The more than 400 signatories include former heads of state, politicians, intellectuals, scientists, members of the clergy, artists, musicians and activists.
Open Letter to Biden: Lift Trump Sanctions & ‘Let Cuba Live’
Category: COVID-19
Living Ever Larger in the Lap of Luxury
The rich have become so rich that just selling to the rich can make you the world’s richest person, writes Sam Pizzigati.
Migration Is Not the Crisis
Aviva Chomsky says the recycled policies of Biden and Harris are destined to spark yet more crimes in Central America such as Berta Cáceres’ murder.
COVID-19: Biden-Merkel Meeting: No Vaccine Patent Waiver
Public health campaigners dubbed the summit a major blow to efforts to end the pandemic as infections continue to surge across the globe.
Hidden Hand of US Blockade Sparks Cuba Protests
The protests should be understood in the context of a brutal economic war waged by the United States against the island nation for more than 60 years, write Medea Benjamin and Leonardo Flores.
The Silence of ‘Global Music’ About Vaccine Apartheid
It’s shameful that the music industry has not uttered a collective word of protest about rich, primarily Western countries hoarding doses, writes Vik Sohonie.
Cuba’s Vaccine & the Five Monopolies that Rule the World
Trends suggest that many countries will not see significant enough numbers of their population vaccinated before 2023, writes Vijay Prashad.
The Spirit of Carabobo Versus the Threats of Monroe
Simón Bolívar wrote that the United States “seemed predestined by Providence to plague Americas with miseries in the name of liberty,” Vijay Prashad reminds us.
COVID-19: Every Region of the World Is ‘Worst Affected’
The pandemic-related economic collapse is exacerbating the “three apartheids of our times” – money, medicine and food, writes Vijay Prashad.
COVID-19: Venezuela Says COVAX Payments Blocked
The country’s vice president says access to the program is being disrupted and calls it a crime.