As a follow up to our second episode, we talk about how states with high levels of state planning have dealt with the crisis, what organising has happened on the ground in the UK to help those in need and whether there is the potential to build a radical political alternative in the UK as a result of the pandemic. 

References:

The Chinese Response: https://www.thetricontinental.org/studies-2-coronavirus/ 

https://www.sciencemag.org/news/2020/05/house-was-fire-top-chinese-virologist-how-china-and-us-have-met-pandemic

The Crisis in the UK: https://redfightback.org/read/unity_in_diversity

The Cuban Response: https://www.physiciansweekly.com/cuban-doctors-head-to/

The Vietnamese Response:

https://www.liberationnews.org/why-has-no-one-in-vietnam-died-from-coronavirus/

General: https://thehill.com/policy/healthcare/498087-french-doctors-believe-they-may-have-treated-coronavirus-patients-last-fall

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P42OrsA045M