Author Archives: aidarends

[01/30/2021] Bill Gates, Big Pharma and entrenching the vaccine apartheid – The Mail & Guardian

Waiving intellectual property restrictions on Covid-19 vaccines could help the developing world. But India and South Africa’s pleas are falling on deaf ears — Read on mg.co.za/coronavirus-essentials/2021-01-30-bill-gates-big-pharma-and-entrenching-the-vaccine-apartheid/

Here’s the global playbook being used to crack down on climate protest | Grist

A new study finds that repression of environmental protest is rising worldwide and Indigenous land defenders face the greatest risk. — Read on grist.org/global-indigenous-affairs-desk/heres-the-global-playbook-being-used-to-crack-down-on-climate-protest/

Cruising for Normal | Eric Dean Wilson

Beginning in June, the Amtrak Police Department (APD) had been running a plainclothes sting operation in New York’s Penn Station bathroom—the old one near Eighth Avenue, not any of the new Moynihan ones. Writing for The City, Gwynne Hogan reported a clear “surge” of twenty-three arrests for “public lewdness” during Pride month alone. In theContinue reading “Cruising for Normal | Eric Dean Wilson”

Process and Totality: A Review of David McNally’s ‘Slavery and Capitalism’

David McNally’s ‘Slavery and Capitalism: A New Marxist History’ offers a necessary corrective to the New History of Capitalism (NHC) group by embracing Marxism’s revolutionary commitments, argues Julian Assele. — Read on cosmonautmag.com/2025/12/process-and-totality/

The Turtle Island Liberation Front Warning for Activists | Black Agenda Report

Arrests of members of the Turtle Island Liberation Front are the latest in a decades-long effort to criminalize the left and to make examples of anyone who might fit the profile of being a “designated terrorist.” — Read on http://www.blackagendareport.com/turtle-island-liberation-front-warning-activists

ways of making love #2 (for BM)

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ICE Accidentally Publishes A ‘Watch List’ Of Immigration Lawyers, Which Is Definitely A Normal Thing For The Government To Do – Above the Law

ICE Accidentally Publishes A ‘Watch List’ Of Immigration Lawyers, Which Is Definitely A Normal Thing For The Government To Do – Above the Law — Read on abovethelaw.com/2025/12/ice-accidentally-publishes-a-watch-list-of-immigration-lawyers-which-is-definitely-a-normal-thing-for-the-government-to-do/

Tankers make u-turns after US seizure of Venezuelan oil cargo, shipping data says | Reuters

A tanker carrying Russian naphtha for Venezuelan state oil company PDVSA and at least four supertankers due to pick up crude cargoes in Venezuela have made u-turns after the U.S. seized a vessel carrying Venezuelan crude, ship monitoring data showed on Monday. — Read on http://www.reuters.com/business/tankers-make-u-turn-after-us-seizure-venezuelan-oil-cargo-shipping-data-says-2025-12-15/

Help an Elderly man in Gaza | Chuffed | Non-profit charity and social enterprise fundraising

I am Ali from Gaza, an elderly man, 74 years old, a cancer patient receiving treatment, and my wife has a heart condition. We lost everything here in Gaza, and nothing remains. My home, the home I built my entire life, was completely destroyed. I am exhausted and unable to do anything. I ask youContinue reading “Help an Elderly man in Gaza | Chuffed | Non-profit charity and social enterprise fundraising”