To restore the u. S. Position as world leader at a time of unprecedented crisis. Government must make tough choices. The u. K. Treasury chief cuts foreign aid looking for savings to support the coronavirus ravaged economy. And people around the world protest to end violence against women as the u. N. Highlights what its calling a shadow pandemic. We begin in northern ethiopia, where after nearly 3 weeks of fighting a deadline imposed by the Central Government 40 Ground Forces to surrender is said to expire. No, around 30 minutes. The federal army has surrounded to Grace Capital and this threatening the use of artillery on the city of 500000, people to gray and lead, deny allegations that fighters have begun surrendering. If you piers Prime Minister ahmed is asking the world not to interfere. He says, while we appreciate and understand the interest of the International Community to assist the ongoing Law Enforcement operations, we would also like to underscore that this must be dire acc
This government must make tough choices. The u. K. Treasury chief cuts foreign aid looking for savings to support the coronavirus ravaged economy and people around the world protest to end violence against women. As the u. N. Highlights what its calling a shadow. And make a statement with your support. Tenniss Australian Open looks likely to be delayed because of a dispute over how close we quarantine when they get to melbourne. Its 15 g. M. T. And we start in northern ethiopia, where after nearly 3 weeks of fighting a deadline, imposed by the Central Government for the Ground Forces to surrender is set to expire in an hour and a half. The federal army has surrounded the grays capital mccalla and is threatening the use of artillery on the city of 500000. People to grow in leaders deny allegations their fighters have begun surrendering if europe is Prime Minister abu ahmed is, are asking the world not to interfere. He says, while we appreciate and understand the interest of the Internat
So i mean 3 things by Global Police state and the 1st as we see the deepening the and the extension worldwide of transnational systems of social control of repression military zation 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 congressionally impoverished global working class and you know very quickly the International Labor organization has already reported that one 3rd of humanity that 2000000000 people in the world are at this point a what i call surplus humanity structurally marginalized unemployed that have to scratch out a living in an informal economy which is deteriorating and collapsing and then another 1300000000 workers in the world work in extremely precarious condition so we have one half of humanity is in this and misery deteriorate i think over the fate youre immediately talking about cost if you went. This p
British Army Techniques employed in illegal british wars like the one in iraq were honed in all star the new book traces the past present and future of state coersion and its critical connection to Global Capital joining me now from los angeles is the author of the Global Police state Professor William i robinson thank you so much for coming on we got a hint arguably of the Global Police state from wiki leaks they released the iraq war logs 10 years ago this week this month what is the Global Police state the title of your book i mean 3 things by Global Police state but let me put that in 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 that accumulation but its a crisis of chronic stagnation in the Global Economy and 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 mean 3 things but Global Police state and the 1st as we see the deepening the 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 Labor organization has already reported that one 3rd of humanity that 2000000000 people in the world are at this point a what i call surplus humanity struck. Mar