May 4, 2021
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Boris Johnson walks away laughing with India’s Serum Institute in tow
Three cheers for the Indian Supreme Court’s suo moto intervention on the issue of distribution of essential supplies and services during the pandemic. India, the “world pharmacy”, is entering shark-infested waters, as vaccine supply is getting intertwined with the country’s opaque decision-making, its powerful corporate culture and episodic diplomacy. Continue reading
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India’s “COVID outbreak” & the need for scientific integrity – not sensationalism
Western media outlets are currently paying a great deal of attention to India and the apparent impact of COVID-19. The narrative is that the coronavirus is ripping through the country – people are dying, cases are spiralling out of control and hospitals are unable to cope. Continue reading
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Good Law Project: Are you free next Tuesday, 11 May?
On Tuesday lunchtime, Good Law Project is hosting a defamation advice session for activists, organisations and campaigners. Continue reading
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The Criminalization of Dissent
One of the hallmarks of totalitarian systems is the criminalization of dissent. Not just the stigmatization of dissent or the demonization of dissent, but the formal criminalization of dissent, and any other type of opposition to the official ideology of the totalitarian system. Global capitalism has been inching its way toward this step for quite… Continue reading
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A Vaxxing Question
3 May 2021 — Off Guardian Suzie Halewood Dr Frances Kelsey receiving the President’s Award for Distinguished Federal Civilian Service from President Kennedy in 1962, for successfully preventing Thalidomide being approved for use in the USA. In 1956 German pharmaceutical company Chemie Grünenthal GmbH, licensed a new experimental drug designed to treat colds, flu, nausea Continue reading
The New Dark Age 