the unbalanced evolution of homo sapiens

«Αν υπάρξουν απολύσεις γιατρών στον ΕΟΠΥ, σας παρακαλώ αυτό δεν θέλω να το χρεωθεί η τρόικα, δεν θέλω να μου παίρνει την δόξα ο Τόμσεν για τα αυτονόητα. Οι αποφάσεις είναι δικές μου» (Άδωνις  Γεωργιάδης, 13/11/2013)  του Λεωνίδα Καρίγιαννη Μέρος 1ο - Περικοπές δαπανών υγείας στην ΕΕ Αυτό που αποδεικνύεται με την  κρίση πανδημίας του κορονοϊού είναι ότι ο καπιταλισμός δεν μπορεί να προσφέρει τα στοιχειώδη που να εξασφαλίζουν το δικαίωμα στην ζωή των πολιτών ακόμη και στις ανεπτυγμένες χώρες της Ευρώπης. Οι θιασώτες του νεοφιλελευθερισμού, της λογικής του  «η αγορά τα ρυθμίζει όλα», του «λιγότερου κράτους», των «ιδιωτικοποιήσεων των πάντων», ξαφνικά γίνονται οπαδοί της δημόσιας υγείας και του κρατικού παρεμβατισμού. Ο λόγος απλός: ο «ιδιωτικός τομέας» δεν μπορεί να αντιμετωπίσει σοβαρά προβλήματα που αφορούν την κοινωνική υγεία και ιδιαίτερα αν δεν συνοδεύεται με υψηλό κέρδος. Οι διαρκείς περικοπές στις κοινωνικές δαπάνες κατακρήμνισαν τον δείκτη κοινωνικής προστα

globinfo freexchange Μια έρευνα του δημοσιογράφου Lee Fang για την ιστοσελίδα Τhe Ιntercept , είναι ιδιαίτερα αποκαλυπτική για τον τρόπο που λειτουργεί η βιομηχανία του κέρδους στον τομέα της υγείας, στην άκρως νεοφιλελεύθερη Αμερική του Ντόναλντ Τραμπ, με αφορμή το ξέσπασμα της παγκόσμιας πανδημίας.  Το τελευταίο διάστημα, τα Αμερικανικά ΜΜΕ επικεντρώθηκαν κατά κύριο λόγο σε ανθρώπους που εκμεταλλεύτηκαν την αγορά προμηθειών ιατρικών προϊόντων και προϊόντων υγιεινής, που είναι τώρα δυσεύρετα, για να στοκάρουν μάσκες και απολυμαντικά χεριών και να τα μεταπωλήσουν σε υψηλότερες τιμές.  Όμως το χοντρό παιχνίδι παίζεται γύρω από τις μεγαλύτερες εταιρίες στον τομέα της υγειονομικής περίθαλψης, που είναι έτοιμες για μεγάλα κέρδη δισεκατομμυρίων δολαρίων που θα προκύψουν από έκτακτες δαπάνες για την πανδημία. Μοιραία, το παιχνίδι του κέρδους επεκτείνεται και στους τραπεζίτες και τους επενδυτές που επενδύουν επιθετικά σε τέτοιες εταιρείες. Τις τελευταίες εβδομάδες, οι ε

Bernie Sanders AOC, OMAR, TLAIB AND BERNIE ON CORONAVIRUS: This is an unprecedented moment and we have got to think in an unprecedented way. Livestream on the coronavirus response with Reps. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Ilhan Omar and Rashida Tlaib, featuring musical guests including Grandson.

