COVID-19

The Pandemic as a Lesson in Humility: An Interview with Gilbert Mercier

Gilbert Mercier is a is a French journalist, photojournalist and filmmaker. He founded the News Junkie Post in 2009 and is its Co-Editor-in-Chief. Over the years, he has been a guest analyst on television and radio programs for RT, BBC World News, the Progressive Radio Network, Sputnik, Al Hurra TV, CounterPunch Radio, and Radio Islam. Mercier’s articles have been republished by Alternet, Truthout, CounterPunch, Z Communications, Signs of the Times, Popular Resistance, and others. He authored the book, “The Orwellian Empire.” He is a member of the National Press Photographers Association and the Art Directors Guild of America.

Gilbert and I spoke on May 5th for my podcast, “Voices for Nature & Peace,” and covered a variety of political and environmental topics, many of them in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic. What follows is an excerpt.

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Kollibri: We’re at a point now with this pandemic where Capitalism is facing a crisis, perhaps an existential crisis.

Gilbert: To me, this is excellent and it’s an opportunity for people like you and I and a bunch of other people worldwide to raise the consciousness level of the population…