Thursday April 16th 2020 0
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Today on the Show As the Coronavirus ravages the globe, it’s seems a perfect time for the Israeli state to expand its already vast surveillance powers. Also as South Dakota is ravaged by multiple outbreaks of Covid19, we’ll got to Sioux Falls to get a report on the impact of hundreds of workers and their families: and we’ll have a follow up on the hundreds of Filipino sailors who are being held captIve on cruise ships off shore in California
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Today on the Show: Are the crew members of the Grand Princess who are demanding COVID-19 tests, being held captive as the cruise ship remains docked in San Francisco? Also we’ll talk to a Yemen-American epidemiologist about the what’s happening in her homeland, where people are facing off with the COVID-19 pandemic, in the middle of a vicious war, a cholera epidemic, and famine. And Emmy Award Filmmaker John Pilger reports on the Pandemic from Sidney, Australia
Today on the Show: A new national study asserts that 7.3 Million people are Likely to lose health coverage by June 30. Also, The California Domestic Workers Coalition kick-off a statewide campaign to pass the Health and Safety for All Workers Act , a bill to end the exclusion of domestic workers from CAL/OSHA. Vote and die in Wisconsin and Bernie Sanders end his campaign for president but not for social change.
Today on the Show: The hungry and the homeless fight for their lives in Santa Cruz. And poetry to help you endure the Pandemic. Well feature the awarding-winning poet, Carolyn Forche, reading from her powerful ew book of poems, In the Lateness of the World, the first in 17 yearswell also feature and in-depth conversation about her work and her life as a frontline human rights activist
Today on the Show: The California Domestic Workers Coalition will introduce a new statewide campaign to pass legislation to end the exclusion of domestic workers from CAL/OSHA. Also, labor, community groups, and Grand Princess workers raise major safety demands After the death of a Filipino Grand Princess Crew-member. And why is the U.S. sending warships to the shores of Venezuela during a pandemic?
Today on the Show: We explore a key reason behind the lethal shortage of ventilators. Also, how do you protect yourself against the coronavirus without running water? we’ll look at the plight of farmworkers in the face of the Pandemic. And we’ll get an update on the Virus in the Gaza Strip
