The state of the pandemic: Consequences of a neoliberal destruction of the welfare state

File Name: JG_Estadodelapandemia_20200417
Title: The state of the pandemic: Consequences of a neoliberal destruction of the welfare state
Description: Conversation between Bernat Tort and Juan Carlos Rivera Ramos from JunteGente, where they discuss the incapacity of the neoliberal state to respond to emergencies focusing on the common good. Specifically, they consider this phenomenon in the context of the COVID 19 pandemic. Both participants highlight the contradictions of neoliberal capitalism respecting environmental destruction and eco-social human coexistence; and they criticize the role of the neoliberal state in fomenting a transformation of human and social relationships into relationships of merchandise, as well as its emphasis on radical individualism. Additionally, they discuss the fallacy privatized efficiency in the Puerto Rican context, and the necessity for vindication that balances the role of the state and the role of communitarianism, instead of separating them entirely.
Date Created: 2020-04-17
Place Created: Remote
Creator: JunteGente
Type: Other
Community Organization: JG: JunteGente
Emergencies: Health services accessibility; Political corruption; Depressions; Debts, Public; Hurricane Maria, 2017; Women--Violence against
Responses: Community education; Community organization; Food service