Category: Shows
How coronavirus defeated the US (w/ Vijay Prashad)
Lee sits down with Vijay Prashad, executive director of Tricontinental: Institute for Social Research. They discuss how the US failed in the face of the Covid-19 pandemic, the growing cohort of working people who’ve been dubbed the ‘precariat’ because of their precarious employment, what people can do to help limit this crisis, and how foreign countries such as India and Cuba are handling it. …
The News with Rick Sanchez – April 30, 2020
China claims that it expelled a US Navy ship called the USS Barry from its “territorial waters” in the South China Sea on Tuesday and went on to condemn Washington’s “provocative acts.” The US, who does not recognize China’s claim to the area, defended the USS Barry’s “freedom of navigation” operation went according to plan and sent the USS Bunker Hill through the contested waters on the following day. …
The News with Rick Sanchez – April 29, 2020
The US has been increasing its military presence in Alaska and has resumed moving its fleet of F-35 fighter planes to the state. A recent video showed the US chasing a Russian surveillance away from Alaskan airspace. Rick Sanchez discusses the incredibly close proximity of Alaska to Russia and the decades of attrition there. …