FASCISM, NEWNORMALISM AND THE LEFT

Today, however, there is a resounding silence from most of the left in the face of the newnormalist totalitarian coup.

Many of them, even some self-described anarchists, are enthusiastic supporters of the fascistic “lockdown” and compulsory mask-wearing. They regard support for the system and its framing of reality as socially responsible and therefore “left-wing”. Anyone who challenges the system is irresponsible and therefore “right-wing”.

How on earth has this happened? How can it be that the left – theoretically anti-capitalist and anti-fascist – finds itself marching in step with totalitarian capitalist newnormalism?

FASCISM, NEWNORMALISM AND THE LEFT

Trump Appoints Big Pharma Exec Connected to Bill Gates to Head Vaccine Developments

Trump Appoints Big Pharma Exec Connected to Bill Gates to Head Vaccine Developments

To recap: Donald Trump has appointed Dr. Moncef Slaoui to head Operation Warp Speed, his effort to fast track the development of COVID-19 vaccines and other therapeutics. Slaoui has worked in the pharmaceutical industry on vaccine development for decades. Several companies he has worked with or sits on the Board of Directors are funded in part by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation. One of these companies, Moderna, is conducting research on RNA vaccines in partnership with the U.S. government’s creepiest organization, DARPA.

Chinese virologists linked to Steve Bannon dropped another bogus paper claiming the new coronavirus is an ‘unrestricted bioweapon’

Chinese virologists linked to Steve Bannon dropped another bogus paper claiming the new coronavirus is an ‘unrestricted bioweapon’

Why Bannon named it “Unrestricted Bioweapon”Steve Bannon, two Chinese military officers and the book that made him a China hawk

What the book really was about (they were actually studying US’ Hybrid Warfare):

The basic question raised by Qiao and Wang is this: “Faced with high-tech warfare, how can a weak and developing country survive?” To answer it, they decided to study the USA, the sole superpower of the post-Cold War era whose economic power and dominance in contemporary warfare is unquestioned. As a general strategy, the authors of Unrestricted War also analyse the overall foreign policy behaviour of the USA since the implosion of the USSR.

Unrestricted War: the leveller

Related:

China updates its ‘Art of (Hybrid) War’

Watch on YouTube: SARS-CoV-2 was not made in a lab

Columbia University Scientists review “study“ by Steve Bannon and Guo Wengui. Interesting information about Guo towards the end.

A Chinese virologist claimed the coronavirus was ‘intentionally’ released. Turns out, she works for a group led by Steve Bannon.

Trump makes $1.8 trillion economic relief offer, but deal with Pelosi remains elusive

Trump makes $1.8 trillion economic relief offer, but deal with Pelosi remains elusive

“Until we get liability protection and spending under control I don’t think a lot of conservatives will be real excited to vote for another stimulus package,” Comer said in an interview.

They’ve already bailed out the big corporations, so they’re not interested in helping out us plebs, anymore! Big execs are probably dining on lobster while us plebs are starving!

‘Blatant Hypocrisy’: Trump Heralds Covid-19 Drugs He Took Made Possible by Fetal Cell Research His GOP Actively Works to Ban

‘Blatant Hypocrisy’: Trump Heralds Covid-19 Drugs He Took Made Possible by Fetal Cell Research His GOP Actively Works to Ban

As Science explains:

Although the monoclonal antibodies infused into Trump were not made from or in fetal cells, Regeneron did develop that treatment with the help of a long-lived line of cells established from the kidneys of a fetus electively aborted in the Netherlands around 1972. The company relied on those widely used cells, known HEK-293 cells, to make mimics of the coronavirus spike protein. Researchers used these proteins to test the potency of antibodies found in Covid-19 patients or made in mice with a humanlike immune system.

The antiviral drug Remdesivir, which Trump took last week, was also developed with those same cell lines. The New York Times reports at least two other pharmaceutical companies working on a coronavirus vaccine—Moderna and AstraZeneca—also rely on the cells, and Johnson & Johnson is testing its vaccine using another cell line derived from fetal tissue.

Bill Gates on Track to Grow His Fortune Through Foundation’s Ties to Vaccine Makers

Bill Gates on Track to Grow His Fortune Through Foundation’s Ties to Vaccine Makers

A telling piece in The Nation this week reports some of the conflicts of interest the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation holds in the world’s quest for a COVID-19 vaccine. According to the article, the foundation’s investments in companies working to develop COVID-19 vaccines put Gates “in a position to potentially reap considerable financial gains from the COVID-19 pandemic.”

H/T: The Most Revolutionary Act

Anti-Beijing group with links to Steve Bannon spreading COVID-19 misinformation in Australia

Anti-Beijing group with links to Steve Bannon spreading COVID-19 misinformation in Australia

Members of Himalaya Australia have claimed that local banks are blocking transactions associated with the company. The banks named, including the Commonwealth Bank, declined to comment.

An ASIC spokesperson said it is aware of media reports surrounding GTV Media Group, but would not comment further. GTV Media Group is not registered to trade in Australia.

Posted for my own notes on Guo/Bannon.