Left, Right, Left, Right, Left …
The “Covid left” has ended up sounding like rightwing reactionaries, writes Phil Shannon, and the left needs to drop its suspicion of the word “freedom”.
Phil Shannon
The ‘Hidden Curriculum’ of the Face-Mask, Part 2: The Politics of the Mask
Part 1 reviewed the technical reasons why masks don’t work, and documented the suite of health harms they pose in return. Part 2 seeks to explain why they have risen to such prominence despite this.
The ‘Hidden Curriculum’ of the Face-Mask Part 1
On average, we touch our faces 23 times an hour. In part 1, Phil Shannon summarises the overwhelming evidence that shows face masks don’t protect and points out the multiple ways in which they harm.
A Zero Covid Utopia Downunder? Part 2
The second part of a two part update from Australia by our correspondent, Phil Shannon.
A Zero Covid Utopia Downunder? Part 1
A case study of the Zero Covid policy of the Australian government (and its Kiwi neighbour) will show the damaging fantasy that is Zero Covid, for any country foolish enough to attempt it.
Have You Had Your Jab, Yet? Part 2
Left Lockdown Sceptics is pleased to publish part two of an article by guest contributor Phil Shannon. Part one can...
Have You Had Your Jab, Yet? Part 1
Left Lockdown Sceptics is pleased to publish another article by guest contributor Phil Shannon. Introduction “Have you had your jab,...
The Virus, Lockdown and the Left
When he was reflecting on the seemingly interminable periods of political stasis when nothing much changes, interrupted by concentrated outbreaks of dynamic political developments, Lenin astutely observed that “there are decades where nothing happens; and there are weeks where decades happen”.