Corona virus reminds us that capitalists invest for profits, not to meet society's needs. The US capitalist medical care system failed to prepare for or cope with a deadly threat to public safety. We always could do better than capitalism; now we must. bloom.bg/2wVYr0l

For my #disabilitystudies #SOCI4421 students, take note: #Eugenics is not only in the history books. #covid19 #pandemic #ethics

Heads up, social theory students (aka #SOCI2800 posse) — check out Kelly Guimont press' FREE quarantine ebooks, Nancy Fraser's *The Old Is Dying and the New Cannot Be Born* and *Feminism for the 99%* by Cinzia Arruzza, et al. . . . and much, much more versobooks.com/blogs/4604-fre…

Wondering about the politics of care during #COVIDpandemic? The special Radical Care issue of Social Text Journal has some answers (and oh-so-many questions as well). Check it out #SOCI2800, #SOCI2960, #SOCI4421

This week a student in one of my courses was worried about her father (& her family) b/c he was still on the job, in NYC in construction. Archive: Governor Andrew Cuomo finally closed down non-essential construction washingtonpost.com/outlook/2020/0… #coronavirus #covid #CoronaVirusNYC

For the moment, *Brilliant Imperfections*, Eli Clare's dazzling refiguring of (dis)ability, is free for all to read, courtesy of Duke University Press read.dukeupress.edu/books/book/193… (check it out, dear #SOCI4421 group).

On #pandemics and their representations: Priscilla Wald's *Contagious: Cultures, Carriers, and the Outbreak Narrative* online at no cost from Duke University Press read.dukeupress.edu/books/book/126…

Last week's webinar with Naomi Klein & Diarmid Campbell-Lendrum | Talks For Future youtu.be/j-HmY6RHwcw Have a look #SOCI2800 #SOCI4421

"COVID-19 and Circuits of Capital" from The Monthly Review monthlyreview.org/2020/03/27/cov… Must reading on the #covid-crisis and capitalism . . . #SOCI2800

Have a look at Duke University Press's roster of publications on care in uncertain times: terrific titles now without the paywall . . . dukeupress.edu/Explore-Subjec… #SOCI4421 #SOCI2800

Tuesday 3/31, 5pm! Check it out, #SOCI2800 crew!

Judith Butler on "Capitalism Has Its Limits" versobooks.com/blogs/4603-cap… via Verso Books check it out #SOCI2800 #SOCI4421

Arundhati Roy: ‘The pandemic is a portal’ ft.com/content/10d8f5… via Financial Times #SOCI2800 #SOCI2960