Covid-19 has made its mark on all the global economy’s socioeconomic indicators and, despite its worldwide impact, the weakest and most vulnerable economies have been hit the hardest. Coronavirus has also shown us that neoliberalism is incapable of resolving problems like those caused by the pandemic. Teyuné Díaz Díaz […]
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Defeating the pandemic with solidarity
When it was founded 75 years ago, the United Nations never imagined that it would face its biggest challenge yet in 2020 with Covid-19, and as we go into the new year, the consequences and impacts of this global health crisis would be felt for decades to come Ibis […]
The challenges of the Biden era
It is easy to be seduced by the illusion that Trump constitutes the United States main problem, something that the new administration under Joe Biden has to resolve starting now. But this idea is just a soothing mechanism sold by the media.
The left’s post-pandemic challenge
In critical situations similar to the current one, there have always been at least three alternatives. Radical system change (revolution), extreme hardening of capitalism (barbarity), or reform of the social order (capital-labour pact). Juan Diego García Since the acute system crises of the nineteenth century, these three alternatives […]
Reconsidering neoliberalism in times of coronavirus
Coronavirus is bringing to light all the weaknesses of the current capitalist order. Naturally, it also demonstrates its enormous capacity to adapt to crises, now and in the past. Juan Diego García For that reason, it is more a wish than a realistic claim from those analysts who […]