Should the Government Compensate the Vaccine Injured and Families of the Deceased?
The vaccine injured must be compensated. But who should pay?
Believe Nothing – Instalment #1: Kicking Bishop Brennan up the Arse
Rusere Shoniwa draws on a famous Father Ted episode to ask why we remain stunned in the face of global capital’s phantasmagorical car pile-up.
Covid: What we have learned
Phil Shannon casts a critical eye on the interplay between the engines of the COVID crisis: Illness, capital, class oppression and state overreach. In doing so, he raises questions that those on the left would do well to consider.
Seamless Continuity Editing in the Emergency Capitalism Movie
A discussion of the interplay between war, lockdowns, the financial system and capitalism’s need for a constant state of crisis.
The Journey from 1950s Maoist Thought Reform to 21st Century Covid Tyranny – Part III
Rusere Shoniwa takes us to the root cause of Covid ideological totalism and the next crisis: the monster of unconstrained Global Capitalism.
The Journey from 1950s Maoist Thought Reform to 21st Century Covid Tyranny – Part II
Rusere Shoniwa continues his application of Robert Lifton’s study of Maoist brainwashing to the manipulation of science and language in the Covid era.
The Journey from 1950s Maoist Thought Reform to 21st Century Covid Tyranny – Part I
Rusere Shoniwa discusses the Government’s deployment of psychological warfare techniques to induce compliance with Covid containment policies.
Why the left now looks more like the hard right
A penetrating look at the disturbing developments in New Zealand, where the liberal left cheers on developments which pose a serious danger to democracy.
Left, Right, Left, Right, Left …
The “Covid left” has ended up sounding like rightwing reactionaries, writes Phil Shannon, and the left needs to drop its suspicion of the word “freedom”.
A Tale of Two Omicrons…
As we endure a Christmas panto of Omicron fear porn, the SAGE equivalent in South Africa – Omicron’s original so-called epicentre – is recommending the end of all contract tracing and self-isolation.