Leftist publishers said that Sanders' campaign was the path to a militant mass movement and a break with the two-party system. Now Sanders is defeated, they're arguing to stay inside the Democrats. What gives?
There's no "China virus". Neither China's factory farming nor its authoritarianism set it apart from the rest of the world. China is a vital component of the world capitalist system, both the rival and the collaborator of the West; and it's that system of capitalism that created and spread COVID-19.
Italy's coronavirus epicentre is also home to a tradition of working class militancy. Its factory workers are on the frontlines of the global class struggle to shut down non-essential production – and they're having to drag their union leaders behind them, kicking and screaming.
