnings of real leadership in the response to the Covid-19 epidemic. Not from the Australian government,…
The Corona virus and the ridiculous toilet paper run
Contributed by Ugly Bloody hell. I went down to the shop the other day to get some toilet paper. fpound none. I’m not completely daft….
