COVID-19: Economics of the Pandemic

Featuring the latest in activist campaigns and struggles against oppression fighting for a better world with anti-capitalist analysis on current affairs and international politics. NewsreportsDiscussion and analysis of the following news items from the presenters Jacob, Chloe & ZaneUp to 300'000 left homeless by the explosion in Beirut https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2020/08/lebanon-eyes-state-emergency-deadly-beirut-blast-live-200804234925493.html?fbclid=IwAR1WoeCt04C7m-mjl8QbeQRq4srz4jef9p_4G1eYKLbdHgpPbX3-r6zb7OI83,000 casual jobs in Victoria at risk as shutdown and jobkeeper exclusions bite https://www.theguardian.com/business/2020/aug/06/83000-casual-jobs-in-victoria-at-risk-as-shutdown-and-jobkeeper-exclusions-bite?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other&fbclid=IwAR0Vq0Kxdw2N8s-MrnPFnwa2N-iCO_cgWS9tLihea6zgxr0_CTSRPmGJCRAInterviews and DiscussionsA interview and discussion with Alison Pennington a senior economist with the Centre for Future Work which is a initative of the Australian Institute that conducts public policy research on a broad range of economical, social and enviornmental issues about the economical implications of the COVID-19 pandemic on Australia, how it disproportionately impacts on the working class, what are the limitations of the Federal Government's post-covid recovery plan and what is the alternative? You can listen to the interview here.A recording of a speech by Pauline Galvin from the Sue Bolton Moreland Team campaign meeting on July 18th who is a candidate for the upcoming council elections in October for the South Ward in Moreland Council.