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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 />

71<br />

CONTINUUM vol 6, no 1/2

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