In Tokyo, concerns about public health were trumped by the IOC’s quest for Olympic gold.
Public health
Capitalism: the real pandemic
As a light emerges at the end of the tunnel, the question now is how do we stop the next massive epidemic before it hits.
Capitalism: the real pandemic
Capitalism is the ultimate virus and we, acting together, will be the vaccine.
The race is on to vaccinate the population and stop the profiteering
The federal government promised to have all aged care residents and workers vaccinated by the end of March. But this promise put the vaccination program to the test — which exposed gaping holes.
Battling racist polluters in Cancer Alley
In Louisiana, Black women lead an urgent fight against Formosa Chemical complex.
Big Pharma makes me sick
Are the drug companies the pandemic superheroes that the mainstream media are making them out to be? Hardly, says neurologist Steven Strauss.
Vaccine distribution fiasco
Who gets it and who doesn’t? What the Covid vaccine process proves beyond any rational doubt is the need for public healthcare.
A working class answer to healing the broken aged care system
There have been more than 30 major enquiries into aged care since 1997. All found essentially the same thing — a system in crisis.
Polio and Covid-19: A tale of two vaccines
Dr. Susan Williams on what we can learn from past battles against marauding contagion.
Why increased police powers are not COVID safe and how to resist
State governments in Australia are attacking Covid-19 with a law-and-order sledgehammer.
