Patrick: I am sorry to be so dense, but in this article you do not succinctly define 'sub-imperialism' - I may have missed it of course. Do you have somewhere else this is defined? Is this concept som

This is by Adam Gaffney & Joel Lexchin: IT HAS SIX PRINCIPLES: "Our proposal rests on six principles: • Medical needs, not financial means, should determine access to medications • Drugs must be affor

I was in England and was never involved in this American movement. Could I ask if Max Elbaum's weighing as below is basically an accurate summary for those recalling that time? This comes from an inte

I might well have missed in prior discussions, as to whether list members had specific resistance pathways to suggest, on the powerful synergy between the current Supreme Court and the Texan law SB8:

I was alerted by friends in Athens this a.m.. Found an Obit in the NYT, at: https://www.nytimes.com/2021/09/02/arts/music/mikis-theodorakis-dead.html I apologise if the formatting off, copying it from

Thanks Alan. It is also the case that the company manufacturing ivermectin has explicitly repudiated any claims on the drug for Ivermectin. (See: https://www.merck.com/news/merck-statement-on-ivermect

All drugs for humans and technologies for devices for health, must be approved by the regulatory arm of 'Health Canada'. The same provisos that they are often in cosy relations with industry-pharma ap

Hello Chris: I think I do understand your argument... However I beg to differ: i) There needs to be counter-arguments based on scientific facts. Actually, even by your little clause ("Unless of course

fklosar says: "The integrity and governance of scientific discourse seem so vulnerable." Correct. Hence the relevance of Marx & Engels observation in the Communist Manifesto: "The bourgeoisie has stri

I had not planned to write to this list on this drug again. But there is a relentless obscurantism being pushed. If this report is true (it is in the US paper or 'rag' 'USA Today) it is a pretty bad p

Thanks fkalosar - that reference certainly adds extra detail. Perhaps the proponents of this type of COVID denialism will back off. Hari Kumar

I said I would provide further materials. This was in reply to a pro-Ivermectin corespondent on PEN-L. I have not made any major changes for here. The two papers referred to are Meta-analyses, that if

Previously Alan Ginsberg on this list, had kindly sent me materials on this drug commonly used for veterinary work deworming; but also used in humans with serious diseases of the tropics from worms. A

I wish also to acknowledge the death of a sincere fighter for progressive causes. I fear my short notice marking Louis death differs from most I have read thus far. It is not hagiographic; and it is b

I wondered if anyone was interested in the question of 'ivermectin'. There are some leftists it seems who feel this should be out there as a therapy... Just in case: "Ivermectin for preventing and tre

Andrew, do you have any detail on what you term the 'reformist' party and its mission to 'root out the corruption'? I am not quite sure of the 'larger issues'. Naturally the compradors raised by the U

Forgive me for staying an opinion not based on any *recent* review of events and literature. However if there is a true support for the Taliban as stated by Marv Gandall, it is understandable. As I wo

"Loach, whose films are regarded as landmarks of social realism, claimed the move by the party was because he would “not disown those already expelled”, and he hit out at an alleged “witch-hunt”. "On

So I would like to suggest a couple of things in response to Jim. i) This may be heresy to all here, but it may well be that not many people (substitute workers if you like) have the time or the inter

Whoops Don: I now hit the other links that you had sent, and you had also gotten to the Tricia Starks article too. Sorry about repetition. But isn't it a great paper? Cheers Hari