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
Have heavy crime tape restrictions in place and heavy restrictions on any foreigners trying to enter china and this is simply chinas why of dealing with what they believe could be a 2nd wave of infections 180 cases its certainly not a Great Development but china would say its particularly in recovery mode at this stage compared to the rest of the world but there have been a number of questions about the accuracy of these figures coming out of china weve had last week a senior british minister Michael Goves questioning tried as transparency about the effectiveness of this particular virus and present donald trump has also said he questions the number of deaths he said the death toll is on the light side looking at the overall figures coming out of china the total number of deaths of 3343. 00 so thats certainly low in comparison to the rest of the world and 83134 cases of the crowd a virus infection so this is why the questions are appearing and increasing about chinas transparency and i
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 from malcolm x. To John Lennon Tariq Ali joins us from his north london home via skype 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 fight. Its difficult to come out on the streets because of the nature of this but i make sure i take what you have been to make actually teaches is that the system under which we live it is. Belief law. And it does not alter the worlds fut
Are being affected dramatically by covert 19 was it originated in china but by march it was clear the coronavirus was a global problem. Italy altered a National Lockdown 2 days later the World Health Organization made a red declaration deeply concerned by the alarming levels of spread and severity and by the island mean the level of this action. We have that for a man to be an assessment that 19 can be contacted i used as a pandemic when the w. H. O. Declared a pandemic all march the 11th there was a total of 118000 cases globally nearly 4300 people had died but 90 percent of those infected with hiv 19 were in just 4 countries china south korea italy and iran a month later much has changed the number of known infections is approaching 2000000 across more than 180 countries and around 100000 people have died the United States has more confirmed cases than any other country wealthy nations with sophisticated Health Care Systems have struggled to contain the virus so what chances that the
A majority of the people thats the lesson to be drawn after the virus has been tackled there and should if i may just say one of the countries that are shown no panic because it is bad for these claims is the tiny island of cuba where cruise ships which are not allowed to land anywhere on joke anywhere jocking in cuba being greeted by the population most all and are being treated by the doctors and the cubans are sending free medicines all over africa now that is the model whereas in the west this didnt come to sight whether to maintain sanctions against iran or venezuela which is totally and completely disgusting then this is still going on when those in higher world is facing this crisis in fairness to our struggles Foreign Office and the stand that the British Government have thanked for the. Cuban government for taking the ship or the braemar into port but certainly no condemnation from here about the u. S. Sanctions on the island i want to get on to some of those other issues a bi