This is Allison and I am here with Brett and as you know, we are recording this in very

strange circumstance that I don't know if there's a ton of historical parallel for before

but we'll discuss it some.

So we figured that in the midst of this coronavirus or COVID-19 pandemic, it would do good for

us to sort of use our platform to talk about this, talk about what is happening, what it

all means from our perspective as Marxists, how we can respond to it and just sort of

how to wrap our minds around this really intense and difficult to understand thing.

I know for me personally, I'm having a hard time just processing some of what's happening

here in California under lockdown and I'm sure that other people are as well so I'm

hoping we'll be able to sort of all come together and at least get some ideas out around

this.

Yeah, definitely.

You know, I'm here in Nebraska.

I know the coasts have been shut down more intensely than the Midwest but it's obviously

hitting here.

I have a good friend who I actually, I work with sometimes do day labor gigs with who,

you know, I've seen in the last month who just got diagnosed with COVID-19 after coming

back from Georgia and to hear, to hear firsthand his experiences engaging with the healthcare

system, trying to get the test, getting charged for getting the test, trying to get a

hold of a doctor after being confirmed that he has it and not being able to get a hold

of a doctor.

It's really highlighting just how incapable our healthcare system is to take on this

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