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  • Video: Author Taylor Branch on Healthcare Reform
    22 February 2010 par (Open-Publishing)

    On Monday, Feb. 22, 2010, the Pulizter Prize winning author Taylor Branch, spoke in Baltimore, MD. He talked about the necessity of Healthcare Reform in the U.S. Mr. Taylor drew some parallels with this current struggle for social justice and with the heroic battle for Civil Rights in America, under the leadership of the legendary Martin Luther King, Jr. Mr. Taylor is a noted biographer of MLK. See: http://taylorbranch.com/ The event was held at the Church of the Redeemer in Baltimore. It (…)

  • Video: Healthcare Not Warfare Activists Hold Vigil in Baltimore
    17 February 2010 par (Open-Publishing)

    Baltimore’s “Pledge of Resistance,” led by activist Max Obuszewski, joined the call today from the “Progressive Democrats of America to hold Brown Bag Vigils around the country” to spotlight the issue of healthcare not warfare. The vigil took place on a snowbound street , on Wed., Feb. 17, 2010, in front of 1010 Park Ave., where one of the offices of Rep. Elijah Cummings (D-7th-MD) is located. After the vigil, which started at noon, the activists met, at 12:30 PM, with an aide to the (…)

  • Video: “Baltimore Four” Arrested—Health Care for All
    29 October 2009 par (Open-Publishing)
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    On Oct. 29, 2009, four activists, who support a Medicare for All solution to our healthcare crisis, were arrested in Baltimore, MD, for trespassing. They were engaged in a “patients before profits sit-in” at a 17-story tower, which houses an office of the insurance giant, CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield. It’s located in the Canton area of the city. The demonstration was part of an ongoing national campaign by the “Mobilization for Health Care for All” group. The protest included the staging (…)

  • Video: Protest at WellPoint (A Slideshow)
    16 October 2009 par (Open-Publishing)

    Activists demonstrated, in a steady rain, in Washington, D.C., on Oct. 15, 2009, at the office/PR branch of the insurance giant, WellPoint. It is located only blocks from the White House. This slideshow represents some of the sights and scenes from that spirited demonstration that demanded genuine healthcare reform in this country. See related videos of the protest, at: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cxtN19Ug8ew and
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gPYuWqHv9TM For more information on the (…)

  • Video: Voices of Outrage Raised at WellPoint Protest in D.C.
    16 October 2009 par (Open-Publishing)

    Activists demonstrated, in a steady rain, in Washington, D.C., on Oct. 15, 2009, at the office/PR branch of the insurance giant, WellPoint. It is located only blocks from the White House. The demonstration was part of a growing national campaign by the “Mobilization for Health Care for All” group. The activists were demanding “real healthcare reform” that puts the needs of the patients before corporate profits, and also that is not scripted by the powerful insurance companies. For more (…)

  • Video: Washington, D.C.—”Sit-In” at WellPoint—Medicare for All
    16 October 2009 par (Open-Publishing)

    On Thursday morning, Oct. 15, 2009, in down town Washington, D.C., in a steady rain, about 15 supporters of single payer, Medicare for All solution to our healthcare crisis engaged in a “sit-in” outside a building which houses an office/pr branch of the insurance giant, WellPoint. The demonstration was part of an ongoing and growing national campaign by the “Mobilization for Health Care for All” group. The police chose not to make any arrests, although the protesters were clearly blocking (…)

  • Video: Dr. Ottoway: “American Dream is Gone! We need Single Payer, Now!”
    2 October 2009 par (Open-Publishing)

    On Wednesday afternoon, September 30, 2009, the “Mad as Hell Doctors” rallied in front of the White House, in Lafayette Park. The group supports a Single Payer Healthcare System. Two of their slogans are: “Everybody In! Nobody Out!” and “Single Payer or Bust!” The doctors have been on a nationwide tour promoting their cause. One of the speakers at the spirited event was Dr. Katherine Ottoway, a family physician. She’s a “mad as hell doctor” from Port Townsend, WA. She related how the current (…)

  • Video: Mad as Hell Doctors Rally at the White House
    1 October 2009 par (Open-Publishing)

    On Wednesday afternoon, September 30, 2009, the “Mad as Hell Doctors” rallied in front of the White House, in Lafayette Park. The group supports a Single Payer Healthcare System. Two of their slogans are: “Everybody In! Nobody Out!” and “Single Payer or Bust!” The doctors have been on a nationwide tour promoting their cause: via a huge Care-A-Van; staging many rallies, town hall meetings and giving speeches; canvassing numerous neighborhoods for new advocates; and, often times getting their (…)

  • Video: Rep. Kucinich: “Healthcare is a Civil and Human Right!”
    1 October 2009 par (Open-Publishing)

    On Wednesday afternoon, September 30, 2009, the “Mad as Hell Doctors” rallied in front of the White House, in Lafayette Park. The group supports a Single Payer Healthcare System. Two of their slogans are: “Everybody In! Nobody Out!” and “Single Payer or Bust!” The doctors have been on a nationwide tour promoting their cause. One of the speakers at the spirited event was Rep. Dennis J. Kucinich (D-OH). He is one of the key champions in the House of Representatives of HR 676, a Single Payer (…)

  • Fidel Castro slams U.S. for battle over healthcare
    20 August 2009 par (Open-Publishing)

    Fidel Castro slams U.S. for battle over healthcare
    Wed Aug 19, 2009
    HAVANA, Aug 19 (Reuters) - Former Cuban leader Fidel Castro criticized the United States on Wednesday for being willing to spend billions on its high-tech military but finding it difficult to approve healthcare reform that would protect its poor people.
    He wrote in a commentary published on a state-run Internet site that huge military budgets are approved easily by the U.S. Congress but U.S. President Barack Obama is (…)