Beatrice, Artie and Jules discuss the mask ban passed in Nassau County last week, the latest in a dramatic rise in legislation criminalizing face masks and targeting the Palestine solidarity movement. We look at what happened in the overtly hostile public hearing over the ban, the history of the New York statute that ban proponents want back, and how the threat of mask bans goes far beyond public health: mask bans embolden racist policing; they’re anti-trans; and they target the whole of the left.

Transcript: www.deathpanel.net/transcripts/mask-bans-are-everyones-fight

Watch the full Nassau County mask ban hearing here:
https://vimeo.com/994184432

Read the statement on the hearing by Jews for Mask Rights here:
https://www.jewsformaskrights.com/resources/anti-mask-harassment-nassau-countys-mask-ban-hearing

Find our book Health Communism here: www.versobooks.com/books/4081-health-communism

Find Jules' new book, A Short History of Trans Misogyny, here:
https://www.versobooks.com/products/3054-a-short-history-of-trans-misogyny

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