"When Oxford University developed the vaccine AstraZeneca ended up owning... It was actually Bill Gates who lobbied Oxford... to say no, this has to be sold to a drug company'... so it becomes 'IP'... the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation have been central players in ensuring that no precedent is set in the context of COVID for commercially valuable products to break the normal market-based rules on how what's called 'IP' is distributed."

#ArunKundnani, 2023

https://audioboom.com/posts/8340285

#COVID #IP

Breaking Big Pharma and Big Tech, Global Debt and Race Politics, and the End of Borders: In Conversation with Arun Kundnani

Even a global crisis can provide opportunities for fairer, freer and better ways of organising our world. But too often they can simply become moments to further entrench power, hegemony and undue influence. Unfortunately, as history has demonstrated, global policy making has ...

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"There was a desire - even on the part of some liberals - to call for the state to be even tougher in imposing lockdowns, in enforcing vaccines... [The left were] reluctant to talk about the question of policing during the pandemic, because it seemed like this would play into the conservative anti-lockdown movement but... it was a mistake really for the left or for liberals to not take up those issues."

#ArunKundnani, 2023

https://audioboom.com/posts/8340285

#podcasts #TransNationalInstitute #TNI #COVID

Breaking Big Pharma and Big Tech, Global Debt and Race Politics, and the End of Borders: In Conversation with Arun Kundnani

Even a global crisis can provide opportunities for fairer, freer and better ways of organising our world. But too often they can simply become moments to further entrench power, hegemony and undue influence. Unfortunately, as history has demonstrated, global policy making has ...

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What Is Antiracism?

https://vid.puffyan.us/watch?v=kqSWIPFc0JQ

You can't fight #racism without fighting #capitalism

#Antiracism isn't What you Think : An interview with
#ArunKundnani

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Antiracism Isn’t What You Think It Is | Aaron Bastani Meets Arun Kundnani | Downstream

After the summer of 2020, the liberal consensus was that in order to tackle racism - one had to look inwards. White people had to look inside themselves and 'do the work'. In 2023 this ethic has spread from well meaning allies on Twitter to the HR departments of corporate behemoths like BlackRock, all while institutions that consolidate and expand systemic racism go largely unchecked. It's almost as if the liberal answer to racism actively distracts from doing any real good. To discuss the evolution of antiracism, Aaron is joined by Arun Kundnani, author of 'What is Antiracism: and Why it Means Anticapitalism'. You can find Arun's book here: https://www.versobooks.com/en-gb/products/2670-what-is-antiracism ____________________________________________________ Support Novara Media for as little as £1 a month: https://novaramedia.com/support Buy Novara Media merch here: https://shop.novaramedia.com/

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There are two kinds of antiracism. Only one works, and it has nothing to do with ‘diversity training’

While liberal antiracists argue over vocabulary, radicals take direct action – which is the only way to change the system, says author Arun Kundnani

The Guardian