Corporate Greed Keeps The Pandemic Alive, by Pete Dolack

Communist Vegans - Covid-19 Exposes Capitalism

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by Pete Dolack
Writer, Dandelion Salad
Systemic Disorder, April 12, 2022
April 13, 2022

More than two years on, it is hard to imagine there could be someone who is not sick of the pandemic. Although we can point to multiple reasons for the inability to bring Covid-19 under control, a prominent factor is corporate greed.

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Michael Hudson: China’s Export Competitiveness = Underpaying Women + Trump’s Trade Wars: An Opportunity to Refashion the Intellectual Property Regime?

China Indusry

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by Michael Hudson
Writer, Dandelion Salad
June 15, 2018

Max Keiser probes away on my recent visit to China. We delve into the Chinese development model.

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WikiLeaks’ Second Release of Secret Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement Documents (#TPP)

No Trespassing

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wikileaks.org
Dec. 9, 2013

[…] Today, 9 December 2013, WikiLeaks has released two more secret TPP documents that show the state of negotiations as the twelve TPP countries began supposedly final negotiations at a trade ministers’ meeting in Singapore this week.

One document describes deep divisions between the United States and other nations, and “great pressure” being exerted by the US negotiators to move other nations to their position. The other document lists, country-by-country, the many areas of disagreement remaining. It covers intellectual property and thirteen other chapters of the draft agreement. This suggests that the TPP negotiations can only be concluded if the Asia-Pacific countries back down on key national interest issues, otherwise the treaty will fail altogether.

TPP Salt Lake Extracts

TPP Salt Lake Positions

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via wikileaks.org

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