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Naomi Klein: Black Lives Matter & the Pandemic, Gregg Gonsalves: Vaccine Politics; Ella Taylor

Naomi Klein: Black Lives Matter & the Pandemic, Gregg Gonsalves: Vaccine Politics; Ella Taylor

FromLiving in the USA


Naomi Klein: Black Lives Matter & the Pandemic, Gregg Gonsalves: Vaccine Politics; Ella Taylor

FromLiving in the USA

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Length:
56 minutes
Released:
Aug 13, 2020
Format:
Podcast episode

Description

The pandemic has slowed the speed of life under capitalism, Naomi Klein suggests in her recent conversation with Katrina vanden Heuvel—and that has created greater empathy and solidarity, expressed in the unprecedented support for the Movement for Black Lives. But the “Screen New Deal”—the virtual classroom and workplace—are bringing greater isolation and increasing corporate power.
Also: Trump’s rushing to develop a vaccine and declare victory over Covid-19 just before the November election – whether or not the current research, “Operation Warp Speed,” has succeeded. Gregg Gonsalves explains the challenges to the researchers, and the dangers posed by Trump: an ineffective vaccine that will create more resistance and skepticism about future vaccines. Gregg teaches epidemiology at Yale School of Public Health. He’s also the winner of a MacArthur genius fellowship.
Plus Ella Taylor talks about the new film “Boy’s State” – it’s about 1100 teenage boys in Texas brought together by the American Legion to organize a state government. And no, it’s not a horror movie – it’s a documentary.
Finally, Your Minnesota Moment: Ilhan Omar defeats a well-funded opponent.
Released:
Aug 13, 2020
Format:
Podcast episode

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Talking about politics, thinking about the Left. Hosted by Jon Wiener, co-author of "Set the Night on Fire: L.A. in the Sixties," contributing editor at The Nation, and broadcast live at KPFK 90.7FM in LA Thursdays at 4.