USA

COVID is America’s Chernobyl

bernans — Sat, 29 Aug 2020 16:50:35 +0000

The failed state will still be a failed state after November 3

The ravages wreaked by COVID-19 across the United States have been facilitated by the short-sighted, highly partisan and incompetent Trump administration and the bizarre racist ravings of the narcissist-in-chief at its head. But this is not Trump’s failure. This is America’s failure, or more accurately, it is the failure of the corporate-dominated failed state that rules the USA.

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CKUT's Off the Hour: Irene and Katrina: Any Lessons?

CKUT News — Thu, 01 Sep 2011 22:05:54 +0000

Interview with Jordan Flaherty, author of Floodlines

CKUT's Tom McNeil spoke with Jordan Flaherty, author of Floodlines, from New York City, post-Irene, to talk about six years after the other major hurricane to rip into a well-known American city – Hurrican Katrina. He helped us answer the questions: how do Katrina and Irene compare and how do we prevent the devastation and injustice still rampant in New Orleans.

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CKUT's Off the Hour: Pulling Out? France, Canada and the US in Afghanistan

CKUT News — Tue, 30 Aug 2011 19:22:30 +0000

Interview with Raymond Legault, Echec a la Guerre

CKUT spoke with Raymond Legault, spokesperson for the organization Echec a la Guerre, a broad-based anti-war coalition in Montreal. Raymond takes a look back on ten years of fighting and explains why Echec a la Guerre stands firm in their opposition to military intervention in Afghanistan.

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