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COVID, Race, and Democracy: Omali Yeshitela, Eritha Akile Cainion

Aug 02, 2022: 7pm - 8pm

*Members of the Uhuru African Peoples Socialist Party speak out after the FBI raided their headquarters and homes on June 29, in St Louis, MO and St Petersburg, FL. We hear from Chairman Omali Yeshitela and Uhuru group leader Eritha Akile Cainion.
*Rank & file members push back on two-tier and concession bargaining at the United Auto Worker Convention in Detroit. Thomas O'Rourke and Steve Zeltzer interviewed delegates and UAW presidential candidates from the rank & file about the significance of the convention.
*Ethiopia has begun a national dialogue process intended to reconcile its 80 ethnicities and preserve the integrity of the country. Ann Garrison reports.
*On July 28, the Haitian group in New York, KOMOKODA, protested in front of the Headquarters of CitiBank in Manhattan, demanding that CitiBank return Haiti's stolen gold. Mitchel Cohen (WBAI) interviewed activists on the ground.