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Class war is being pursued in response to the coronavirus crisis…
…and the key class warriors in this country and elsewhere are big business, their political representatives and their media supporters, writes DIANE ABBOTT

BERNIE SANDERS recently highlighted the fact that Amazon owner Jeff Bezos, who already has one of the largest fortunes the world has ever seen, is calling for an end to the hazard pay rises that Amazon warehouse workers have received, despite hundreds of them being infected with the virus.
Bezos is so wealthy, and his firm has flourished so much in the shutdown, that his wealth has increased by $30 billion during the pandemic.
He could easily afford to make these payments out of his own bank balance and would barely notice it.
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