Dangerous Gifts: Coronavirus and Trump’s Sanctions Regime
The global effort to combat the coronavirus pandemic has been one of stutters and staggers. There are go-it-alone instances of severity, and cases of blasé […]
Articles by Dr Binoy Kampmark
Signing in and Dropping Out: Coronavirus and the Virtual University
It was made with little thought but a good deal of high-minded urgency: Evacuate your office, take what you can, and prepare for the virtual […]
The Swedish Alternative: Coronavirus as a Grand Gamble
As draconian lock-downs, punitive regimes and surveillance become the norm of the coronavirus world, Sweden has treaded more softly in the field. This is certainly […]
An Inglorious Opportunity: Coronavirus and Emergency Powers
There has been a hurried spate of cancellations and suspensions of elections across the globe because of the risk posed by COVID-19. The trend is […]
Barbaric Decisions: Coronavirus, Refusing Bail and Julian Assange
“To expose another human being to serious illness, and to the threat of losing their life, is grotesque and quite unnecessary. This is not justice, […]
Goodbye Gabbard
The Democratic establishment is deriving some delusionary cheer from it. The line of candidates for the presidential nomination has thinned, many falling out and proceeding, […]
Coronavirus and the Prison Industrial Complex
The legacy of the coronavirus pandemic, at least in so far as responses are concerned, is thickening by the day. Behavioural changes are being urged, […]
Business as Usual: Coronavirus, Iran and US Sanctions
Never discount the importance of venality in international relations. While pandemics should provide the glue for a unified front in response – we keep being […]
The Pandemic Surveillance State
In anticipation of the post-COVID-19 world, bold statements are being made on how we will, as a race, be wiser, even kinder; cautious, and reflective. […]
Moralising Hoarding, Panic Buying and Coronavirus
Hoarding as moral aberration and ethical breach: the term has recently become the subject of scorn in coronavirus chatter. In terms of mental disorders, it […]
Viral Reactions: The Smugness of Celebrity Self-Isolation
The rush to elevate self-isolation to Olympian heights as a way to combat the spread of COVID-19 has gotten to the celebrities. Sports figures are […]
Surf the Internet Instead: Britannic Herd Immunity and Coronavirus
Epidemiologist William Hanage was more than perplexed by the plan. “When I heard about Britain’s ‘herd immunity’ coronavirus plan,” he reflected in The Guardian, “I […]
The Taliban Scores a Coup
It threatened to disappear under the viral haze of COVID-19, but February 29 saw representatives from the US and Taliban, loftily acknowledged as the Islamic […]
The Release of Chelsea Manning
Chelsea Manning’s release last Thursday by order of Virginia District Court judge Anthony Trenga had an air of oddness to it. “The court finds Ms. […]
For Heaven’s Sake Sanitise! Coronavirus as a Way of Life
“Anything we say in advance of a pandemic happening is alarmist; anything we say afterwards is inadequate.” (Michael Leavitt, US Health and Human Services Secretary, […]