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Crisis and Contagion

Conversations on Capitalism and Covid-19

Crisis and Contagion is a selection of fourteen interviews conducted by Ian McKay of the Wilson Institute at McMaster University. Interviews with Nancy Fraser, Mike Davis, Mack Penner, Andreas … 324 View

Spin Doctors

How Media and Politicians Misdiagnosed the Covid-19 Pandemic

As Canada was in the grips of the worst pandemic in a century, Canadian media struggled to tell the story. Newsrooms, already run on threadbare budgets, struggled to make broader connections that … 417 View
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The Killer’s Henchman

Capitalism and the Covid-19 Disaster

Summer 2021, the novel coronavirus is scything through populations worldwide. WHO Director-General Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus announces the Covid-19 pandemic will end “when the world … 280 View
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Introduction

From: Spin Doctors

In the introduction to her book, Loreto describes where she was when the Covid-19 pandemic had hit Canada. Loreto briefly describes roles journalists and politicians played in feeding a specific … 14 $1.40 Add
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Introduction

From: Crisis and Contagion

In the introduction to this book, Ian McKay discussed the COVID-19 pandemic and its political and social impacts. McKay introduces the concept of this book and lists some of the interviewees. 12 $1.20 Add
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Preface

From: The Killer's Henchman

The author explores the global reaction to and handling of the Covid-19 pandemic. 7 $0.70 Add
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An Interview with Nancy Fraser

From: Crisis and Contagion

In this chapter, Ian McKay interviews Nancy Fraser. Fraser offers an insightful analysis of how capitalism neoliberal politics facilitated the COVID-19 pandemic. Fraser offers a conception of … 23 $2.30 Add
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Chapter 1: The Killer

From: The Killer's Henchman

The author discusses Covid-19 and its science, the measures put in place to stop it, some pandemic history and science, pandemic risks, globalization, lab-manipulated viruses (PPP research) and … 29 $2.90 Add
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March 2020: The Pandemic Emerges

From: Spin Doctors

In this chapter, Loreto discusses the first Covid-19 cases in Canada and examines the way Covid-19 was portrayed by politicians and the media during this time. 21 $2.10 Add
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An Interview with Mike Davis

From: Crisis and Contagion

Ian McKay interviews Marxist thinker, Mike Davis. Davis discusses what factors contributed to the global spread of COVID-19 and the varying responses from governments during the outbreak. Davis … 19 $1.90 Add
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April 2020: Disaster in Residential Care

From: Spin Doctors

This chapter examines how Covid-19 impacted aged care facilities and residential homes. Loreto explores how politicians contributed to the rising death tolls of Canada’s elderly population, … 27 $2.70 Add
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Chapter 2: The Response

From: The Killer's Henchman

The author discusses the response to Covid-19 with particularly attention to the United States and China. Topics include vaccines, public health and social measures, the approaches of countries … 36 $3.60 Add
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Mohamed El-Erian in Conversation with Rudyard Griffiths

April 23, 2020

From: The World After Covid

Mohamed El-Erian and Rudyard Griffiths discuss Covid-19 and its impact on the global economy. Topics include global economy, responses to and management of the Covid crisis, entanglement of the … 13 $1.30 Add
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An Interview With Mack Penner

From: Crisis and Contagion

In this chapter, Ian McKay interviews Mack Penner about issues relating to COVID-19. Penner is a PhD candidate whose studies focus on the history of neoliberalism and neoconservatism in Canada. … 24 $2.40 Add
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Chapter 3: The Capitalists’ State

From: The Killer's Henchman

This chapter asks who it is that made the decisions on how to respond to the pandemic (if to respond at all) and what their interests are. The author explores the domination of governments around … 35 $3.50 Add
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May 2020: COVID-19 Hits Food Processing Industries

From: Spin Doctors

This chapter covers how Covid-19 impacted food processing industries. Loreto examines how the workers in grocery stores, factories, and plants were "hailed as frontline heroes and treated as … 21 $2.10 Add