Recession is considered to be the worst economic downturn since the 1929 great depression. Im Richelle Carey and coburn 1000 measures halt International Trade shut down airports and bankrupt businesses tens of millions of people have lost their jobs. And for many being unemployed in the middle of a pandemic means not only losing their income but it also means losing access to health care so how can governments protect their workers and rebuild their economy the director general of the International Labor Organization Guy Ryder talks to al jazeera. Mr guy writer director general of the International Labor organization thank you so much for your time it has been said that we are all and this together but we are not this pandemic does not affect everyone the same as a condom is started to to shut down country after country after country what was your immediate thought about what this would mean for for workers for laborers. Well i think absolutely right in what you say we are all in this
Will have a lot more better strategy used to control it but certainly this is a more political and environmental and societal issue so it requires attacking animal to skill level charlie we 20 seconds for you please. Yeah i think we just need to. Get back to normal soon as possible from protesting. And a bit more common sense you know that Michael Moore is talking about social distancing and mark some flights and things like that common sense and wake the anti garble drugs which seem to be very effective what i hear frank. Well the key thing is Political Leadership not hiding behind big scientific words but basically deciding where you want to be a year or 2 from now and once you know what the goal of society is then you can decide how we can get there how we can develop the strategies and the medical solutions to provide us with a bridge to get from here to a Better Future emeritus professor of sociology diversity of kent professor frank freddy economic and financial come here Charlie
Jackson bookstore. Good evening everyone. Thank you for coming out tonight to 1611 jackson looks at the seaport. We are happy you came out and tonight we are c celebrating the release of me on the future democratic socialism american style. We are excited to have with us kate aronoff and michael the del smith. Witnessing the current resurgence of the democratic socialism in the United States is exemplified by the growing membership democratic socialists of america and the popularity of politicians like Bernie Sanders and the aoc committee explore how this energy might be channeled to achieve a future that is more democratic, egalitarian, inclusive and environmentally sustainable. In the age of trump and beyond. So let me introduce our guest tonight, journalist kate aronoff postlight writing has appeared in the guardiancombination of dissent, jacqueline and the New York Times and she is a coeditor othecoeditor of we one democratic socialism american style with peter dreier and she lives
Tonight we are celebrating the release of lyons the scripture we on the future. We will discuss how capitalism is a failure to the workingclass. For those marginalized communities. With democratic socialism in the United States and by the growing membership of democratic socialist and the popularity of Bernie Sanders and representative of causey of cortez to show a future that is more democratic inclusive and environmentally sustainable. In the age of trump and beyond. Let me introduce our guest writing in the guardian and the nation and the New York Times and is a coeditor of we own the future democratic socialism and she lives in brooklyn. Michael smith author of New York Times bestseller invisible man got the whole world watching he has written for the New York Times the atlantic, the paris review author of the new republic and the guardian and has been a featured commentator on npr and bbc radio cnn, msnbc and also lives in brooklyn so now we will turn it over to our guests. After
Communities. With democratic socialism in the United States and by the growing membership of democratic socialist and the popularity of Bernie Sanders and representative of causey of cortez to show a future that is more democratic inclusive and environmentally sustainable. In the age of trump and beyond. Let me introduce our guest writing in the guardian and the nation and the New York Times and is a coeditor of we own the future democratic socialism and she lives in brooklyn. Michael smith author of New York Times bestseller invisible man got the whole world watching he has written for the New York Times the atlantic, the paris review author of the new republic and the guardian and has been a featured commentator on npr and bbc radio cnn, msnbc and also lives in brooklyn so now we will turn it over to our guests. After the discussion there will be some words from Michael Bennett later there will be q a and after that there will be a book signing when q a happens i will come back up an