
India is in the grip of a second wave of COVID-19. The blame for this public health crisis lies squarely on the Modi regime and the self-interested imperialist powers. Only socialist planning and workers’ control can offer a way forward.

The global microchip shortage has shed light on the retreat from globalisation across the world. The scramble to re-shore industries can only intensify the crisis of capitalism. The only way out is international co-operation and socialist planning.

Capitalist governments the world over are exploiting of the COVID-19 pandemic in order to curb civil liberties and clamp down on dissent. It is vital that the workers’ organisations fight back to defend these basic democratic rights.