It is the absence of the capitalist profit motive which underlies the outstanding domestic and international response to COVID-19 by socialist Cuba. Photo by Martin Abegglen/Flickr. On March 23, 2021, British Prime Minister Boris Johnson told a group of Conservative Party backbenchers: ‘The reason we have the vaccine success is
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Canadian Dimension: The World Rediscovers Cuban Medical Internationalism
A brigade of more than 50 Cuban doctors and nurses arrived in Lombardy, one of the worst-affected regions in Italy, in response to a plea for international help. Just weeks ago, in late February 2020, US Democratic Senator Bernie Sanders was vilified by the US establishment for acknowledging education and
Continue readingCanadian Dimension: Cuba’s Contribution to Combatting COVID-19
COVID-19 surged in the Chinese city of Wuhan in late December 2019 and by January 2020 it had hit Hubei province like a tidal wave, swirling over China and rippling out overseas. The Chinese state rolled into action to combat the spread and care for those infected. Among the 30
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