Basque Country // Hunger and thirst strike for the rights of prisoners
On hunger and thirst strike for 8 days, Patxi Ruiz is in a terminal state, fighting against the mistreatment of prisoners in the Basque Country....
Tag: Coronavirus
Portugal // Prison in the time of coronavirus
With at least a dozen confirmed cases in several prisons, a great tragedy is brewing inside the overcrowded and unhygienic facilities....
Strike actions on the front line of the fight against COVID19
All over the world, strikes have become an important lever to force governments to take the pandemic seriously....
USA // Covid-19: prison industry threatens thousands
The lack of conditions and contamination risk has generated a wave of protests inside prisons....
The torture and slow death in isolation of Julian Assange
The court refuses to release Assange even with the threat of coronavirus, and Craig Murray's account of 4 days of Kafkaesque hearings....
Portugal // Council of Medical Schools defends the shutdown of factories, civil construction and all non-essential activities
So far it is the only institution to defend certain essential measures, despite the fact that they clash with economic interests....
Spain // Disastrous health management in Madrid worsens pandemic
Unions and social movements also criticize the privatization policies followed by recent governments....
Italy // Unions fight to shut down non essential economic activities
Meanwhile, the rest of the European working class keeps risking its health and life to stuff the pockets of the bosses....
Portugal // Coronavirus used to suspend the right to strike
The wisdom of the "Socialist" Party foresaw a necessity in its quarantine measures which was missed by Italy, France and Spain....
Coronavirus exposes the gross stupidity of the capitalist system
Under the stress of the pandemic, the system reveals to the world all of its unnecessary and profit-driven shortcomings and cruelties....
