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Coronavirus, vaccine and treatment: it is morally indefensible for a nation to keep life-saving drugs for itself The world eagerly awaits new vaccines and drugs to combat COVID-19. To deal with a global pandemic, the production of new treatments needs to be scaled up towards supplying the whole world – and as quickly as possible. Borderless open and collaborative science and the free exchange of knowledge (...)
The Far Right in today’s world: Formidable but not Unbeatable From a webinar organised by Focus on the Global South.
The Covid-19 pandemic has frozen much social and economic life throughout the world, but it has not stopped political polarization. In the US, there has been a welcome push-back from the left as millions of people throughout the country (...)Open letter : WHO underplaying risk of airborne spread of Covid-19, say scientists Open letter says there is emerging evidence of potential for aerosol transmission.
The potential for Covid-19 to spread through airborne transmission by lingering in the air is being underplayed by the World Health Organization, a group of scientists have said.
In an open letter due to be (...)An end to Hong Kong as we know it? Beijing enacts new security law aimed out stamping out opposition to ruling communist party, extinguishing business interests and fragile democratic freedoms along with it.
The Law of the People’s Republic of China on Safeguarding National Security in the Hong Kong Special Administrative (...)USA: The Movement for Black Lives Is Different This Time Late May and early June saw the biggest wave of mass rebellion in the United States since the 1960s. Protests erupted in every major city and in all fifty states, demanding an end to racist police brutality. The character of these uprisings has been less like protests and more like rebellions, (...)
Mindanao (Philippines): Overcoming the Covid-19 Pandemic – Lessons from the “dulet” The author of this essay is Minted sa Inged (MSI) Alim “Kim” Bandara, a member of the Supreme Council of Chieftains of Timuay Justice and Governance (TJG) or Kesefanangguwit Timuay. The Covid-19 pandemic and the lockdown in Mindanao reminded many Teduray and Lambangian (T&L)! of old stories (...)
Hong Kong: As one of the organizers of the union battlefront, I have something to say In the face of unknown terrors, Hongkongers will persist in their struggle.
About the June 20 referendum
The National Security Law is imminent, and though many people are looking forward to the actualization of the “laam chau (攬炒)” (“if we burn, you burn with us”) strategy, it doesn’t mean that (...)Hong Kong activists must learn from dissent in mainland China Only by building resilient organizations can we keep the movement alive.
To Beijing, Hong Kong has long been feared as the foothold where Western forces can creep into mainland China and “corrupt” its people with dangerous ideas like free speech and association. Indeed, Hong Kong people have (...)‘Revolution everywhere’: A conversation between Hong Kong and Lebanese protesters The momentum for liberation is never lost; it simply picks up at different speeds in different places, at different times.
‘The people want the downfall of the regime’: Lebanon in struggle Lausan Collective (LC): Can you tell us a bit about why the protests in Lebanon began?
Joey Ayoub (JA): (...)Protests erupt in Sudan as calls mount to ’correct’ the revolution One person reported killed as ’million-man march’ calls on prime minister to accelerate implementation of reforms
Tens of thousands of Sudanese took to the streets across the country on Tuesday to pressure transitional authorities for greater civilian rule after the overthrow of longtime leader (...)National security law: Hong Kong libraries pull books by some localist and democracy activists for review At least nine titles by Joshua Wong, Horace Chin and Tanya Chan are not available to the public. Bar Association chief and authors themselves call for authorities to justify their policy decision.
Hong Kong libraries have taken at least nine titles written by localist or democracy advocates (...)USA: Rethinking Socialism From Below in the Age of COVID and Black Lives Matter On April 9, the day after Bernie Sanders announced he would suspend his campaign for the U.S. presidency, the newly formed Greater Lafayette Indiana chapter of the Democratic Socialists of America held its biweekly Zoom meeting. The chapter had come to life in the midst of the COVID pandemic, (...)
Israeli leftists who emigrate are not heros Activists who leave the battle are not weaklings, but also not heroes.
To be clear: I don’t judge anyone who decides to leave the country and reside abroad. This is a personal decision, just like the decision to keep religious commandments, be vegetarian or, as strange as it might seem, to (...)Canada: Health Workers: From Praise to Protection Crises sometimes bring out the best in society, and sometimes – or even at the same time – they clarify what is so darkly wrong within. In the particular case of the commitments and risks taken by the front-line workers that we apparently value so deeply now, the contrast lies in how little they (...)
Hong Kong national security law: future of city’s localist movement hangs in balance as groups disband, activists quit or flee city Demosisto folds as co-founder Joshua Wong announces decision to leave party along with several associates Hong Kong National Front and Studentlocalism take fight abroad as they end operations in city.
The fate of Hong Kong’s localist political groups was left hanging in the balance on Tuesday (...)Hong Kong national security law: flags, banners, and slogans advocating independence, liberation or revolution now illegal Officers told at late-night police briefing they can immediately arrest anyone calling for city’s split from China in public. Even carrying an item advocating change could lead to arrest if found during a stop and search.
Hong Kong police have been told they can immediately arrest anyone (...)Getting such risks taken seriously: The world should think better about catastrophic and existential risks Plans and early-warning systems are always a good idea.
ON SEPTEMBER 2ND 1859 C.F. Herbert, prospecting for gold in south-eastern Australia, saw something sublime in the evening sky. “A scene of almost unspeakable beauty presented itself, lights of every imaginable colour were issuing from the (...)Pandemic: Covid-19 is here to stay. People will have to adapt The world is not experiencing a second wave: it never got over the first.
IT IS ASTONISHING how rapidly the pandemic has spread, despite all the efforts to stop it. On February 1st, the day covid-19 first appeared on our front cover, the World Health Organisation counted 2,115 new cases. On (...)10 things to know about Hong Kong’s national security law – new crimes, procedures and agencies On June 30, China’s top legislature enacted Hong Kong’s national security law. Its text was revealed to the public late at night – only in Chinese. First announced in May, the unprecedented criminal legislation was drafted in Beijing, rapidly tabled behind closed doors, and bypassed any local (...)
The Statues of our Discontent Statues look a lot like the past, which is why, whenever they are called into question, we turn to historians. The truth is that statues are a thing of the past only as long as they stand quietly in squares, as indifferent to us as we are to them. At such times, which may actually last (...)
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