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Fighting Covid Together

January 11, 2022 UNAC Editor Capitalism, Public Health

by Greg Godels, published in ZZ’s Blog, January 7, 2021 It is often said that “the true measure of any society can be found in how it treats its most vulnerable members,” a quote attributed to Mahatma Gandhi. Nothing has brought that measure to the forefront like the two years of the Coronavirus pandemic. In an unusual circumstance, a catastrophe[…]

COVID Vaccines are Big Business and a Political Weapon

February 22, 2021 UNAC Editor Capitalism, Corporatism, Public Health

By Manuel Raposo, published on Workers World, February 18, 2021 It has often been said that so-called “natural” disasters, including unforeseeable catastrophes, lay bare the weaknesses of the societies they strike. The health, social and economic crisis the coronavirus triggered is an example of this. An aggravating factor is that it has long been predicted that the spread of a[…]

US Declares a Vaccine War on the World

May 29, 2020 UNAC Editor Abuses of Empire, Big Pharma, Capitalism, Public Health, Sanctions and Economic Warfare, Trade Wars

by Prabir Purkayastha, published on Asia Times, May 27, 2020 Donald Trump launched a new vaccine war this month, but not against the virus. It was against the world. The United States and the UK were the only two holdouts in the World Health Assembly from the declaration that vaccines and medicines for Covid-19 should be available as public goods, and not under exclusive patent[…]

COVID-19: The Monster Is At the Door

March 23, 2020 UNAC Editor Censorship and Propaganda, US Government Action, War on the Poor

by Mike Davis, published on Black Agenda Report March 18, 2020 The danger to the global poor has been almost totally ignored by journalists and Western governments. “COVID-19 might take a different and more deadly path in the slums of Africa and South Asia.” I. COVID -19 is finally the monster at the door. Researchers are working night and day[…]

BigPharma’s Role: U.S. Sanctions Lead to Global Rise in Coronavirus

March 14, 2020 UNAC Editor Healthcare, Human Rights, Sanctions and Economic Warfare

by Sara Flounders, published on Workers World, March 10, 2020 As COVID-19 (coronavirus) spreads, it is a clear reminder that germs and viruses don’t respect national boundaries in an interconnected world. But the mainstream press has certainly not publicized how corporate capitalism and imperialism cross national boundaries to destroy people’s health. The responsibility of U.S. corporate power, especially the medical-industrial[…]