[Xmca-l] Re: Heartening news in Kerala

[David Kellogg]

My mother spent a lot of time in Kerala: we lived in Chennai, or Madras as
it was called then, and she was interested in Indian feminism. She wrote a
book called "People Who Count" (Earthscan 1995) that argued that Kerala
disproved the argument by Indian liberals that a country has to get rich
first before it can afford to enfranchise women with reproductive rights
and empower workers with good, preventive health care.

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Nota Bene--Countries where strong, male, right-wing populist leaders have
been in charge have failed miserably (e.g. Italy, the USA, Russia, Brazil,
Hungary) while countries that have women in charge, strong workers
movements or powerful Communist parties (South Korea, China, New
Zealand....) have succeeded in controlling the virus. (Australia is a bit
of an exception, for reasons that Andy explained....)

David Kellogg
Sangmyung University

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On Fri, May 15, 2020 at 8:05 AM HENRY SHONERD <hshonerd@gmail.com> wrote:

> Wonderful article, Annalisa!
> Definitely welcome good news about good leadership inthe face of COVID-19:
> K.K. Shailaja, health minister of the state of Kerala in India. A woman and
> a member of the Communist Party there. Already a celebrity because of the
> way she handled an even deadlier virus in 2018. From the article in the
> Guardian, “In a way she had been preparing for a similar outbreak all her
> life.” From what we have been reading for years from epidemiologists,
> COVID-19 is a dress rehearsal for even deadlier viruses. Kerala has the
> highest literacy rate, the highest life expectancy and the lowest infant
> mortality in India. Meanwhile, the Trump team is sending out surveys that
> allow people to get high scores on their hatred of socialism. Tooting my
> New Mexico horn, we have a woman governor that has shown great leadership
> in maintaining social distancing. However, our literacy is among the lowest
> in the country and push back from deniers and conspiracy theorists has been
> ugly. Infection rates have been disproportionately high among Native
> Americans, particularly Navajos and some Pueblos, though death rates of
> those infected are highest among whites.
> Henry
>
>
> On May 14, 2020, at 3:26 PM, Annalisa Aguilar <annalisa@unm.edu> wrote:
>
> Hello fellow XMCArs,
>
> I thought this might be some good news, given all the bad news:
>
> https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/may/14/the-coronavirus-slayer-how-keralas-rock-star-health-minister-helped-save-it-from-covid-19__;!!Mih3wA!TOYLrIbIoMUPIg2I2quh69nZO2PaFth2uBAbLuBXu2ssgS0zgryeVH2qzhll7XbCIST4YA$ 
> <https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/may/14/the-coronavirus-slayer-how-keralas-rock-star-health-minister-helped-save-it-from-covid-19__;!!Mih3wA!RAnIW6xakWlcpoAdSD60QoISzUuvaSLK2gt0Bz_1yF6CoLAllQJIymq_dnTmbsimDRDT9Q$>
>
> Cheers,
>
> Annalisa
>
>
>
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