Unlike Portugal, there is no indication from the Italian authorities that ensuring access to basic care and support for migrant workers has crossed their minds.
#HumansofCOVID19: Me pusieron en primera línea contra el coronavirus. Soy una residente de medicina. No tenemos test, ni protección ni ventiladores. Y me contagié. English
Care, not the market, is the central organizing axis of community life. The inability of states and governments to discern the structural dimension of care causes great concern.
Two slogans circulating within these groups best summarise grassroots activism: Solidarity Not Charity and Collective Care Is Our Best Weapon Against COVID-19.
The 2019 summer of protest in Moscow may be a distant memory for Russia’s fast-moving political scene. But dozens of people who protested against the removal of city election candidates have found themselves under investigation - or behind bars.
"In a crisis the similarity of things can be apparent for a split second then become imperceptible for the rest of time. Or we may recognize a similarity that has not been seen for three thousand years."
