The WHO, with its warts and all, still stands for global cooperation and fostering public health policies, and is the only instrument we have for global cooperation. It is hated by the right wing precisely for these reasons
After his disastrous handling of the COVID-19 epidemic, Trump is trying to improve his waning electoral chances by reserving all of Gileadās stock of remdesivir
The U.S. continues to pour its money into military technology and its political energy into defense strategies against what it perceives as threats to its global hegemony from China and Russiaāeven during a pandemic
The U.S. has fumbled its own response to the pandemic at the same time that its greedy and selfish behavior about vaccines alienates the rest of the world
Source: Independent Media Institute Photo by Rybnikova Olga/Shutterstock.com We frequently hear that COVID-19 is the worstĀ pandemic since the influenza of 1918. It…
There is a major problem with vaccines and the for-profit pharmaceutical industry
Source: Independent Media Institute With the United States walking out of the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA)āmore commonly known as the…
Arms control provides the only path to peace
The battle in Ukraine over who will control the country is rapidly spinning out of control
[Contribution to the Reimagining Society Project hosted by ZCommunications] Globally, the left has some common problems. It would be…
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