Coronavirus and Class War is a series of discussions and stories of workers on the frontline who are speaking out and stepping up where the state and federal government are failing, in this unprecedented health crisis. Airs every Thursday beginning April 23, 2020 at 7:30 pm et. on WBAI 99.5 fm and at 8pm on soundcloud and other streaming platforms.
Carlos and Mel speak with Josie, an organizer with Take Back the Bronx, an organization of Bronxites who are organizing for community control, to discuss the looting that unfolded in the Bronx and Queens, the tensions it created in the movement and try to answer who is really looting in the Bronx?
Read MoreLupita and Julian speak with Bianca Cunningham, participant of some of the initial protests in the nationwide uprising for Black Lives and a member of the AfroSocialist and Socialist of Color Caucus of the Democratic Socialist of America, about what New York City protests have looked like, why they feel different from the protests of 2014 and what she thinks of the way its all being handled by the police and the people in power.
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