Preparatory Issue 4 December 2021
Is the Korean government really doing all it can for shopkeepers? Bae Jae-hong (Economic Policy Team)* *Bae Jae-hong is the General Secretary of the National Association of Retail Merchants
Like the rest of the world, South Korea is also experiencing economic difficulties due to COVID-19. In Korea, resentment among shopkeepers is increasing. This is because the government's measures for shopkeepers are not enough while the latter have to bear great financial losses due to the government's social distancing measures. The government’s compensation for the shopkeepers remains paltry and its social distancing measures are sacrificing them again.
Cuba defeats US destabilization attempts From: Peoples Dispatch
The anti-governments protests fell flat as they were overshadowed by massive demonstrations organized by groups in solidarity with the government. The people of Cuba outrightly rejected US-backed counter-revolutionary protests planned for November 15 called the “Civic March for Change.” Solidarity actions were organized in more than 80 cities across the globe in defense of the Cuban Revolution on the same day. 'Obscene': Pfizer, BioNTech, and Moderna Are Raking in $3.9 Million in Profits Per Hour
Just a few companies are making millions of dollars in profit every single hour, while just two percent of people in low-income countries have been fully vaccinated against coronavirus. Campaigners Warn of 'Wave After Wave of Variants' as Long as Vaccine Apartheid Remains From: Common Dreams
"Omicron is with us because we have failed to vaccinate the world. This should be a wake-up call."
[December Progressive Forum] How Vaccine Inequity and Injustice Created Omicron
At a time when universal access to vaccines is the starting point towards any level of normalcy, pharmaceutical companies hold our well-being hostage for higher profits, pressuring governments into onerous contracts that infringe national sovereignty and limit global vaccine access. As most of the world’s poorest remain unvaccinated, Pfizer, BioNTech and Moderna together profit $1,000 every second. Their inaction and greed perpetuates a pandemic that creates ever more contagious strains such as Omicron. To discuss how to dismantle vaccine inequity and injustice and finally resolve the COVID19 pandemic is Fatima Hassen, co-founder and director of the Health Justice Initiative.
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