Tag: Coronavirus

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How coronavirus defeated the US (w/ Vijay Prashad)

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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. … Read More >How coronavirus defeated the US (w/ Vijay Prashad)

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Macron warns life ‘won’t be back to normal’ as Covid-19 forces French to find new way of ‘social distance’ protest

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France’s president has said that the national recovery would need to be ‘organized,’ in a speech at the Elysee Palace as the country celebrated a subdued Labor Day, while movement in the country remains tightly restricted. … Read More >Macron warns life ‘won’t be back to normal’ as Covid-19 forces French to find new way of ‘social distance’ protest

Categories Asia & Pacific

WHO’s not invited? World Health Organization seeks permission to participate in China’s investigation into Covid-19 origins

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The World Health Organization (WHO) has said that Beijing is investigating the origins of the novel coronavirus that first appeared in Wuhan, but the agency has so far been prevented from participating in the probe. … Read More >WHO’s not invited? World Health Organization seeks permission to participate in China’s investigation into Covid-19 origins