Bill Gates, the White Man’s Burden and Modi Government’s Vaccine Debacle
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Bill Gates, the White Man’s Burden and Modi Government’s Vaccine Debacle

An incompetent, vainglorious leadership, combined with the RSS belief in magical capitalism, has led to the disaster that we are now facing. Also: India’s Covid Vaccine Price in Private Sector Ranges from Rs 700-Rs 1500, Among World’s Costliest.

A Made-in-India Shock Doctrine, with a Little Help from Latin America
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A Made-in-India Shock Doctrine, with a Little Help from Latin America

In The Shock Doctrine, Naomi Klein presents a searing account of how disasters were used as cover to steamroll market fundamentalism by authoritarian regimes in Chile and Argentina, among others. A parallel – with some variants – of this can be seen in what the Modi regime is doing in India.

China and Cuba’s Vaccine Internationalism – Two Articles
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China and Cuba’s Vaccine Internationalism – Two Articles

As rich nations stockpile COVID-19 vaccines, China is providing a lifeline to Global South nations spurned by Western pharmaceuticals and excluded by the West’s neocolonial vaccine nationalism. The vaccines being developed by Cuba will also soon be available to the poor countries.

The Different Approaches of United States and China to Africa – Two Articles
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The Different Approaches of United States and China to Africa – Two Articles

The U.S. is in competition with–in fact is in conflict with–China in Africa. The approach of both is starkly different. One is marked by violence and racism and the other by a solidarity with roots in the Third World movement.