As the world struggles with the COVID-19 pandemic and distancing becomes the new normal, loneliness and the lack of touch has emerged as one of the greatest losses, says activist and playwright V, previously known as Eve Ensler. In this interview with Vijay Prashad, the author of The Vagina Monologues says that there is an invisible genocide within the pandemic-hit United States, where systematic oppression is behind the increased fatalities of essential service providers, majority of which are women and people of colour. Not only that, the pandemic has given an opportunity to leaders like Trump to attack workers and women’s rights.
First published in Newsclick.
