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Those of us now in isolation, in spite of our fear and frustrations, in spite of our grief ⁠— for those who have died or may die, for the life we once lived, for the future we once hoped for ⁠— there is also a sense we are cocooned, transforming, waiting, dreaming.

— Max Haiven No return to normal: for a post-pandemic liberation (2020)

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Let us prepare as best we can, for we have a world to win.

No return to normal: for a post-pandemic liberation (2020)

The debts of the pandemic, literal and figurative, will have to be repaid.

No return to normal: for a post-pandemic liberation (2020)

The sweet taste of freedom ⁠— real, interdependent freedom, not the lonely freedom of the market ⁠— lingers on the palate like a long-forgotten memory, but quickly turns bitter when its nectar is withdrawn. If we do not defend these material and spiritual gains, capitalism will come for its revenge.

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