At this time, many people are living in social isolation or in quarantine to avoid spreading the new SARS-Cov-2 coronavirus, which causes Covid-19, and to stop the spread of the pandemic. But you don’t have to be still. Marnie Fiallo Gómez And although seclusion at home and hygienic […]
In Focus
In Focus
The communist imperative
There are lessons to learn from the current pandemic and one of them – the need for radical thinking, authority and discipline – underlies Žižek’s recent articles in the public media. They have been substantially rewritten for “A left that dares to speak its name”. Sean Sheehan He […]
Social distancing and social change
My friend, Kofi, is a postman. He told me he’s working harder now, because there are more parcels to be delivered, since people stuck at home are ordering more online to cope. Steve Latham Another friend, working in the online fashion industry, furloughed under the government’s scheme, observes […]
Mourning Corona
Mental health has become a concern as we face the Coronavirus: including fearful anxiety, anger in supermarkets, and the effects of social isolation. Steve Latham Among health workers, and other essential services, however, stress, rather than inactivity, will be the major psychological problem. But we should also consider […]
Avoiding violence during quarantine
In this global health emergency, vulnerable women, girls and adolescents are caught at the crossroads of isolating to safeguard their health and the danger of being confined with their attacker in this challenging context. Dailyn Ruano Martínez In recent days, UN Women (the United Nations entity dedicated to […]















