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I went to two pretty good actions for health care this week. One I was heavily involved in organizing – a blockade of Blue Shield in San Francisco on Wednesday, part of the national mobilization for health care for all. We worked really hard to get…
I went to two pretty good actions for health care this week. One I was heavily involved in organizing – a blockade of Blue Shield in San Francisco on Wednesday, part of the national mobilization for health care for all. We worked really hard to get…
San Francisco, October 28— More than two dozen protesters blocked the entrances to the San Francisco office of Blue Shield of California early this morning, marking the building with crime tape and charging the health insurance industry with crimes…
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- Who are you? (Creative answers encouraged!)
- Creative is a challenge. Radical dyke activist cum writer self-hating Jew loves racquetball, rollerblades and revolution.
- Activism & Interests?
- Palestine, queer liberation (not to be confused with gay rights), health care for all, anti-war, supporting political prisoners, Sri Lanka, feminism, and anything else that catches my attention. Plus of course movies, writing, hanging out with my friends.
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Health Care Activism: Mobilizing to Lose?
I went to two pretty good actions for health care this week. One I was heavily involved in organizing – a blockade of Blue Shield in San Francisco on Wednesday, part of the national mobilization for health care for all. We worked really hard to get about 30 people to risk arrest – I had hoped for 50 but still it was good, and there were ab… Continue
Posted on October 31, 2009 at 5:22pm —
San Francisco Activists Blockade Blue Shield for Single Payer Health Care
San Francisco, October 28— More than two dozen protesters blocked the entrances to the San Francisco office of Blue Shield of California early this morning, marking the building with crime scene tape and charging the health insurance industry with crimes including murder, breach of contract, and subversion of democracy.
About 200 advocates of a “single-payer” health care system, which would eliminate the private health insurance industry, chanted and sang in front of the Market Street of… Continue
About 200 advocates of a “single-payer” health care system, which would eliminate the private health insurance industry, chanted and sang in front of the Market Street of… Continue
Posted on October 28, 2009 at 8:00pm —
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