The Politics of COVID-19, Readings #38
The most important contributions on the political, economic, and social effects of the unfolding crisis.
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Tech
Against the Silicon Leviathan
Elijah del Medigo | Lapsus Lima
Tech Giants Are Using This Crisis to Colonize the Welfare System
João Carlos Magalhães | Jacobin
What COVID-19 Revealed About the Internet
Jack Goldsmith, Andrew Keane Woods | The Atlantic
Pandemic and techno-politics
Jaromil | Medium
«StopCovid»: les droits dans l’engrenage [French]
Amaelle Guiton | Libération
Academic
The COVID-19 Pandemic Crisis: The Loss and Trauma Event of Our Time
Eric D. Miller | Journal of Loss and Trauma
The importance of widespread testing for COVID-19 pandemic: systems thinking for drive-through testing sites
Ozgur M. Araz et al. | Health Systems
Class & Labour
Migrant workers face further social isolation and mental health challenges during coronavirus pandemic
Glynis George | The Conversation
In-work poverty in times of pandemic
Luca Ratti | Social Europe
Anthropocene
COVID-19 and ecological crisis [Podcast]
Vijay Kolinjivadi | This is Hell!
The European Ecological Transition in the ‘Post-Covid’ Era
Andrea Pérez Ruiz, Kilian Wirthwein Vega | LSE Euro Crisis in the Press
After Coronavirus We Need a Global Green New Deal
Richard Kozul-Wright | Tribune Magazine
Psychologie der Corona-Krise: "Der Panikmechanismus hat extrem gut funktioniert" [German]
Ulrich Schnabel | Die Zeit
Capitalism
Class Politics Fit for the Times
Guy Standing | Great Transition Initiative
Ha-Joon Chang, académico de Cambridge: “La prioridad debe ser proveer de ingresos a la población, de manera que puedan sobrevivir” [Spanish]
Francisca Guerrero | La Tercera
Niko Paech über Postwachstum und Corona: „Nicht mehr zurück ins Hamsterrad“ [German]
Jost Maurin | taz
Social Toll
As Coronavirus Cases Climbed, Private-Equity-Owned Hospital Faced Closure
Brian Spegele, Laura Cooper | The Wall Street Journal
COVID-19 Is Exacerbating Discrimination Against Asylum Seekers in Québec
Lital Khaikin | Canadian Dimension
I dimenticati del virus nelle banlieue di Parigi dove morire è più facile [Italian]
Tahar Ben Jelloun | la Repubblica
Democracy
Technocracy After COVID-19
Jonathan White | Boston Review
Coronavirus and the police state
Lizzie O'Shea | Overland
Premessa a una critica della violenza della “cura” (che cura non è) [Italian]
Matteo Bortolini | Le parole e le cose
Public Health
The success of a Covid-19 vaccine will hinge on its delivery
Naor Bar Zeev | STAT
Como o regime militar reagiu à crise de meningite nos anos 1970 [Portuguese]
Isabela Cruz | Nexo Jornal
Context
It is time to cancel student debt and make higher education free
Zellie Imani | Al Jazeera
There's no such thing as just 'following the science' – advice is political
Jana Bacevic | The Guardian
America’s Post-Pandemic Monoculture
J.C. Pan | The New Republic
Tra Edipo e Telemaco. Nuovi e vecchi padri per le crisi dell’Occidente [Italian]
Francesco Nasi | Pandora Rivista
A sociedade do contágio. [Portuguese]
Carlos A. Gadea | Instituto Humanitas Unisinos
Public Sphere
Symphonies Silenced, Sonatas Streamed: The State of Classical Music During COVID-19
Melissa Chan | Los Angeles Review of Books
"Moralische Prinzipien gelten für alle Menschen gleich" [German]
Jens-Christian Rabe | Süddeutsche Zeitung
International
The Militarization of COVID-19 Enforcement: Observations from the Philippines
Josh Bus | Duck of Minerva
Covid-19 Threatens to Starve Africa
Jessica Fanzo | Bloomberg
Coronavirus gives Israel the perfect cover to tighten its grip over Palestinians
Robert Swift | 972 Magazine
Nassehi über Corona: «Routinen werden schnell wiederkommen» [German]
Hansjörg Müller, Anna Schneider | NZZ
Economy
The Amazon Lockdown: How an Unforgiving Algorithm Drives Suppliers to Favor the E-Commerce Giant Over Other Retailers
Renee Dudley | ProPublica
Hilfsprogramme in Deutschland: Die Stunde der Lobbyisten [German]
Julia Löhr | Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung
Branko Milanovic: “Gli eroi della pandemia saranno le vittime della crisi” [Italian]
Francesco Cancellato | Fanpage
Future
COVID-19, deglobalisation, and the future of local manufacturing
Giovanni Di Lieto | Monash Lens
Covid-19: ¿En el umbral del postcapitalismo? [Spanish]
Philip Potdevin | Desde abajo
Comment le coronavirus va changer le visage des grandes villes [French]
Elsa Dicharry | Les Echos
Industriepolitik: Österreichs Wirtschaftsministerin: „Müssen Produktion in Schlüsselbereichen nach Europa zurückholen“ [German]
Matthias Hesse | Handelsblatt