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by Michael D. Yates "I am worried, shocked, sad, angry. At 74 and with a pre-existing condition, Covid-19 certainly could mean death. I am more afraid than I have ever been in my life. And while I have been chronicling society’s ill for years, the current moment astounds me; it is well beyond my prior imagining. Every day brings news more awful than the day before. I find it hard to cope, to do anything but hypnotically read one sad story after another. A sometimes-incoherent rage follows. Not only at the obvious targets but at so many whom I thought would have more sense, less ego, more insight. It is hard to be hopeful now. I am not. "Death stalks the towns and cities. We can take our pick of tragic stories. A couple in Florida, together for decades, without health problems, die within minutes of one another. The US healthcare system failed them. The right-wing governor, who refused to close the beaches, has blood on his hands. A bus driver in Detroit dies a few days after a passenger coughs repeatedly close to him. The healthcare system failed him too, as did those who manage the transit company. The latter took action to protect the drivers only after the workers staged a walk-out. And even now, they don’t have protective clothing. There are a million stories in the Naked City, so New Yorkers, take your pick, as the sirens wail and hospitals work out triage rules. You, sir, will die. You, ma’am, will die. But we shall do our best to save the rest. The nurse, the teacher, the jazz musician. All gone. Death stalks the towns and cities. "There’s a man goin’ round takin’ names...." Read full article: https://oaklandsocialist.com/2020/04/08/theres-a-man-goin-round-takin-names/ -- *“In politics, abstract terms conceal treachery.” *from "The Black Jacobins" by C. L. R. James Check out:https:http://oaklandsocialist.com also on Facebook _________________________________________________________ Full posting guidelines at: http://www.marxmail.org/sub.htm Set your options at: https://lists.csbs.utah.edu/options/marxism/archive%40mail-archive.com