In recent weeks, investment bankers have pressed health care companies on the front lines of fighting the novel coronavirus, including drug firms developing experimental treatments and medical supply firms, to consider ways that they can profit from the crisis. The media has mostly focused on individuals who have taken advantage of the market for now-scarce medical and hygiene supplies to hoard masks and hand sanitizer and resell them at higher prices. But the largest voices in the health care industry stand to gain from billions of dollars in emergency spending on the pandemic, as do the bankers and investors who invest in health care companies. Over the past few weeks, investment bankers have been candid on investor calls and during health care conferences about the opportunity to raise drug prices. In some cases, bankers received sharp rebukes from health care executives; in others, executives joked about using the attention on Covid-19 to dodge public pressure on the opioi

The Grayzone Red Lines host Anya Parampil speaks with Dr. Amanda Klonsky, the Chief Program Officer at a prison education organization, about the impact of coronavirus on the US prison population.  Klonsky recently published an op-ed in the New York Times which argues prisons will become the epicenter of the pandemic's outbreak in the US. Millions of people languish in unsanitary US detention centers will little access to healthcare.  Since this interview was conduced, 21 inmates and 17 employees at Rikers Island jail in New York City have tested positive for the virus.

Christo Aivalis American and the world is going through a historic crisis, and only Bernie Sanders is showing leadership being put ahead of ambition. Bernie is showing that Not Me, Us is more than a slogan; it defines his life and worldview. Meanwhile Donald Trump has lied about this crisis, and Joe Biden is addled with cognitive decline and dementia and is hiding away from the public. Once again we ask: Where is Joe Biden? Only Bernie is leading, and doing so without selfish motivations.

Going Underground On this episode of Going Underground, writer and activist Tariq Ali discusses the Coronavirus pandemic crisis, how neoliberalism has failed as a system, US sanctions on Venezuela and Iran during the pandemic, how neoliberal culture affects the societal response to coronavirus, the 17th anniversary of the start of the Iraq War and why it is still relevant today, how the Iraq War limited Iraq’s ability to combat COVID-19, the alleged torture of Julian Assange and his extradition trial, and more.

The International Criminal Court approved an investigation into US war crimes in Afghanistan. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo responded by threatening to punish family members of ICC staff. by Ben Norton Part 1 US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has threatened the family members of International Criminal Court staff, vowing that Washington will take punitive action against them if the court tries American soldiers for war crimes. Pompeo also announced an intensification of unilateral US sanctions on Iran and Syria, which are illegal under international law, and which are undermining the countries’ attempts to contain the coronavirus pandemic. In March 2019, the Pompeo State Department threatened to revoke or deny visas to any International Criminal Court (ICC) personnel investigating crimes committed by American forces. A year later, on March 5, 2020, the ICC took a defiant step forward, officially approving an investigation into allegations of war

Brazil’s far-right government requested the return of thousands of Cuban doctors to help fight the coronavirus. Months ago, President Jair Bolsonaro smeared the doctors as “terrorists” and expelled them. by Ben Norton Part 2 - US government and corporate media smear Cuban doctors, spreading conspiracies It is not just Brazil’s far-right government that has spread absurd conspiracies about Cuban medical experts. The US government has for many years targeted Cuba’s international doctors program, spreading lies and falsely likening it to human trafficking. The George W. Bush administration created a counter-program in 2006 called the Cuban Medical Professional Parole to essentially bribe the Cuban doctors to defect. The Bush-era program offered residence in the United States to thousands of Cuban medical professionals if they agreed to switch sides and help the US embassy in the country where they were serving abroad. Corporate media outlets have also echoed the US

Italy requested doctors from China, Cuba, and Venezuela to contain the coronavirus, while Cuba rescued a ship of British citizens. Meanwhile, US sanctions worsen the toll of the Covid-19 crisis in Iran and Venezuela. by Ben Norton Part 2 - European Union abandons Italy, after pushing privatization of health systems The European Union, on the other hand, has left Italy out to dry. Italy’s ambassador to the EU, Maurizio Massari, published an op-ed noting that his country requested support through the body’s Mechanism of Civil Protection, seeking medical equipment to contain the coronavirus outbreak. “ But, unfortunately, not a single EU country responded to the Commission’s call. Only China responded bilaterally, ” Massari wrote. In fact the European Union has done the opposite of help. The European Commission, which leads the EU, called on member states to cut medical spending and privatize health services at least 63 times between 2011 to 2018. The EU’s obse