Tag: COVID

  • Protests over covid policy sweep across China

    Protests over covid policy sweep across China

    From CWI reporters on socialistworld.net Just five weeks after the national congress of the ruling ‘communist’ party in China endorsed a third term in office for President Xi Jinping, a wave of protest has swept across this, the most populous country in the world.  Demands for the president and his government to resign and for…

  • Why are there big discrepancies in Australian states’ covid infection rates?

    Why are there big discrepancies in Australian states’ covid infection rates?

    John Gowland In the Western Australian (WA) 2021 state elections, held in March, the Australian Labor Party (ALP), led by Mark McGowan, won a huge majority, gaining 53 seats in a 59-lower house. This represents the biggest state or federal election victory in the history of Australia (That is a 90% majority, almost unheard of…

  • Hotel covid quarantine regime exposes effects of casualisation and cuts

    On 12 February 2021 news quickly spread that Victoria state, Australia, was once again heading into pandemic lockdown. Like Groundhog Day, the lockdown was required due to the failures of the Daniel Andrews’ (Labor Party Premier of Victoria) hotel quarantine regime. While Victorians hope this does not result in the third wave of infections, the…

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