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This is copied over from [personal profile] deepad, please spread far and wide.
Thank you also to [personal profile] goss, for providing the html for copy/paste here: https://goss.dreamwidth.org/669956.html?thread=9815300#cmt9815300

"My city is turning into a cremation ground. (The Times of India)

Officially, 2,000 people a day are dying of Covid in India. (Time)

In actuality, the number is closer to 10,000 people a day. (New York Times)

Many of the deaths are because of man-made shortages of oxygen, medicine, hospital beds and care. (The Guardian)

The Indian central government doesn't care and will continue to help people die. (Bloomberg)

The Indian central government is now refusing to vaccinate everyone for free. (The New Indian Express)

It is colluding with private vaccine manufacturers making exorbitant profits. (Media India Group)

The Indian central government is forcing state governments to bargain on their own with global vaccine companies. (Reuters)

The vaccine shortage in India is a reflection of global vaccine apartheid. (The Nation)

Half of the world's vaccine have gone to only two countries, and 80% to only 10. (Human Rights Watch)

Covid vaccines have been developed through government funding (World Socialist Web Site).

However, vaccine patents are being hoarded by private pharmaceutical companies (Bloomberg Law)

India and South Africa asked the WTO for a TRIPS waiver to waive vaccine patents to allow fast, global production of vaccines. (Al Jazeera)

This proposal has been supported by more than 100 countries. (BBC)

The eight countries refusing this are USA, UK, Australia, Brazil, Canada, Japan, Norway and Switzerland, along with the EU. (CNBC)

Vaccine manufacturing companies are lobbying governments intensively to prevent the TRIPS waiver (The Intercept).

These companies are worried that saving people from death will eat into their profits. (Financial Times)

Organisations and former leaders across the world have demanded a free, equitable, global People's Vaccine. (People's Vaccine Alliance)

People in the United States can contact their representatives, to demand that they support a WTO TRIPS Waiver. Resources and scripts here.

People in the United Kingdom can contact their representatives to demand they support a WTO TRIPS Waiver. Official petition to sign here.

People in the European Union can contact their representatives to demand they support a WTO TRIPS Waiver. Official EU Citizens' Initiative here.

Anyone who wishes to contribute to on-the-ground volunteer relief work in India can find a list of trustworthy places to donate here - https://bit.ly/MutualAidIndia

In 2021, 2022, 2023 and 2024, people will continue to die of a disease for which a vaccine exists, unless the genocidal greed of people in power can be thwarted.

Help."
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A dear friend of mine is trying to raise money for a down payment on the house that her family lives in or money to move.

They've been hit a lot in the past couple years and this is pretty much the worst time for this to happen to them. Their mother has lung scarring due to sarcoidisis, they and their mother are both physically disabled, her brother is autistic, and they all deal with mental illnesses.

If you can't donate, please signal boost. Thank you so much.
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The Black Cultural Archives are based in Brixton, and are Britain's only national heritage centre dedicated to African and Caribbean people in Britain. They desperately need more funding.

Things you can do:


Courtesy of [personal profile] alexwlchan, transcript of the letter (search for your MP): Read more... )
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The (San Francisco) Bay Area Bisexual Network, celebrating our 30th anniversary in 2017, is stepping out from under the umbrella of our fiscal sponsor and filing for 501(c)3 status.

https://www.generosity.com/community-fundraising/bay-area-bisexual-network

Our fundraiser is badly stalled out, and could use a push. ;-) Please consider a donation to help with our operating costs, and if you can't afford to contribute, please boost the signal.

& misc

Mar. 24th, 2014 02:25 pm
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I really, really wish there were adequate provisions for healthcare, but it continues to be the case that There Are Not. Kye Weber is fundraising for medically complex chest surgery.

[personal profile] alexseanchai signal-boosts about Tone-it-down Taupe. Key point: if you're autistic, over 16, and based in the US or Canada, and if a tablet computer would improve your life, you can apply for one. (If you don't meet those criteria, TIDT continues fundraising for more. :-)

Oh, and two copies of an anthology containing [personal profile] qian's latest are being given away - one to someone in Malaysia, one to the rest of the world!
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