Bolivian social movements reported that former de facto president Jeanine Áñez tried to escape to Brazil, but her escape was prevented and she is being held in the city of Trinidad. A representative of social organizations in the department of Beni, in northern Bolivia, announced that they prevented Áñez from boarding a plane at the city’s Jorge Henrich Arauz airport when he was trying to go to a border city and then go to Brazil. The act they considered was the flight of the ex-ruler, HispanTV reported.
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Maupin’s super chat: Israel’s terrorist attack on Iran; dismal failure of the West to tackle ecological crisis
19 minutes readCALEB MAUPIN—TOPICS INCLUDED: Israel assassinates top Iranian nuclear scientist • The nonstop demonisation of Iran • Saudi/Wahabi terrorism serves Washington’s goals in the ME • The West’s governments massive failure to tackle the ecological crisis, and much more.
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MoA—The AstraZeneka vaccine was developed by Oxford University. It will be a no-profit vaccine as its development was financed by public money. The cost per dose will be below $3-4.
Both of the mRNA vaccines developed by Moderna and Pfizer are for-profit vaccines. They seem to be quite good (and no, they do not modify your DNA) but they will cost between $25 and $35 per shot. They also require an elaborate and expensive distribution chain as they can only be stored at very low temperatures. The adenovirus based vaccines can be stored in a normal refrigerator.
The mRNA vaccines hyped in the U.S. media are simply too expensive to be used around the world. If we want to limit the global effects of the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic we will have to use the cheaper vector based vaccines.
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MoA—The Islamic Republic of Iran has since its establishment rejected all weapons of mass destruction out of religious reasons. Its leader Ayatollah Khamenei has issued a fatwa that prohibits any attempts to develop, produce or otherwise introduce such weapons. While a terror attack against its top nuclear scientist can be seen as an act of war Iran is unlikely to openly take revenge for it. Doing such would only play into Netanyahoo’s hands as he attempts to goad the U.S. into an attack on Iran.
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INVASION OF THE BODY SNATCHERS: HOW POLITICAL SCIENCE AND NEOCLASSICAL ECONOMICS ZOMBIFIES THE YANKEE POPULATION
59 minutes readBRUCE LERRO—If you received an undergraduate college degree you probably never had a class in political economy. What you probably had is at least one class in political science and another class in economics. If you are like most people, you found these classes either boring or incomprehensible. Why? The answer is because both fields are riddled with capitalist propaganda that has little basis in most people’s experience. Sure, there are some people who are convinced that political science and neoclassical economics make sense but which social class is this? Chances are it is members of the upper middle class for whom political and neoclassical economics make sense from their class position. But upper middle-class people are 10% of the Yankee population.