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Dr. Larry Brilliant: Covid 19 – Outbreaks are Inevitable, But Pandemics are Optional

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In the spiring of 2017, at a release party for his book: Sometimes Brilliant he sketched out his extraordinary voyage from civil rights movement, to medical training to helping out as physician during the occupation of Alcatraz by the Indians of All Tribes.
In the Bay Area Larry Brilliant connected with the psychedelic and music counterculture, and followed the hippie trail from London over the Khyber Pass to India – with his wife Elaine, Wavy Gravy and the Hog Farm commune.
One of India’s best known spiritual teachers, Neem Karoli Baba, told him his destiny was to work for the World Health Organization to help eradicate smallpox. Larry Brilliant became a key participant in eliminating that 10,000-year-old disease that killed half [ . . . ]

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Dr. Larry Brilliant: Covid 19 – Outbreaks are Inevitable, But Pandemics are Optional

In the spiring of 2017, at a release party for his book: Sometimes Brilliant he sketched out his extraordinary voyage from civil rights movement, to medical training to helping out as physician during the occupation of Alcatraz by the Indians of All Tribes.
In the Bay Area Larry Brilliant connected with the psychedelic and music counterculture, and followed the hippie trail from London over the Khyber Pass to India – with his wife Elaine, Wavy Gravy and the Hog Farm commune.
One of India’s best known spiritual teachers, Neem Karoli Baba, told him his destiny was to work for the World Health Organization to help eradicate smallpox. Larry Brilliant became a key participant in eliminating that 10,000-year-old disease that killed half [ . . . ]

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Dr. John Campbell: Corona Virus Update

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and How NOT to Treat a Corona Virus Fever
On March 23rd, 2020, as global confirmed Corona cases top 400,000, Donald Trump stresses the need to Reopen America and ease up on stay at home orders – at the same time India announces a 21-day lockdown across the country; and UK prime minister Boris Johnson – after weeks of inaction – announces a strict lockdown all across England.
Just before this news became public Dr. John Campbell, in his daily updates on his YouTube channel, explained how important the stay at home orders are. Dr. Campbell is a retired Nurse Teacher based in England
The second commentary by Dr. Campbell deals with treatment of fever. Since fever has become the most important [ . . . ]

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Dr. John Campbell: Corona Virus Update

and How NOT to Treat a Corona Virus Fever
On March 23rd, 2020, as global confirmed Corona cases top 400,000, Donald Trump stresses the need to Reopen America and ease up on stay at home orders – at the same time India announces a 21-day lockdown across the country; and UK prime minister Boris Johnson – after weeks of inaction – announces a strict lockdown all across England.
Just before this news became public Dr. John Campbell, in his daily updates on his YouTube channel, explained how important the stay at home orders are. Dr. Campbell is a retired Nurse Teacher based in England
The second commentary by Dr. Campbell deals with treatment of fever. Since fever has become the most important [ . . . ]

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Coronavirus: What is it and how do we prepare for it

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With Dr. Michael Osterholm from the Center for Infectious Disease Research and Policy
In his book, Deadliest Enemy: Our War Against Killer Germs, Osterholm identified the most pressing infectious diseases of our day. AND he laid out a nine-point strategy on how to address them, with preventing a global flu pandemic at the top of the list. On March 3, 2020, he defined the public health strategy that should and could have been followed.
Dr. Michael Osterholm was interviewed by Peter Bergen, Vice President of Global Studies & Fellows, New America
You can watch the full one hour event on YouTube by searching for he title: Coronavirus: What is it and how do we prepare for it.

Coronavirus: What is it and how do we prepare for it

With Dr. Michael Osterholm from the Center for Infectious Disease Research and Policy
In his book, Deadliest Enemy: Our War Against Killer Germs, Osterholm identified the most pressing infectious diseases of our day. AND he laid out a nine-point strategy on how to address them, with preventing a global flu pandemic at the top of the list. On March 3, 2020, he defined the public health strategy that should and could have been followed.
Dr. Michael Osterholm was interviewed by Peter Bergen, Vice President of Global Studies & Fellows, New America
You can watch the full one hour event on YouTube by searching for he title: Coronavirus: What is it and how do we prepare for it.

Dr. John Campbell: Corona Virus – What we need to know now

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Interview by Radio Ecoshock Host Alex Smith
In the first week of March 2020, as the world was trying to understand the new Corona Virus, this extraordinary conversation was posted in the weekly line-up of Radio Ecoshock.
My fellow broadcaster and friend Alex Smith reached Dr. John Campbell in Britain and asked him about the medical science and epidemiology of the Corona virus. Dr. Campbell is a retired Nurse Teacher and A and E nurse based in England. He also does some teaching in Asia and Africa. He publishes daily on Youtube under Campbellteaching. These videos help students learn the background to all forms of health care. He currently posts on the spread of the Corona virus. A film posted yesterday had [ . . . ]

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Dr. John Campbell: Corona Virus – What we need to know now

