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Nimanthi Perera-Rajasingham

Nimanthi Perera-Rajasingham is an associate professor of English and Women’s Studies at Colgate University.

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Apr 15, 2020
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Medical workers move a body from the sidewalk into a refrigerator truck outside of Wyckoff Heights Medical Center in the borough of Brooklyn on April 3, 2020, in New York City. Due to the surge in deaths from COVID-19, hospitals have started using refrigerator trucks as temporary morgues.
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War & Peace

Declaring War on a Virus Ignores the Neoliberal Policies That Put Us Here

The language of war and invasion from outside veils the racist and classist response of the state to the present crisis.
by
Candice Amich &
Nimanthi Perera-Rajasingham,
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April 20, 2020
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