NAOMI KLEIN : CORONAVIRUS CAPITALISM - AND HOW TO BEAT IT

GOVERNMENTS AROUND the world are busily exploiting the coronavirus crisis to push for no-strings-attached corporate bailouts and regulatory rollbacks.

‘I've spent two decades studying the transformations that take place under the cover of disaster,” says Naomi Klein. ‘I’ve learned that one thing we can count on is this: During moments of cataclysmic change, the previously unthinkable suddenly becomes reality.’

In recent decades, that change has mainly been for the worst — but this has not always been the case. And it need not continue to be in the future.

This crisis - like earlier ones - could well be the catalyst to shower aid on the wealthiest interests in society, including those most responsible for our current vulnerabilities, while offering next to nothing to the most workers, wiping out small family savings and shuttering small businesses. But as this video shows, many are already pushing back — and that story hasn’t been written yet.