“Our Reason, Our Heart for One Another”

Six weeks after the first corona virus case was reported in Germany, Chancellor Angela Merkel opened herself up to questions from the public for the first time. In an urgent appeal to the population, she called for solidarity: “Our reason, our heart for one another” were being put to the test, she said, and she hoped we would pass the test. But how solidary can a society be when its social relations of which are based on competition, the credo of which is “every man for himself, every man for his own”? And what kind of solidarity are we talking about?

Fewer rights and greater precarity following unemployment-insurance reform in France

Across France, huge numbers of people are taking to the streets to push for the withdrawal of the proposed pension reform. Meanwhile another reform was adopted just a few months earlier. While these unemployment-insurance cuts attracted less attention, they represents a similarly flagrant attack on workers’ rights.

Corona Chronicles from Belgrade

Vladimir Simović, Activist and Sociologist and at Centre for the Politics of Emancipation (CPE) from Belgrade, talks about the confinement in Serbia.

Corona Chronicles from Vienna

Today, Rainer Hackauf, Bureau für Selbstorganisierung & Salon Bildung, reports about the measures taken in Austria and reflects the criticisms of the government.

Corona Chronicles from Lviv

Alona Liasheva, Sociologist and Editor at Commons Journal, reports from Lviv, Ukraine.

Corona Chronicles from São Paulo

Guilherme Boulos, Coordinator of the Homeless Workers' Movement and of Frente Povo Sem Medo shares his personal impressions from Brazil. Boulos was a candidate for President of Brazil for Partido Socialismo e Liberdade (PSOL) in 2018.​