COVID-19 – CYM

Capitalism and Conspiracies

May 16, 2021May 16, 2021 CYM Committee 0 Comments conspiracies, Covid19, Opinion, vaccines

When conspiracy theorists try to boil power relations down to one or two individuals who control daily events, Marxists instead point to the economic structure which produces these roles and how they function in a class dynamic which allows political control to be maintained. With power over the process of wealth accumulation via the exploitation of labour playing a key part in how this is achieved. This is contrasted with the rather story-like narrative that conspiracies tend to weave. The convenience that conspiracy theorists enjoy is in not having to engage in a radical critique of society but instead to use an almost atavistic fear to whip the public into a frenzy.

China COVID-19 Events Health

Quarantining in China: An interview with an Irish emigrant

April 23, 2021April 23, 2021 CYM Committee 0 Comments China, Covid, interview, Quarantine, Travel

“It is hard to watch things back home and see how they should be done, and how they could be done. Its not rocket science. The people and the party go hand in hand, and people do see the benefit of doing these things and that’s why they’re happy to do it”

China COVID-19 Events Forward Health Ireland Irish Society

Shutting the Stable Door – 11 Months too Late

April 21, 2021April 21, 2021 CYM Committee 0 Comments China, covid-19, Fianna Fáil, fine gael, international

The government has completely dropped the ball in its response to the Covid-19 pandemic, and pursued a reactive, rather than a proactive strategy. This is in marked contrast to the country at the epicentre of the pandemic: China

Anti-Imperialism COVID-19

“The working class can see the blood and sweat they and their children shed”: Interview With a Balkan Communist

March 1, 2021March 1, 2021 CYM Committee 0 Comments balkans, covid-19, international, interview, yugoslavia

Thirty years after the start of the Yugoslav Wars, Balkan communists declare: “The working class is not stupid. It is not a thing to be thrown around… The working class can see the blood and sweat they and their children shed…. More and more working class people are becoming consciously revolutionary.”