This social event is open to our members only due to limited seating.  We welcome you all to come and interact with fellow Americans in the region and engage in American political discussions. So join us in our first ever Zoom Political Wine! Pour yourself a glass of rosé, and let’s chat. 

For this month we will focus on that Joe Biden has said that he is going to choose a woman to be his vice presidential candidate. Which woman do you favor to be Joe Biden’s VP candidate? Our zoom meeting will be co-facilitated by Ruth Ann Lake. 

In this Zoom meeting, there will a limitation of 20 virtual seats, so please RSVP NOW! If this event is sold out and all seats have been taken, you can join our waiting list by emailing dafrance.riviera@gmail.com. The link to the Zoom meeting and password will be sent to you directly by email on June 2.

On Sunday, May 31, we will hold a discussion of Andrew Yang’s book, The War on Normal People. In his book, the former Democratic candidate for president lays out the case for a universal basic income (UBI), funded through a system of automation taxes, to counteract the threat automated technologies pose to the job market.

UBI is not a new idea, going back as far as 1796 when Thomas Paine called for a tax on heritage to fund “basic incomes” for people in their twenties. But the shock of the coronavirus crisis has made UBI seem closer to reality than even only a few months ago. It has also opened the conversation to alternative ideas such as a federal jobs guarantee to manage the country’s current staggering number of unemployment claims, as well as the rickety and underfunded unemployment system.

The truth is that today, people are suffering. For many in the US who were already struggling before the coronavirus crisis, being out of work or not receiving unemployment benefits will mean food insecurity, being forced to skip medication and/or face foreclosure on their homes. Social costs from mental health troubles, domestic abuse, addictions, suicides and sickness will certainly skyrocket.

What should be done? Join us as we discuss Yang’s book, the vision it proposes and debate on what should be done in our new current reality to ease the hurt of working Americans.

This social event is open to all our members, Americans and accompanying guests.  We welcome you all to come and interact with fellow Americans in the region and engage in American political discussions.  We will give a brief presentation particularly where these issues stand in the Washington political discourse.  Join us to formalize our viewpoint as Americans living abroad by paying (€5) includes drinks, such as wine and water.

Parking: Palais de la Méditerranée or Grimaldi

Public Transport: several bus stops in walking distance: Grimaldi, Congrès-Joffre, Congrès-Promenade