Michelle Keller is a retiree of District Council 37 and President of the New York City Chapter of the Coalition of Labor Union Women AFLCIO. She joins us from New York City to discuss the outcome of a labor agreement which attempts to force New York City retirees to accept a privatized Medicare advantage program to access free care. Should this plan go forward, they would have to pay nearly $200 a month in order to secure traditional Medicare. The matter is now before the City Council which will vote on a proposal to change the City’s administrative code and allow this plan to go forward.
Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and other so-called progressives exemplify the dangers of depending on the Democratic Party to enact any meaningful change.
The "scramble for Africa" continues with the U.S., former colonizers such as France, and now Russia, all competing for influence.
Speech by Salome Ayuak given at the International Month of Action Against AFRICOM launch event.
Dismantling the unelected and colonialist CORE Group is the first step to loosening the imperialist stranglehold over Haiti.
African nations might have produced a patent free vaccine that would have benefitted the whole world.
