By Margaret Kimberley, BAR senior columnist March 11, 2020 The United States has none of the systems or infrastructure that would allow it to accomplish what China has done to fight mass infection. The only thing more frightening than the COVID-19 virus spreading around the world is the knowledge that this country is woefully unprepared …
Fighting COVID 19 in Cuba, China and the United States By W. T. Whitney Jr. March 19, 2020 Governments, according to Thomas Jefferson, are supposed to guarantee people’s rights to “life liberty and the pursuit of happiness.” COVID 19 has out people’s lives and health in the spotlight now. What kind of tools do governments …
Il Manifesto March 15, 2020 Translated by Mark Burton With the eyes of the world focused on Italy, Europe and the United States in panic, Asia is once again taking the lead in the fight against the pandemic. This time, the medal of valor goes to Vietnam. The country, which has been gravitating into the …
For any thinking observer, the coronavirus pandemic is fast becoming an argument for socialism. Even a bitter enemy of public ownership, planning, and economic equality like The Wall Street Journal caustically acknowledges that the PRC’s remarkable defeat of the coronavirus epidemic was achieved with the quickly mobilized, effective state-owned-enterprises (SOEs). In a tellingly titled article …
By Andile Mngxitama BIG QUESTION: Cuba and China are not in South Africa (SA) to help us with this coronavirus that they have defeated – why? ANSWER: If they come here Stellenbosch, Bill Gates and the CR17 donors won’t make profits out of our deaths and sicknesses. This explains why there is no shutdown and …
The Presidency President Cyril Ramaphosa Union Buildings Government Avenue Pretoria 22 March 2020 Email: [email protected] Dear President Ramaphosa COVID-19: A MILLION PEOPLE WILL DIE, SHUTDOWN SA NOW! I write to you as the President of Black First Land First (BLF) to ask you to act now and save a million lives. I ask you to …
By Andile Mngxitama Black First Land First (BLF) has been telling you that Dr Zweli Mkhize was announcing government policy when he said that 60 to 70% of the South African population will get the coronavirus. It’s the ‘herd immunity’ policy. It’s based on letting people die and making shocking profits for white monopoly capital …
President Cyril Ramaphosa. Image: Simon Dawson via News24 “‘Herd immunity’ can’t contain coronavirus,” says China Europe is now the new epicentre of the coronavirus that has infected some 200,000 people internationally and killed over 8000 people. Speaking at the the 46th Coronavirus Prevention Media Conference hosted by the Guangzhou government in China on 18 March, …
SAA airplane at the Polokwane International Airport carrying 122 South Africans who were repatriated from Wuhan, China. Image credit: Itumeleng English/African News Agency (ANA) By BO Staff Writer A repatriation group including the South African National Defence Force (SANDF), Department of Health, and South African Airways (SAA) members, returned via SAA flight ZS-SND Airbus to …
By Andile Mngxitama On how to deal with the coronavirus epidemic, here are the worlds current best practices: 1. Spain: nationalized the private healthcare sector. 2. Italy: suspended mortgage bond payments. 3. Canada: suspended rent and mortgages. 4. Egypt: reduced interest rates. 5. Kenya: shutdown the country. 6. Venezuela: Secured over 10000 units of Cuban …
