Worlds most famous publisher Julian Assange and also more coming up in todays going on the ground but lets go straight to one of the greatest living political activists and writers who has inspired antiwar figures were malcolm x. To John Lennon Tariq Ali joins us from his north london home via skype jack thanks so much for coming on the program i have to declare an interest because you brought me to channel 4 in the 1980 s. And you were my boss but what would you say now to the millions who have been inspired by your work the fight for freedom and justice that youve undertaken in your life what would you say to them who are now profoundly pessimistic about the neoliberal response to a pandemic let alone gross inequality around the world well basically. We find. Difficult to come out on the street because the nature of this but i make but i think what you have been to make actually teaches is that the system under which we live. Is a proof found relief a lot and it does not alter the. F
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Morning well thanks for joining us here on out international. And we start this hour with the latest news of course on the pandemic the corona virus has now claimed more than 11000 lives worldwide with the number of confirmed cases hitting 275000. Its only suffered its highest number of coronavirus deaths in a single day on friday with 627 people losing their lives in all the pandemics now killed more than 4000 italians in the beach ends a region one of the worst hit provinces the large scale loss of life is even put a strain on Funeral Homes from a tour of said that they may not be able to take any more coffins due to lack of capacity. And obviously this situation creates an abnormal amount bringing us to an emergency phase making us very likely to hold for a few days in order to be able to recover some space. Forced to use our premises dedicated for the final farewell as you can see this farewell room has become a provisional space. While italy remains in lockdown soldiers patrol the