Isles of the Left

Conspiracy Theories, COVID-Skeptics and Anti-Vaxxers: To Dismiss or to Debate

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Protests against COVID-19 safety measures expose lack of trust in government. Although misplaced, it is not unfounded. What would be the best strategy to deal with COVID-skeptics and conspiracy theorists?

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Our Not So Public Health

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During the period of partial lockdown, it may have appeared as though the economy was being sacrificed in the name of public health. However, the global attempt to halt the spread of the pandemic ultimately never departed from the basic logic of capitalist politics: politics in the interest of business.

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Treating the ‘Other’ as Disease: Ħal Far Open Centre as a Zone of Contagion

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The armed presence along the perimeter of Ħal Far—essentially, the border between ‘us’ and ‘them’—was a display of state power and a pretense of care for its loyal citizens. At once, it disciplined the diseased ‘other’ and fenced the rest off from it.

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[LISTEN] COVID-19 and Solidarity: a Wish List of Government Measures in the Time of Crisis

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Crisis must not be an excuse for discrimination and injustice. On the contrary, solidarity is our weapon during these difficult times.

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