The failure of hegemonic neoliberalism, liberal denials and lessons from socialist systems. This book argues (1) that the COVID-19 pandemic exposed as never before the failings of the hegemonic neoliberal approach to public health – those nations which […]
“Despite its limited material resources, Cuba is responsible for developing two of only 23 coronavirus vaccines to have entered phase III trials anywhere in the world – and it has another three on the way. Helen Yaffe (University […]
First posted 30 March 2021 at Counter Punch, here: https://www.counterpunch.org/2021/03/30/cuba-libre-to-be-covid-libre-five-vaccines-and-counting/ On 23 March 2021, British Prime Minister Boris Johnson told a group of Conservative Party backbenchers: ‘The reason we have the vaccine success is because of capitalism, because […]
Original post here: https://ahtribune.ca/us/americas-collapse/4544-global-health-security.html After one full year of the COVID19 pandemic, with 2.2 million dead and still record numbers of deaths in the USA and UK, a number of lessons about state responses are emerging. One is […]
From Monthly review, PDF below, original post is here: https://monthlyreview.org/2020/11/01/the-covid-19-pandemic-exposes-fatal-health-inequities/
From Counter Currents, 13 October 2020, Full article below, original post here: https://countercurrents.org/2020/10/herd-immunity-is-unethical-says-who/ The World Health Organization (WHO) has warned against the idea of allowing Covid-19 to simply spread through society, calling this “herd immunity” approach to fighting […]
By Tim Anderson. This is the lead article in Tim’s book ‘The Pandemic and Independent Countries’, available here: https://www.kobo.com/us/en/ebook/the-pandemic-and-independent-countries The global pretensions of the USA and the UK have been stripped naked by the virus and responses to […]
The main article is in Spanish, but here is the English abstract: ‘The new coronavirus pandemic has challenged the capacity of health systems in most countries. Cuba’s strategy has recently been analyzed in an article published by President […]
“The threat of coronavirus should kindle global cooperation, not a new cold war.” The Guardian, full article below, original post here: https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2020/aug/03/covid-19-cold-war-china-western-governments-international-peace “From the very beginning of this pandemic, legitimate questions have been asked about what Chinese authorities […]
“The Swedish strategy on the Covid-19 has resulted in conclusive failure … defeat in the international epidemiological forum … an ethical defeat … causig thousands of unnecessary deaths … [and] losses in international prestige and credibility … [this] […]
“In late January … health workers knew to watch for precisely three symptoms: fever, cough, and shortness of breath. But as the number of infections climbed, the symptom list began to grow. Some patients lost their sense of […]
Compiled by Tim Anderson, 16 July 2020 A number of recent English language scientific studies have come out in support of face mask wearing, as an important supplemental means of controlling the COVID19 pandemic. Several of these are […]
Counter Hegemonic Chat #1: Discussion on the pandemic and political responses, by Tim Anderson and Jay Tharappel Video here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-pDa-egWtoM&t=9s
The global pretensions of the USA and the UK have been stripped naked by the virus and responses to it. These profit-driven systems failed to protect lives. Only the fabricated anti-China hysteria and the pseudo-science of the pandemic […]
Surprisingly good article from an imperial liberal flagship The Atlantic. Of course all the villains are on the Trump side, but systemic critique of the broken US system, also. PDF below, original post here: https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2020/06/underlying-conditions/610261/
Cuban Ministry of Foreign Affairs Statement on April 16, 2020. PDF below, first translated post here: https://www.resumen-english.org/2020/04/the-covid-19-pandemic-makes-clear-the-need-to-cooperate-despite-political-differences/
Cuba’s approach to the COVID19 epidemic is a useful reference point because the country has a proactive approach to public health and more distance than most from the private health corporations that dominate most other countries. PDF below, […]
Lockdowns reveal helplessness rather than power. While in a crisis some will take advantage of disaster, it makes no sense that dominant economic powers sought this crisis for some mysterious benefit to themselves, says Diana Johnstone. PDF below, original […]
In all epidemics, there are some principles which determine how well communities and nations will respond, how long the crisis will last and how soon there will be recovery. We can already draw some lessons from the very […]
Newsweek publishes Pentagon documents showing US military bases as major sources of infection and contagion. https://www.newsweek.com/exclusive-first-public-map-reveals-military-bases-coronavirus-cases-pentagon-secrecy-draws-1496951
From The Scientist magazine. “Four vaccine candidates—two in the US, one in China, and one in the UK—have been approved for early testing in people. Several others are close on their heels.” https://www.the-scientist.com/news-opinion/covid-19-vaccine-frontrunners-67382
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WorldOMeter (2020) COVID-19 CORONAVIRUS PANDEMIChttps://www.worldometers.info/coronavirus/ Coronavirus: A Nation in Crisis Needs Leadership – Shaoquett Moselmane https://www.shaoquettmoselmane.com.au/a-nation-in-crisis-needs-leadership/ China’s Coronavirus: A Shocking Update. Did The Virus Originate in the US? by Larry Romanoff (2020) https://www.globalresearch.ca/china-coronavirus-shocking-update/5705196 US and China trade barbs […]