Henry Giroux is Paolo Freire Distinguished Scholar Professor in Critical Pedagogy and Chair for Scholarship in the Public Interest at McMaster University.

In this interview, he looks at the COVID-19 crisis as both a new kind of crisis and as a historical turning point. He discusses this crisis as both a window of opportunity for the progressive left and as a potential threat to democracy as many authoritarian governments might and can use it as a pretext for limiting civil liberties, implementing regressive policies and silencing dissent.

To hear this interview with Professor Giroux, recorded on August 2, 2020, and to find links to articles and audio pertinent to it, click on this link:  https://forthright.media/2020/08/02/henry-giroux/