This Week on COVID, Race and Democracy…Vaccine Profits and Anti Asian Hate

Rally to stop Asian hate, McPherson Square, D.C. 3/21/21. Photo by Victoria Pickering

As the pharmaceutical industry rakes in extraordinary profits during the pandemic, most of the global south still has no access to a vaccine.Also, an update on the health of journalist, author, political prisoner and former Black Panther, Mumia Abu Jamal.

Kent Wong of the UCLA Labor Center speaks about anti-Asian racist attacks, the role of both major political parties and corporate media.

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