Sydney Grammar School students have synthesized the essential malaria drug Daraprim that currently sells for $750. The anti-parasitic drug that was recently purchased by a wealthy wall street banker who increased the price from $13 to $750 as soon as he acquired control of the drug. The process developed by the Sydney students could be Continue Reading →
Foreign Policy magazine (FP) last week reported that Mark Zuckerberg has failed in his most recent attempt to get facebook into China. Zuckerberg has been courting Chinese officials to promote facebook’s new geographic filtering mechanism that allows governments to manipulate the information available to their citizens. FP reports that the Chinese government is more concerned Continue Reading →
West Papuan protestors in Jakarta were arrested and beaten by police on Friday following Pupuan Independence Day protests in response the ongoing massacre of West Papuans to make way for Indonesian coastal settlements, palm oil plantations and vast forest clearing. West Papua is home to the world’s largest gold mine and significant oil reserves, owned Continue Reading →
Indian billionaire Gautam Adani will visit Queensland this week to inspect the world’s largest coal mine and the rail and port facilities gifted to him last week by Prime Minister Turnbull. The Australian taxpayer will support the Indian energy tycoon with one billion dollars in cash and 12billion litres of free water, every year. Adani Continue Reading →
The 26th International Workers Association Conference has just wrapped up in Warsaw. Delegates from Australia, the Americas, Asia and Europe met in the wake of the US election to hold their regular annual event in support of workers and the oppressed. A tour was conducted of memorials to the Polish anarchist’s significant role in fighting Continue Reading →
The Climate Change Conference in Marrakech ended on Sunday with 111 countries confirming their commitment to the agreement hammered out in Paris one year ago. “Paris was the deal, Marrakech is the detail,” said Salaheddine Mezouar noting that the conference had accelerated the implementation timetable agreed at COP21 in Paris. Among the highlights, delegates from Continue Reading →