Stephen Lewis — Commentaries by Stephen Lewis

Week in Review 271

October 13, 2020: The Human Rights Council is responsible for human rights around the globe, yet its elected members are some of the world’s worst human rights violators.

Video CommentaryAFW CommsOctober 13, 2020Stephen Lewis, HIV, AIDS, United Nations, Human Rights Council, Geneva

Week in Review 269

September 28, 2020: Inequality looms as the race for COVID-19 vaccines heats up.

Video CommentaryAFW CommsSeptember 29, 2020Stephen Lewis, COVID-19, vaccine, imperialism, coronavirus, TB, Malaria, HIV

Week in Review 218

April 12, 2019: The International Criminal Court has decided not to open a formal investigation of alleged US war crimes in Afghanistan. For shame.

Video CommentaryAFW CommsApril 12, 2019Stephen Lewis, ICC, Justice, International Criminal Court, Afghanistan, War Crimes, USA, US, Superpower, World Superpower, International Politics, Global Politics

Week in Review 217

April 5, 2019: Threatening Brunei’s wealth could curb its viciousness.

Video CommentaryAFW CommsApril 5, 2019Stephen Lewis, Brunei, LGBTQ

Week in Review 216

March 29, 2019: The mounting dangers of the Trump presidency.

(Filmed March 28, 2019)

Video CommentaryAFW CommsMarch 29, 2019Stephen Lewis, Donald Trump, Robert Mueller, United States, America, presidency

Week in Review 215

March 22, 2019: World TB Day 2019 should mark the beginning of the end of tuberculosis.

(Filmed March 21, 2019)

Video CommentaryAFW CommsMarch 22, 2019Stephen Lewis, tuberculosis, multi-drug-resistant tuberculosis, The Lancet, The Lancet Report, World Health Organization, WHO

Week in Review 214

March 15, 2019: Only swift and determined action will save humanity from the self-created disaster of climate change.

Video CommentaryAFW CommsMarch 15, 2019Stephen Lewis, climate change, climate, climate disaster, Green New Deal

Week in Review 213

March 8, 2019: UNAIDS’ most horrifying statistics demand attention — and not just on International Women’s Day.

Video CommentaryAFW CommsMarch 8, 2019Stephen Lewis, International Women's Day, HIV, UNAIDS, AIDS, women, women and girls

Week in Review 212

March 1, 2019: Stephen Lewis comments on an Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre report that reveals the staggering economic cost of internal displacement.

Video CommentaryAFW CommsMarch 1, 2019IDPs, Internal Displacement, economy, foreign aid, Stephen Lewis

Week in Review 211

February 22, 2019: Stephen Lewis comments on the pernicious resilience of anti-Semitism.

(Filmed February 21, 2019)

Video CommentaryAFW CommsFebruary 22, 2019State of the Union, HIV, End HIV, AIDS, Stephen Lewis, vaccine, madrid, prevention, hiv prevention, broadly neutralizing antibodies

Week in Review 210

February 15, 2019: Trump's phony promise to end HIV and AIDS in the United States "and beyond."

(Filmed February 14, 2019)

Video CommentaryAFW CommsFebruary 15, 2019State of the Union, HIV, End HIV, AIDS, Stephen Lewis, vaccine, madrid, prevention, hiv prevention, broadly neutralizing antibodies

Week in Review 209

February 8, 2019: Trump's opaque 'commitment' to end AIDS, and cause for real optimism from science. (Filmed February 7, 2019)

Video CommentaryAFW CommsFebruary 8, 2019State of the Union, HIV, End HIV, AIDS, Stephen Lewis, vaccine, madrid, prevention, hiv prevention, broadly neutralizing antibodies

Week in Review 208

February 1, 2019: Stephen Lewis marvels at the unanimous election of anti-women governments to the board of UN Women. (Filmed January 31, 2019)

Video CommentaryAFW CommsFebruary 1, 2019commentary, Stephen Lewis, Gender, Gender Gap, UN Women, Yemen, United Nations, UN, António Guterres

Week in Review 207

January 25, 2019: Stephen Lewis comments on the annual World Economic Forum in Davos and the ever-widening gap between the rich and the poor. (Filmed January 24, 2019)

Video CommentaryAFW CommsJanuary 25, 2019commentary, Stephen Lewis, Davos, World Economic Forum

Week in Review 206

January 18, 2019: From terrorists to dictators to kleptocrats, Stephen Lewis catalogues the post-colonial anarchists who've become Africa's latest oppressors. (Filmed on January 17, 2019)

Week in Review 205

January 11, 2019: Stephen Lewis laments UN Secretary-General António Guterres’ timidity in response to a range of global outrages. (Filmed on January 10, 2019)

Week in Review 204

January 4, 2019: In his first commentary since July, Stephen Lewis returns with his thoughts on international politics in 2019 and an unexpected glimmer of hope. (Filmed on January 3, 2019)

Video CommentaryAFW CommsJanuary 4, 2019video commentary, Stephen Lewis, commentary, US, Trump, Donald Trump, South Africa, election, democracy, canada, refugees, refugee, optimism, Syria, Yemen, Security Council, climate change

Documentary

A new documentary film by AIDS-Free World: The drugs Bedaquiline and Delamanid can mean the difference between life and death for people suffering from the worst and most noxious strain of tuberculosis in the world, MDR-TB. The government of India has restricted access to the drugs for its 140,000 MDR-TB sufferers. South Africa has made a different choice for 20,000 MDR-TB patients. The consequences are profound.