The Global COVID-19 Inequality Virus
The coronavirus pandemic has exasperated the existing inequality between the global rich and the global poor. It has done so geographically and in terms of class.
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Rob Wallace on the Political Economy of Pandemics
In this interview, Wallace speaks on the origins and future of COVID-19, the case for universal vaccination, agribusiness and public health, capital circuits, the spillover of pathogens and the future of humanity.
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Scientist Opens Up About His Early Email to Fauci on Virus Origins
In early 2020, Kristian Andersen wrote to Anthony Fauci about the possibility of an engineered coronavirus. His research has since dispelled those suspicions.
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Cuba’s COVID-19 Vaccines: A Journey of Collaboration and Revolutionary Solidarity
With its development of five COVID-19 vaccines and the promise of sharing know-how with developing countries, Cuba has remained faithful to Che Guevara’s values of international solidarity and people-oriented medicine.
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Gujarati Writers, Readers Condemn Sahitya Akademi’s Vilification of Poem on Ganga Corpses; Sequel to Poem – Voice from Heaven
“This is beating the pen with the hammer, a death knell for the right to freedom of expression of Gujarati writers” – says the statement.
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Keeping Count: Two Poems
Keeping Count; Lost Home.
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‘Release the Bhima Koregaon 16 Immediately’: Nobel Laureates, EU MPs Write to Indian Authorities
The signatories, including Noam Chomsky and Olga Tokarczuk, sought that the temporary order to release prisoners in light of COVID-19 be applied to these political prisoners as well.
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Covid-Induced Online Education Hurts Poor Families
Online classes have become the main mode of learning for millions of school students across India due to the Covid-19 pandemic. However, majority of children in small towns and rural areas are not able to attend these classes, due to high costs and connectivity problems.
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Making Drugs and Vaccines Accessible, Affordable – Where does India Stand?
Due to the IPRs, countries struggle to access supplies of drugs and vaccines, especially at affordable rates. While at WTO, India has put forth the TRIPS waiver proposal, domestically it continues to oppose grant of compulsory licenses.
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Why are Nicaragua, Cuba and Venezuela Managing So Well in the Fight Against Covid-19?
It is curious that the three American countries that are suffering harsh economic sanctions from the United States are doing much better than the others in their fight against Covid-19. One thing is certain: the pandemic has highlighted the crisis of the neoliberal and capitalist model.
