May 30, 2020
Let's talk about China and COVID-19! Let's take a look at western imperialism at the root of the current media war on China! Let's visit a wet market with our grandmas! In this episode of the Deathnography Podcast, I speak with three guests about these topics. Amanda (@catcontentonly) breaks down the American ideological state apparatuses known as "The New York Times" and "The Washington Post." Vijay Prashad tells us how pandemics are racialized, historically, and gives us a chronology of early Chinese responses to this Coronavirus. Justin Kong reports on sinophobia faced by Chinese Canadians.
If you want to support the organizations mentioned by Amanda and Justin:
https://ca.gofundme.com/f/emergency-stirfry-mealsonwheels-for-seniors
Read Vijay Prashad, Du Xiaojun, and Weiyan Zhu's report "China and Coronashock" here:
https://www.thetricontinental.org/studies-2-coronavirus/
Read Justin Kong's report on anti-Chinese sentiment in Canadian politics:
If you want to learn more about imperialism you can read Imperialism, the Highest Stage of Capitalism, by Vladimir Ilyich Lenin: https://www.marxists.org/archive/lenin/works/1916/imp-hsc/
Special thanks to Jen, Sydney, Elizabeth, Sharmeen, Ri, Gareth, and Liona for test-listening to this episode. Thank you also to all my supporters on Patreon.