Context by saying the starting point for the discussion of Global Police state needs to be this severe crisis of global capitalism the pandemic didnt create the crisis it only made it much worse and in talking about Global Police state theres 2 dimensions i want to highlight one is the structural technically we call it over accumulation but its a crisis of chronic stagnation in the Global Economy and the 2nd dimension of that crisis is is political this one of state legitimacy and capitalist henschel money so i need 3 things by Global Police state and the 1st is we see the deepening and the extension worldwide of transnational systems of social control of repression militaries asian and warfare all around the world and we see that in order to contain the real and the potential rebellion of what i call in the book surplus humanity and the mess of the downwardly mobile and destabilized and concrete in the impoverished global working class and you know very quickly. The International Labo
From trevors couch in new york city to your couch somewhere in the world, this is the daily social distancing show with Trevor Noah Trevor lets kick things off with the Supreme Court. The worlds most exclusive retirement moment in. The meet aftermath of Ruth Bader Ginsburgs death, mitch mcconnell, Senate Majority leader and failed attempt at baking bread, has announced that he would allow President Trump to nominate her replacement, even though he had blocked barack obama from appointing Merrick Garland during an election year, but democrats still held a shred of hopet that they could persuade four moderate g. O. P. Senators to show some integrity and stick to their principles, and that hope lasted almost a full day and a half. Senate Majority Leader Mitch Mcconnell secured zero votes to move ahead with the appointment of the Supreme Court. Mitt romney said trevor yes, my friends, even mitt romney, the dad you ask when your other republican dads say no is going along with Mitch Mcconne
Lasted almost a full day and a half. Senate Majority Leader Mitch Mcconnell secured zero votes to move ahead with the appointment of the Supreme Court. Mitt romney said trevor yes, my friends, even mitt romney, the dad you ask when your other republican dads say no is going along with Mitch Mcconnells plan. And i know, some people were holding out hope that he would refuse to help the republicans push through before the election, but for some reason people always forget mitt romney is still a conservative senator from one of the most conservative states. People think mitt romney came into the senate with a pussy hat on but, no. Getting a majority on the Supreme Court is what romney and other republicans have been dreaming about for 50 years. On his bedroom wall growing up, he had a poster of superman, a horse and an empty seat on the Supreme Court. Theres nothing democrats can do to stop mcconnell. Now they get revenge. The democratic leadership vowing to fight back even considering in
Could send coronavirus cases surging. The grim prediction about the death count, plus, rising cases at universities and this morning, how some drugmakers will join forces to make sure only a safe vaccine is approved. Hand sanitizer warning. The mother who says she was burned after using an off brand product. Then lighting a candle. And then the explosion happened that in a matter of two seconds lit my entire body on fire. What the cdc is saying about incidents like this. And back on the gridiron. College football returning with new Safety Measures in place. How the action will look different and the new testing that could be a game changer. But will we get through an entire season . Hey, good morning. Happy saturday. Were very happy to have whit back at the desk after a vacation. Good to be back. Welcome back, my friend. Were going to start here with the overnight breaking news. Protests on both sides of the country. Portland, oregon marking 100 days with calls for social justice and r
Mars. We have been in the bay area for about going on 30 years and weve never seen anything like this. Just unreal. This is unprecedented. And why this smoke may increase your risk of catching a viruslike covid19. What it does to people with healthy lungs is increases the risk of infection. Right now on the kpix 5 news at 7 00 and streaming on cbsn bay area, bay area landmarks like you have never seen them before. The golden gate bridge, bay bridge of course, lake merritt, the dish in palo alto and huber tower at stanford, all with a backdrop of orange, smoke and ash. Good evening, i am elizabeth cook. The question tonight, will everything still look orange tomorrow . It looks like hell i would describe it. Somebody described it as an apocalyptic since this morning on a test from a friend. Erie, i guess is how i would describe it. I looked outside and it looks like doomsday. You can tell something is horribly going wrong. Where is this coming from . Fires to the north exploding in size