Mohsen Shahmanesh

Latest articles by Mohsen Shahmanesh

Danger of barbarism

Invisible to the eye, viruses and bacteria make up a good percentage of the global biomass. They also shape history. HIV/STD specialist and Marxist Mohsen Shahmanesh discusses microbes and human society. This article is based on his talk to the November 28 Online Communist Forum

One year on

Good state organisation, not the market, has proven to be the key to success. But globally the vaccination programme has barely got started, warns Mohsen Shahmanesh. This article is based on his April 11 Online Communist Forum talk

Test, treat, isolate and support

Mohsen Shahmanesh examines the effectiveness, safety and likely take-up of the Covid vaccines

Coronavirus and capitalism

What characterises modern epidemics? Mohsen Shahmanesh places the current crisis in context