Hakeem Jeffries and the Railroad Workers

The Black Agenda Report team is proud to have coined the phrases “Black misleadership class” and “Black political class.” These words cannot be uttered and written too often because they name and shame the people who work alongside the neoliberal and imperialist order in the United States while also pretending to act on behalf of Black people, whose needs are antithetical to those of the oligarchy.

“Israel today, Israel tomorrow, Israel forever.”
Congressman Hakeem Jeffries

A new Black "first" came along at the same moment that the Democratic Party showed itself to be a servant of the ruling classes. Hakeem Jeffries is a very willing tool of powerful people. There is no reason to celebrate his ascension to the House Minority Leader position.

[blackagendareport.com]

{Jeffries wouldn’t have been elected by his colleagues to the Minority Leader position if he hadn’t passed muster with Democratic Party leadership and the kleptocrats whom they serve. Jeffries is the force behind Team Blue PAC , an effort to ensure that progressive challengers are defeated by incumbents. He is a leading House recipient of hedge fund contributions, having received $1.1 million in the 2019 to 2020 election cycle.}

{If Biden wanted the railroad workers to have sick days, there was a simple way to go about doing that. He could just sign an executive order . In 2015 Barack Obama signed such an order requiring all federal contractors to provide paid sick time but railroad workers were specifically excluded. All Biden has to do is sign a new one which requires that railroad workers be included in this rule. Of course he did say, “Nothing would fundamentally change,” should he be elected. He came by the betrayal somewhat honestly.}