Few people in poor countries will get vaccinated in 2021, making a mockery of the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals’ over-arching principle of “leaving no one behind,” the authors say.
COVID-19: Intellectual Property Monopolies Block Vaccine Access
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COVID-19: A Vaccine That Was Hijacked by the Rich
Some of world’s most affluent nations, including the U.S., Canada and the U.K., seem to have cornered most of the supplies, writes Thalif Deen.
Time to Rein in Amazon’s Empire
Christy Hoffman says the company’s rise to the top of the winner-take-all economy is a call to action.
John Pilger: The Most Lethal Virus is Not Covid-19. It is War.
Covid-19 has provided cover for a pandemic of propaganda, says John Pilger.
LEE CAMP: The Pandemic Dirty Dozen
The Coming Wave of Evictions Will Significantly Worsen America’s Covid-19 Crisis
The authors urge the CDC to immediately extend its emergency eviction moratorium until next spring.
‘Pandemic Profits’ of Billionaires Could Fully Fund $3,000 Stimulus Checks for US Workers
“America’s billionaires could pay for a major Covid relief bill and still not lose a dime of their pre-virus riches.”
Who Gets it First?
The run on the coronavirus vaccine is also about power and image. Dispatches from Argentina, Kenya and Serbia.
Australia Sabotaged Its Own Interests in China Relations
The destruction over the past five years of Australia’s mutually beneficial diplomatic and trade relationship with China was probably a successful “Five Eyes” information warfare operation, writes Tony Kevin.
India’s One-Day General Strike Largest in History
If those who struck on Nov. 26 formed a country, it would be the fifth largest in the world after China, India, the United States and Indonesia, writes Vijay Prashad.