Readings #12 + Search Our Archives
The most important contributions on the political, economic, and social effects of the unfolding crisis.
Having amassed more than 1400 insightful items on the politics of COVID-19 in less than two weeks, we went ahead and launched a dedicated site, where you can search and browse them all. Our special thanks go to Michele Palmia for volunteering his time to help us set up the search functionality! We also plan to add dedicated topical reading lists - on COVID-19 and tech, COVID-19 and climate, etc- in the next few days. For now, enjoy the archive.
[For the unabridged version of Part 12 of the evolving Reading List, please see here]
Context
The real ideological war has just begun and Covid-19 is only the starting point': Ai Weiwei on China's response to the outbreak
Ai Weiwei | The Art Newspaper
International Economic Law and COVID-19
Tara Van Ho | The IEL Collective
How Genetic Mutations Turned the Coronavirus Deadly
Robert Bazell | Nautilus
Democracy
This Pandemic Is Exposing the Futility of the National Security State
Andrew Bacevich | The Nation
The End of the End of History: COVID-19 and 21st Century Fascism
Debs Bruno, Medway Baker | Cosmonaut
Urbanista propõe suspender aluguéis e remoções durante pandemia [Portuguese]
Luciana Faustine | Ponte
Des «corona victimes» créent une association pour défendre leurs droits [French]
Emmanuelle Anizon | L'Obs
Theory
The Losers Conspiracy
Paul B. Preciado | Artforum
Othering the Virus
Marius Meinhof | Discover Society
The negative dialectics of social distancing
Will Daddario | 3:AM Magazine
Academic
Considering inequalities in the school closure response to COVID-19
Richard Armitage, Laura B Nellums | The Lancet Global Health
A Genomic Perspective on the Origin and Emergence of SARS-CoV-2
Yong-Zhen Zhang, Edward C. Holmes | Cell
Economic Policy
The Coronavirus Crash and the World Economy [Podcast]
Adam Tooze | This is Democracy
Bringt das Coronavirus die nächste Euro-Krise? [German]
Ruth Berschens et al. | Handelsblatt
Impact of COVID-19 on the Economy [Video]
Glenn Hubbard, Joseph Stiglitz | Columbia Business School
Class & Labour
Disrupting 'Business as Usual': How COVID-19 is impacting platform-mediated labor and social reproduction
Niels van Doorn, Eva Mos, Jelke Bosma | Platform Labor
The GoFundMe Recession Is Here
Clio Chang | VICE
Future
What Comes after the Pandemic?: A Ten-Point Platform for Foundational Renewal
Filippo Barbera et al. | Foundational Economy
Andrew McAfee: «Il y a dix ans, la situation aurait été bien pire» [French]
Benoît Georges | Les Echos
International
‘If we can overcome coronavirus, we can overcome the occupation’
Suha Arraf | 972 Magazine
U.S. cities have acute shortages of masks, test kits, ventilators as they face coronavirus threat
Nick Miroff | The Washington Post
Public Health
Tools To Fight A Pandemic [Podcast]
Ashish Jha | Innovation Hub
The Italian war-like measures to fight coronavirus spreading: Re-open closed hospitals now
Alessandro Miani et al. | EClinicalMedicine
Tech
We Should Nationalize Food Delivery Apps and Turn Them Into a Public Food Service
Jack Campbell | Jacobin
Palantir, a data firm loved by spooks, teams up with Britain’s health service
Anonymous | The Economist
Wie sich Facebook und Co. in der Corona-Krise als Helfer in der Not profilieren [German]
Reto Stauffacher | Neue Zürcher Zeitung
Public Sphere
Literature in the Face of COVID-19: On Writing in the Time of Crisis [Podcast]
Rigoberto González, Deb Olin Unferth | Fiction Non Fiction
With Outbreaks Come Misinformation. Covid-19 Is No Exception.
Marisa Peryer | Undark Magazine
Anthropocene
Shifting Gears: The Climate Protest Movement in the Age of Coronavirus
Paul Hockenos | Yale Environment 360
A likely but hidden coronavirus risk factor: pollution
Jamie Smith Hopkins | Center for Public Integrity
Capitalism
It might take a while before history starts again
Anton Jäger | Damage
Coronavirus: «Cette crise inédite adresse un redoutable avertissement aux économistes» [French]
Robert Boyer | Le Monde
Out of Control: Crisis, Covid-19 and Capitalism in Africa
Femi Aborisade | Review of African Political Economy
Social Toll
Das Virus hinter den Mauern [German]
Helene Bubrowski | Frankfurter Allgemeine
Com isolamento, a questão da violência contra a mulher fica ainda mais grave [Portuguese]
Djamila Ribeiro | Folha De S. Paulo