Chinese workers seethe over Shanghai COVID lockdown
Vol. 86/No. 19 - May 16, 2022![Working people protested eviction from their homes in Shanghai, mid-April, as apartment block was turned into COVID isolation facility. They were removed by cops in protective suits.](https://themilitant.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/Shanghai_8619_750-300x224.jpg)
Weeks of rising anger toward government officials in response to severe COVID restrictions and accompanying food shortages spurred protests in Shanghai at the end of April. Dozens of residents in Jinze, a Shanghai suburb, marched through the streets demanding food.…