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Published in: openDemocracyUK: OpinionStop blaming ordinary people for the UK’s pandemic failuresBoris Johnson has presided over a public policy disaster. Now, he wants you to blame your neighbours. Don't.
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Published in: HomeCultural stockpiling: mind food in pandemic lockdownThe openDemocracy team's recommendations for books, music, films and TV that will get you through the crisis.
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Published in: ourEconomyFollowing the coronavirus money trailCentral banks are printing money on an unprecedented scale. Unless governments act, most of this will end up in the...
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Published in: Can Europe Make It?#Clapforcarers: why grassroots solidarity against Coronavirus mattersAs people see that we all depend for our safety on the state and its health system, they realise that contra...
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Published in: Global ExtremesWhat the ‘war on terror’ can teach us about the fight against COVID-19‘Extremism’ must not be cast as an epidemic. But we can learn relevant lessons from the problems created in countering it.
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Published in: TransformationFour ways you can take caring action around coronavirus – even if you’re overwhelmedHere are some ideas from the US on how to care for yourself, your loved ones, your community and those most affected.
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Published in: ourEconomyShould countries build stockpiles of essential supplies?The coronavirus has led to a sharp spike in the demand for basic supplies. But the principle of stockpiling goods is not new.
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Published in: openDemocracyUK: OpinionWe must undo a decade of disastrous NHS reformsCovid-19 shows how our health service has been undermined
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Published in: ourEconomy: OpinionCan the coronavirus save the planet?The corona crisis signifies a civilization that is dying. But it also shows a 'pluriverse' of other worlds rising up.
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Published in: ourBeeb: OpinionCoronavirus has strengthened the case for the BBCThe right has been desperate to sell of the BBC for years. But Covid-19 shows why we need public service broadcasting.
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Published in: democraciaAbiertaHow is Ecuador facing up to COVID-19?The government wants to prevent mass gatherings of people, but this is made difficult because the informal economy...
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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaYemen: the COVID-19 pandemic threatens the war torn countryThe 5th anniversary of the war in Yemen is a time for stock taking about the changes in the past year and prospects...
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Published in: Home: OpinionNature is a comfort under lockdown. But what will be left for our children?The temporary fall in CO2 emissions due to coronavirus has been a respite for the planet – it should be a wake-up...
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Published in: ourEconomy: OpinionEvery cent lost to tax havens could be used to strengthen our health and social systemsIt’s women in the informal sector who are suffering the harshest effects of our broken tax system.
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Published in: openDemocracyUK: OpinionThe British government has abandoned the Global South to coronavirusThe coronavirus pandemic could be a ticking time bomb for the world’s most vulnerable people. Yet just when global...
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Published in: Home‘Anticipatory anxiety’: Africa on the cusp of pandemicHow will African health facilities cope with a flood of people with COVID-19? How can those living close together...
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Published in: oDRCoronavirus could crash Russia’s already overstretched healthcare systemRussia’s healthcare system was already working at full capacity before coronavirus. We spoke to one of the people...
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Published in: Can Europe Make It?Three months into France’s phoney warEven with the example of China grappling with the epidemic before it, Europe managed to leapfrog into pole position...
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Published in: openDemocracyUK: OpinionWe must catch everyone in the coronavirus safety netI am lucky, but millions are not. Our government must guarantee a liveable income for everyone – now. It will save lives.
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Published in: Can Europe Make It?What happens to freedom of movement during a pandemic?Restrictions are particularly problematic for those who need to move in order to find safety, but whose elementary...
