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Commentary: How COVID-19 is a symptom of structural racism
(Wong Maye-E | AP photo)
Women wearing face masks leave after a church service at the New Horizon International Church, Sunday, Oct. 4, 2020, in Jackson, Miss. Across the country, racial minorities, especially Black people, have been hit hard by COVID-19.
By Sarmishta Diraviam Kannan, Merodean Huntsman and Heather Cummins | Special to The Tribune
| Jan. 28, 2021, 11:30 p.m.
Loss of smell and taste are well known symptoms of COVID-19 but what if COVID itself is a symptom of a bigger problem?
As of this month, more than 2 million people have died from COVID. This pales in comparison to the 3 million newborns and 300,000 mothers dying from preventable childbirth complications that are further compounded by poor access to health care services.
Study reveals biases in the treatment of pregnant moms By Patience Afulani - 29 January 2021
Global maternal mortality is unacceptably high. Around 810 women (https://www.who.int/news-room/fact-sheets/detail/maternal-mortality) die every day from preventable causes related to pregnancy and childbirth.
A number of factors drive maternal mortality. In developing countries (https://www.who.int/news-room/fact-sheets/detail/maternal-mortality) it is often due to women not having access to basic health-care during pregnancy and when they give birth.
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Malignant Ulcers of Capitalism: The Proletarian Struggle for Reproductive Freedom (Part 2)
In our first part on reproductive struggles in class society, we highlighted some of the facts and dangers surrounding abortion and contraception. We also commented on the family unit and prostitution – two phenomena Marxists deem to be flipsides of one another and inseparable from the struggle for reproductive freedom. In this piece, we shed light on sterilization, sex selective abortions, religion, and bourgeois laws as specific to the needs of capital, noting the consequential damages to the proletariat.
Bourgeois Law and the Stronghold of Capital Such laws [against abortion and the distribution of medical literature on contraceptive measures] are nothing but the hypocrisy of the ruling classes. These laws do not heal the ulcers of capitalism, they merely turn them into malignant ulcers that are especially painful for the oppressed masses. (Lenin, The Working Class and NeoMalthusianis
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