Covid-19 and the Impact on Community of Color
We speak with Kevin Powell and Jack Hayman about the impacts of Covid-19 on vulnerable communities.
COVID 19
5/4/20 Uncertainty, Anxiety, and Resilience
With the Covid-19 Pandemic, anxiety about our health, safety, and future is high! It’s hard to relax when there is so much uncertainty. Join Nurse Rona and Jennifer Shannon, LMFT, to discuss ways to manage anxiety and build resilience.
We speak with Kali Akuno in Jackson Mississippi about May Day activities. Later Davey D joins activists in the streets as they strike to protest working conditions during the coronavirus pandemic. And lastly, we speak with four youth activists from Youth vs Apocalypse about the connection between Climate Justice and May Day. And how they … Continued
Corona Man: Stay Home and Poor News Network
we speak with the producers of Corona Man: Stay Home a anti reopen video short protesting Georgia’s Governor decision to reopen the state. And later poor news network examines America’s war on the poor.
Labor Movements in the Face of Capitalism
We speak with International Longshore Warehouse Union (ILWU) activists Trent Willis and Clarence Thomas about covid-19 and labor concerns, and planned May Day actions.
CoronaStrike and Covid-19’s Impact on Oakland’s Flatlands
We speak with activist Yolian Ogbu from University of North Texas about the plans she and other organizers have for a May Day Corona Strike. We speak with journalist Rasheed Shabazz about the impact Corona Virus is having on East Oakland.
Georgia To Reopen and The Impact of Covid-19 on Africa and the United States
We speak with George Chidi, the editor of the Decaturish about Georgia’s plan to lift the shelter-in-place order on April 30. We discuss the risk to public safety and the financially motivated reasons Gov. Brian Kemp is undeterred by public criticism regarding his decision. We speak with former political prisoner Dhoruba al-Mujahid bin Wahad about … Continued
We continue our conversation from yesterday with Kev Choice, Ryan Nicole, Kareaga Bailey, and Jennifer Johns about the role art plays in healing people during this pandemic. We highlight the newly released album Social Distancing. Later we speak with Isha Clarke from Youth Vs. Apocalyse about Earth Day 2020.
Two historic global economic contractions almost within a decade of each other would have been hard to fathom, if we weren’t living through them. Marxist geographer Richard Walker examines the shape of the United States and world economies during the coronavirus. He also discusses the effects of the crisis on the fossil fuel industry and … Continued
We talk about the role art plays in healing people during this pandemic. We highlight the newly released album Social Distancing by Kev Choice and Friends.