Capitalism
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Africa to Become Testing Ground for “Trust Stamp” Vaccine Record and Payment System
A new biometric identity platform partnered with the Gates-funded GAVI vaccine alliance and Mastercard will launch in West Africa and combine COVID-19 vaccinations, cashless payments, and potential law enforcement applications. Continue reading
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Oil giants want to plant their way to Net Zero
You’d be hard-pressed to find an environmentalist who doesn’t want to see more of the planet covered in forests – there’s a reason why that “tree-hugger” label has stuck over the years. Continue reading
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Why the Bill Gates global health empire promises more empire and less public health
President Donald Trump’s announcement this July of a US withdrawal from the World Health Organization (WHO) set into motion a process that will have a dramatic impact on the future of global public health policy – and on the fortunes of one of the world’s richest people. Continue reading
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Frightening numbers: Biosphere heating accelerates
At this time, the Biosphere is warming at a rate of 3.03×1015 Watts, which is equivalent to a temperature rate-of-rise of 0.0167°C/year. The warming rate has been increasing steadily since the 19th century, when it was on average “zero” except for natural fluctuations (plus and minus) that were hundreds of times smaller than today’s warming… Continue reading
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LancetGate: “Scientific Corona Lies” and Big Pharma Corruption. Hydroxychloroquine versus Gilead’s Remdesivir
There is an ongoing battle to suppress Hydroxychloroquine (HCQ), a cheap and effective drug for the treatment of Covid-19. The campaign against HCQ is carried out through slanderous political statements, media smears, not to mention an authoritative peer reviewed “evaluation” published on May 22nd by The Lancet, which was based on fake figures and test trials. Continue reading
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Why 3rd Quarter US Economic Rebound Will Falter
The reopening of the US economy in June—and some states as early as May—has produced a modest economic ‘rebound’. But rebound is not to be confused with economic recovery. Continue reading
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Ecosocialist Bookshelf, Pandemic Edition (July 2020)
6 July 2020 — Climate & Capitalism A special edition of Ecosocialist Bookshelf: six books we recommend for understanding the deadliest global health crisis of our time Ecosocialist Bookshelf is an occasional feature. This edition focuses on viruses and health care, on capitalism’s failure to protect human health, and radical alternatives. Continue reading
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British government reimposes welfare benefits sanctions as pandemic continues and unemployment rockets
In March, the Johnson government announced that those receiving welfare benefits including Universal Credit (UC) would not be sanctioned as they normally would if they failed to look for work or otherwise fulfilled their benefit conditionality. Continue reading
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I’ve lost all trust in medical research
Evidence that a cheap, over-the-counter anti-malarial drug costing £7 combats Covid-19 gets trashed. Why? Because the pharmaceutical giants want to sell you a treatment costing nearly £2,000. It’s criminal. Continue reading
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Tonnes of ‘recycled’ European plastic pollute the oceans
Researchers from National University of Ireland Galway and the University of Limerick have concluded that “Recycling of European plastic is a pathway for plastic debris in the ocean.” That’s the title of a study published this week in the journal Environment International, showing that much of the plastic supposedly recycled by the EU, UK, Switzerland… Continue reading
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The storm of protest in the United States
ÖŞK: The protests started after George Floyd’s death continue all over the United States. Do you think these protests will fuel the will to organize among the working-class people? Can the energy coming out of the protests be persistent? What are the obstacles? Continue reading
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GM groups call on the public: Ask Ministers to reject plans to de-regulate gene editing
Three of the UK’s largest GM campaigns – GM Freeze, Beyond GM and GMWatch – have joined together to oppose an amendment to the Agriculture Bill that would give the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs George Eustice, the power to change the definition of a GMO and re-classify many forms of… Continue reading
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Gene Editing: Scientifically indefensible, anti-democratic, and harmful to trade
An amendment has been tabled[1] in the UK House of Lords to the Agriculture Bill, seeking to change the definition of a genetically modified organism (GMO) in the UK’s Environmental Protection Act (1990) in order to exempt certain types of new genetic modification techniques, such as gene editing, from GMO regulations, within the context of… Continue reading
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UK: Sweet wholesaler awarded £108 million PPE contract and they had no experience with PPE
The Government has awarded an £108 million contract for the supply of PPE to a wholesaler of sweets. The enormous contract was awarded to the confectionery business seemingly without any advertising or competitive tendering process. There is no evidence that the company, Clandeboye Agencies Limited, has any experience in supplying PPE. Continue reading
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Global Justice Now – Think Global Extra – July 2020
1 July 2020 — Global Justice Now Welcome to the July issue of Think Global extra, our monthly update for Global Justice Now activists. Contents: Trade justice / US trade deal Climate justice / Decarbonising aid and more Access to medicine / Covid-19 treatment for all Aid watch / DfID merger Reminders and useful links Continue reading
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The Coronavirus pandemic, ecological catastrophe and global capitalism: an interlocking phenomenon
The COVID-19 pandemic has unravelled the close structural links between the climate crisis and the global capitalist mode of production.[1] This is a scenario that the socialist left should own as a central platform in its campaigning and organisation activities. The climate catastrophe not only has an immensely broad appeal to young and old, but… Continue reading
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Capitalism: All Icing no Cake
On Wednesday, 25th June, new coronavirus cases in the USA spiked to 45,557, (NBC news). This was the highest since the pandemic broke. Investors thought Covid was in the rear-view mirror when It was always in front of the windscreen, but these investors, driving with their headlights off and too short to look over the… Continue reading
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The Stage Is Set, the Fight Is Rigged, and The End Is Near
Donald Trump is finished. He’s gone halfway to destroying the office of President of the United States. The “deep state” he swore he would eradicate, they’re massaging the shoulders of truth killer Joe Biden as if to ready him like a has-been boxer about to emerge from a sweaty arena tunnel of American politics. But… Continue reading
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Phony experts with veiled conflicts of interest polluting debates on endocrine disruptors, glyphosate, GMOs
One of France’s leading daily papers, Le Monde, just published an article on how “a group of toxicologists with tenuous expertise and veiled conflicts of interest are working to derail the implementation of European regulations” on endocrine disruptors – synthetic chemicals that are toxic at very low doses. Continue reading
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Having Sucked America Dry, Tech Giants Seek New Markets Beyond Reach of US Antitrust Laws
An aggressive push to consolidate companies in the tech sector, coupled with the world’s ever-increasing dependence on digital platforms and tools, is quickly leading to a crisis of sovereignty. Continue reading
The New Dark Age 