The coronavirus pandemic is overwhelming to comprehend. There are now hundreds of thousands of confirmed cases. Tens of thousands have died. Nations are on lockdown as the disease continues to spread. The planet is in crisis.
How did this happen?
What are the underlying political, economic and environmental structures that paved the way for this global outbreak? Where do pandemics emerge from? Is our capitalist way of life biologically sustainable?
It’s a question that’s been debated since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, especially when Prime Minister Justin Trudeau eyed broader emergency powers for the federal government and left the door open to using cellphone data to track compliance with physical-distancing rules.
Trans Mountain’s tank farm in Burnaby was the scene of a protest today (Wednesday), with the company accused of not following social distancing measures amid the COVID-19 crisis.
For decades Noam Chomsky has been a leading intellectual troublemaker. His books and speeches have helped to explain how a world run by corporations and billionaires has led to endless war and catastrophic climate change. Now he is helping to explain how corporations and billionaires are actually making the coronavirus pandemic worse by pursuing savage policies that benefit themselves at the expense of everyone else.
KAMLOOPS — Trans Mountain has confirmed its pipeline expansion construction schedule within Kamloops has been pushed back.
In a memo addressed to the Canada Energy Regulator dated April 1, Trans Mountain says construction in the Kamloops Urban Area will begin in June, 2020. This is a revision from the previous schedule, which had Kamloops construction beginning this month.
Construction in the Black Pines area is scheduled to begin in August, 2020.
The COVID-19 pandemic is changing the world before our very eyes. In less than 3 months, it has exposed the grotesque nature of the capitalist system to millions, ground the world economy to a halt, and revealed how truly interconnected our little planet really is.
From: Patrick Bond Date: April 8, 2020 at 12:33:48 PM PDT Subject:Thanks to musician John Prine - critic of King Coal in Kentucky; victim of Coronavirus
“…so many of the out-of-the way things had happened lately, that Alice has begun to think that very few things indeed were really impossible” — Lewis Carroll, Alice in Wonderland.
