AIDS post-HIV : beat of a different drummer - AltHeal
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Book review<br />
Alex Russell reports on<br />
World Without <strong>AIDS</strong><br />
World Without <strong>AIDS</strong>.<br />
ISBN 0-9535012-5-6<br />
by Steve Ransom and Philip Day<br />
£12.50 279pp. Paperback<br />
First published June 2000 by Credence Publications<br />
Order Electronic at<br />
http://www.worldwithoutaids<br />
or Credence Publications, PO Box 3,<br />
Tonbridge, Kent TN12 9ZY England UK<br />
In their well re s e a rched and concisely arg u e d<br />
book World Without <strong>AIDS</strong>, Steve Ransom and<br />
Philip Day expose with admirable clarity the<br />
politics <strong>of</strong> '<strong>AIDS</strong>' and pseudo-science <strong>of</strong> '<strong>HIV</strong>'.<br />
This investigative dossier <strong>of</strong> dissident '<strong>AIDS</strong>'<br />
Files is compiled from the desks <strong>of</strong> the world's<br />
most renowned medical practitioners, scientists,<br />
re s e a rchers and activists, both orthodox and<br />
dissident. Reading like a Dictionary <strong>of</strong> '<strong>AIDS</strong>'<br />
Dissident’ Quotations, their book is an ideal<br />
quick reference source. Ransom and Day are the<br />
re s e a rchers behind Credence Publications, "an<br />
independent re s e a rch organisation whose<br />
personnel have been reporting on contentious<br />
medical issues for over ten years". It is an<br />
enthralling read for the uninitiated and a useful<br />
summation <strong>of</strong> the known mistakes, pre v a r i c a-<br />
tions and lies masquerading as '<strong>HIV</strong>/<strong>AIDS</strong>'<br />
science. The authors state that the aim <strong>of</strong> their<br />
book will accomplish five goals: 1) Exposing The<br />
Politics <strong>of</strong> <strong>AIDS</strong>, 2) Exposing <strong>HIV</strong>, 3) Exposing the<br />
Real cause <strong>of</strong> <strong>AIDS</strong>, 4) Reporting the Many Case<br />
Histories <strong>of</strong> <strong>AIDS</strong> 'Sufferers', 5) Ending The Fear<br />
That Clouds Many Lives. They have certainly<br />
succeeded in their goals.<br />
The authors classify the pseudo-scientific<br />
'<strong>HIV</strong>/<strong>AIDS</strong>' paradigm as primarily a political and<br />
socio-economic discourse. They argue that the<br />
"myths and lies surrounding <strong>AIDS</strong>" are generated<br />
and perpetuated by the macro and micro power<br />
s t r u c t u res, from the global mass-media and<br />
pharmaceutical giants to government agencies<br />
and charity bodies. Throughout the book, the<br />
authors emphasise the socio-economic multinational<br />
power blocs and governmental agencies<br />
that keep <strong>AIDS</strong> Inc in business.<br />
Part 1: 'We s t e rn' <strong>AIDS</strong> contains many mindblowing<br />
quotes from Harvey Bialy, Stefan Lanka,<br />
Kary Mullis and Pietermaritzburg lawyer Anthony<br />
Brink, in the chapters 'Fake Diamonds' and<br />
'Cooking Up <strong>HIV</strong>', which focus on the political<br />
construction and scientific deconstruction <strong>of</strong><br />
'<strong>HIV</strong>'. In part 2, 'African' <strong>AIDS</strong>, the authors argue<br />
that '<strong>HIV</strong>/<strong>AIDS</strong>' is being used by Western powers<br />
as a <strong>post</strong>-colonialist political weapon for<br />
Malthusian manipulation <strong>of</strong> populations in the<br />
'developing' world - Africa and India in particular;<br />
only by instilling fear into the populations through<br />
'<strong>HIV</strong>' terrorism (condomania) can the population<br />
growth <strong>of</strong> these areas be curtailed. The authors<br />
state: "As we shall discover, The World Bank,<br />
IMF, UNDP, USAID, and UNFPA, all key players in<br />
the <strong>AIDS</strong> program, adhere fanatically to the<br />
philosophy <strong>of</strong> population control in all their major<br />
agendas, especially <strong>AIDS</strong> 'care'...The Durban<br />
2000 <strong>AIDS</strong> conference has the funding <strong>of</strong> fifteen<br />
sponsors, eleven <strong>of</strong> whom are pharmaceutical<br />
industries and/or organisations who have a direct<br />
i n t e rest in population control. That the Ford<br />
Foundation is one <strong>of</strong> the sponsors <strong>of</strong> Durban<br />
2000 will come as little surprise to readers au fait<br />
with the population control 'league <strong>of</strong> friends'..."<br />
Whilst conspiracy theories should always be<br />
t reated with the utmost caution, the authors do<br />
make a convincing case for '<strong>HIV</strong>/<strong>AIDS</strong>' being<br />
used as a terror weapon for population contro l .<br />
The authors state their case: 'The Politics <strong>of</strong><br />
<strong>AIDS</strong>' is macro-analysis <strong>of</strong> the '<strong>AIDS</strong>' power<br />
blocs and brokers notably<br />
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CONTINUUM vol 6, no 1/2