After his disastrous handling of the COVID-19 epidemic, Trump is trying to improve his waning electoral chances by reserving all of Gilead’s stock of remdesivir.
Continue readingVenezuela’s Borderlands Have Been Assaulted by COVID-19
But as thousands of Venezuelans crossed the border at these four points—Apure, Bolívar, Táchira, and Zulia—they found themselves treated in these countries as second-class citizens.
Continue readingBillions of Children Are Being Punished by the Pandemic
Vijay Prashad writes about the deep impacts of the COVID-19 lockdown on children who are suffering disproportionately amid the pandemic with limited access to education and higher levels of violence
Continue readingWho Deserves the Nobel Peace Prize in a Time of Pandemic?
A few weeks ago, I was talking to Noam Chomsky about the state of the world. At one point, Noam smiled and said that he is not aware of any German doctors in Italy, even though both countries are in the European Union; instead, Cuban and Chinese doctors went to Italy to help the Italians fight the global pandemic.
Continue readingU.S. Declares a Vaccine War on the World
While other countries agree to the need for a patent pool, the US seeks to expand its hegemony to global health
Continue readingHow the United States Government Failed to Prepare for the Global Pandemic
Vijay Prashad writes on why the Trump administration has insisted on blaming China for the coronavirus pandemic and how the administration’s slow response is responsible for the tragic situation in the country today
Continue readingWhy Capitalism Can’t Cure Global Pandemics
Multinational corporations are motivated by profit, which comes from disease, not people’s health.
Continue readingTrump’s Threat to Iran Has a Hollow Ring
Ongoing anti-Tehran rhetoric looks to be a distraction from the failure to tackle Covid-19 competently
Continue readingU.S. Trade War Against China Takes a Coronaviral Turn
The anti-China fake news campaign about the COVID-19 pandemic fits into the larger war that the U.S. is waging against China. It taps into the deep reservoir of xenophobia and racism in the U.S. and elsewhere.
Continue readingWhy Did the World Health Organization Wait Until March to Declare a Global Pandemic?
The 2005 regulations pushed on the World Health Organization by the United States and the Europeans hampered the WHO’s ability to declare an emergency and a pandemic
Continue readingPublic Health and Private Profits Under COVID-19 Pandemic
Coronavirus might be devastating to many countries—including their people’s health and livelihoods—but it seems that pandemics are good for some companies and their stockholders.
Continue readingHow the Chinese Authorities and the World Health Organization Handled the Coronavirus
The attack on the Chinese government and the World Health Organization’s work on the novel coronavirus by the Trump administration is unfounded
Continue readingHow China Broke the Chain of Infection
As information about coronavirus emerged, the Chinese government and Chinese society began to organize an immense campaign against its spread.
Continue readingCoronavirus Pandemic Brings to Light the Need for a Stronger Public Sector
The situation is such that the public sector, long maligned by neoliberal economists and weakened by governments beholden to neoliberalism, is playing a major role in the fight against coronavirus
Continue readingHow the Cuban Peoples’ Fight Against Colonialism Prepared It for the Coronavirus
In the midst of the current pandemic—though it still suffers under Washington’s callous blockade—Cuba has again led the way with humanitarian assistance.
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