The production of medicines and vaccines is largely left to the hands a profit-seeking private sector, despite the vital importance of public health, as well as massive public investments in underlying research. Why do covid-19 vaccines belong to private pharmaceutical companies, and not the people?
Το ντοκιμαντέρ «Βίος… ο άλλος δρόμος» του Δημήτρη Παπαδόπουλου και Ιωάννη Κολαξίζη (2019), με συμμετοχή σε 6 διεθνή φεστιβάλ, αφηγείται τη συνεργατική ιστορία 430 ανθρώπων που τόλμησαν να πάρουν την τροφή στα χέρια τους.
In the 1970s, Mineração Rio do Norte (MRN) annexed much of Boa Vista’s land in Oriximiná, Pará state. The company established the world’s fourth largest bauxite mine, along with a company town, Porto Trombetas, built on the former quilombo property. MRN also polluted local fisheries and provided mostly badly paid menial jobs to residents.