Yet another surge of COVID-19 has people wondering if this pandemic will ever end. It cannot end as long as disease is structured into the global chain of production. Until that changes, community lockdowns, vaccines, and travel restrictions can only slow viral spread, giving new variants time to emerge.
The push for mandatory vaccination has revealed a class conflict between those who accept capitalists having more power over workers and those who oppose this.
There are no ‘social determinants of health’ under capitalism. Nothing about this society generates health for people or their environments.
Inequality, racism, sexism – these social sources of sickness helped to build the wealth of nations, and they continue to build and maintain that wealth, despite the tremendous suffering that results.
To be truly safe, we need a worker-run society that meets the needs of all its members.
There will be no ‘return to normal.’ Society is being reshaped. The question is, which class will shape it in their interests?
The history of how Canadian medicare was won and how it is being lost provides valuable lessons.
Socialism is the Best Medicine