Interview by Radio Ecoshock Host Alex Smith
In the first week of March 2020, as the world was trying to understand the new Corona Virus, this extraordinary conversation was posted in the weekly line-up of Radio Ecoshock.
My fellow broadcaster and friend Alex Smith reached Dr. John Campbell in Britain and asked him about the medical science and epidemiology of the Corona virus. Dr. Campbell is a retired Nurse Teacher and A and E nurse based in England. He also does some teaching in Asia and Africa. He publishes daily on Youtube under Campbellteaching. These videos help students learn the background to all forms of health care. He currently posts on the spread of the Corona virus. A film posted yesterday had [ . . . ]

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Protecting the Rights of Wikileaks founder Julian Assange

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After four days of intense deliberations between Wiki Leaks founder Julian Assange’s legal team and attorneys representing the United States government at the end of February 2020 the British judge suspended the extradition hearings until mid-May.
The Trump administration decided to charge Julian Assange under the Espionage Act for his role in publishing classified documents exposing U.S. war crimes in Iraq and Afghanistan. He could be sentenced to up to 175 years in prison.
In contrast the Obama administration had decided not to charge under the Espionage Act in order to protect media such as the New York Times who published the very same materials that Assange had made public.
Assange has been held in London’s high security Belmarsh prison since April [ . . . ]

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Protecting the Rights of Wikileaks founder Julian Assange

After four days of intense deliberations between Wiki Leaks founder Julian Assange’s legal team and attorneys representing the United States government at the end of February 2020 the British judge suspended the extradition hearings until mid-May.
The Trump administration decided to charge Julian Assange under the Espionage Act for his role in publishing classified documents exposing U.S. war crimes in Iraq and Afghanistan. He could be sentenced to up to 175 years in prison.
In contrast the Obama administration had decided not to charge under the Espionage Act in order to protect media such as the New York Times who published the very same materials that Assange had made public.
Assange has been held in London’s high security Belmarsh prison since April [ . . . ]

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Stop the Extradition of Julian Assange

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With Human Rights Lawyer Jennifer Robinson and author and public intellectual Tariq Ali On February 24, 2020, Wikileaks founder Julian Assange’s extradition hearing opened in a London court.
The US government had said he is guilty of hacking into and publishing US military databases. The Trump administration raised the stakes significantly. They want to put him on trial under the espionage act, threatening Assange with 175 years in prison.
Jennifer Robinson is a member of Julian Assange’s legal team. She spoke on February 4, 2020, at a public rally for Assange at the Royal National Hotel in London.
Tariq Ali is a well know British author, film-maker, historian, political activist and editor who came to support Julian Assange.
This rally and prior events [ . . . ]

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Stop the Extradition of Julian Assange

With Human Rights Lawyer Jennifer Robinson and author and public intellectual Tariq Ali On February 24, 2020, Wikileaks founder Julian Assange’s extradition hearing opened in a London court.
The US government had said he is guilty of hacking into and publishing US military databases. The Trump administration raised the stakes significantly. They want to put him on trial under the espionage act, threatening Assange with 175 years in prison.
Jennifer Robinson is a member of Julian Assange’s legal team. She spoke on February 4, 2020, at a public rally for Assange at the Royal National Hotel in London.
Tariq Ali is a well know British author, film-maker, historian, political activist and editor who came to support Julian Assange.
This rally and prior events [ . . . ]

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Big Tech interview with Anand Giridharadas: Winners Take All

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How Taxes, not Philanthropy, will Change the World – In this January 2020 episode of Big Tech, co-hosts Taylor Owen and David Skok speak with Anand Giridharadas, author of Winners Take All. Giridharadas is editor-at-large for TIME magazine, an on-air political analyst for MSNBC, and a visiting scholar at the Arthur L. Carter Journalism Institute at New York University. Giridharadas’ acclaimed book: Winners Take All, The Elite Charade of Changing the World describes a global elite who claim to be in the business of changing the world.
Big Tech is a podcast about the emerging technologies that are reshaping democracy, the economy and society. The podcast is a project of The Centre for International Governance Innovation in Canada.
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Big Tech interview with Anand Giridharadas: Winners Take All

How Taxes, not Philanthropy, will Change the World – In this January 2020 episode of Big Tech, co-hosts Taylor Owen and David Skok speak with Anand Giridharadas, author of Winners Take All. Giridharadas is editor-at-large for TIME magazine, an on-air political analyst for MSNBC, and a visiting scholar at the Arthur L. Carter Journalism Institute at New York University. Giridharadas’ acclaimed book: Winners Take All, The Elite Charade of Changing the World describes a global elite who claim to be in the business of changing the world.
Big Tech is a podcast about the emerging technologies that are reshaping democracy, the economy and society. The podcast is a project of The Centre for International Governance Innovation in Canada.
You can find the full [ . . . ]

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Ray McGovern – RussiaGate and Julian Assange

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Excerpts of the January 2019 program RussiaGate: The Absence of Evidence? – Ray McGovern served as a CIA analyst for 27 years, from the administration of John F. Kennedy to that of George H. W. Bush. His duties included chairing National Intelligence Estimates and preparing the President’s Daily Brief to Ronald Reagan’s security advisers from 1981 to 1985.
The material for this program came with a professional challenge – would TUC radio broadcast arguments that there is no evidence that Russia interfered in the 2016 elections? Now just over a year later there is renewed attention on election interference, the role of Russia, the working of the DNC in choosing the democratic candidate – and maybe most importantly of all [ . . . ]

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