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![Noam Chomsky and Robert Pollin tackle the questions of what lessons we can learn from this pandemic and how society may organize moving forward.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2020/04/2020_0409-noam-chomsky-robert-pollin-h-400x300.jpg)
Chomsky and Pollin: To Heal From COVID-19, We Must Imagine a Different World
Will the coronavirus crisis lead to a new way of organizing society?
![Naomi Klein: Sanders “Broke the Spell” of Neoliberalism as Trump Pushes Coronavirus Capitalism](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2020/04/SEG2-Naomi-Sanders-Split-400x300.jpg)
Sanders “Broke the Spell” of Neoliberalism as Trump Pushes COVID-19 Capitalism
Bernie Sanders “opened up the window of what was possible politically in this country,” says journalist Naomi Klein.
![Stock traders in facemasks watch markets crash in horror](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2020/04/2020_0407-coronavirus-neoliberalism-g-400x300.jpg)
The COVID-19 Pandemic Is Exposing the Plague of Neoliberalism
Decades of neoliberal policies have deeply eroded the notions of public good, social contracts and solidarity.
![Noam Chomsky](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2020/04/2020_0401-noam-chom-400x300.jpg)
Chomsky: Ventilator Shortage Exposes the Cruelty of Neoliberal Capitalism
Obama ordered more ventilators, but corporate profit motives derailed the effort, leaving us unprepared for COVID-19.
![An illustration of a lone woman seated uncomfortably atop a raft made of a single, large face mask, which is floating through a flooded city at sunset](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2020/03/2020_0329-climate-400x300.jpg)
Coronavirus Shows Us What Our Future Could Look Like During Climate Crisis
COVID-19, like climate, isn’t just about a singular crisis -- it's about multiple crises unfolding all at once.
![Donald Trump's hands on a podium](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2020/03/2020_0328-donald-trump-400x300.jpg)
Trump and His Allies Have Decided to Preserve Capitalism at Any Cost
Do not listen to the president.
![A line of people stand and watch as a us army helicopter kicks up dust upon its departure](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2020/03/2020_0323-us-army-400x300.jpg)
Beyond the Economic Chaos of Coronavirus Is a Global War Economy
In the face of excessive capital accumulation, war and repression have become profit centers for the capitalist class.
![A woman leaves an empty aisle in a grocery store](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2020/03/2020_0323-grocery-store-400x300.jpg)
The Virus of Capitalism Has Infected the COVID-19 Fight
The money hoarders are leaning into this opportunity to make massive profits off a desperate people.
![Customers line up to shop at a Costco store in Brooklyn as the COVID-19 outbreak continues on March 19, 2020, in New York City.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2020/03/2020_0320-covid-19-costco--400x300.jpg)
The COVID-19 Pandemic Is a Crisis of Capitalism
COVID-19 is another blow to the house of cards that is the existence of the marginalized.
![Sen. Richard Burr is among four Republican senators now reported to have dumped millions of dollars in stock holdings after receiving briefings on COVID-19 weeks ago, before the market crash.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2020/03/2020_0320-richard-burr-400x300.jpg)
Senators Cash In on COVID-19 as a Plundered Nation Reels
The pursuit of profit and growth is the ethos of the virus that has attacked us.