News from the National Day of Action for Single-Payer
We’ve been receiving articles and news coverage from many of the rallies on the May 30th National Day of Action for Single-Payer Healthcare.
Here’s what we have so far. Please, send us any photos, articles, or report backs you have from any events you attended or organized. Thanks.
Atlanta, GA
APN Chat with US Rep. John Conyers (D-MI) on Health Care
Augusta, ME
Health Care Reform Rally Comes To Augusta
Health activists rally in Augusta
Separation restricts conversation
Austin, TX
Health care activists take issues to City Hall
Baltimore, MD
Extraordinary Baltimore Healthcare-Now! Town Hall Shows Growing Single-payer Coalition
Grand Rapids, MI
Both sides demonstrate in Grand Rapids over plan for single-payer national health system
Indianapolis, IN
Health-care fight hits city streets
Jersey City, NJ
Got health care?
Kent, OH
What’s the Fix? 676!
Louisville, KY
Dozens Gather For Healthcare Rally
Advocates of national health care plan protest at Humana headquarters
Bill Londrigan, President of the Kentucky AFL-CIO, at the May 28 Humana protest
Minneapolis, MN
UnitedHealth meeting is scene of plea for all-inclusive health care
New Albany, IN
Rep. Conyers urges single-payer system
Photos
Video of Rep. John Conyers
Philadelphia, PA
Photos
Portland, OR
Mass Single Payer Action at Blumenauer’s Office
Princeton, NJ
Photos
Rochester, NY
Conyers promises a fight to get health-care reform bill through Congress
San Diego, CA
San Diego Gives Health Insurance Lobby Loud Welcome
Health Insurance Lobby Group Protested by Doctors, Nurses, and Patients
San Francisco, CA
Health care activists lament single-payer snub
Seattle, WA
Thousands hit Seattle streets seeking changes to health care
Springfield, MA
Western Massachusetts PDA Mobilizes for HR 676
Tacoma, WA
Rallies support health care reform
Topeka, KS
Ralliers: Cover everyone for less
WHERE ARE THE UNION LEADERS?
WHERE ARE THE THOUSANDS OF U.A.W. WORKERS WHO SHOULD BE IN THE STREETS AND ANGRY?
WHY ISN’T THE AFL-CIO SENDING ITS LEADERS?
I DO NOT UNDERSTAND THEIR SILENCE…NOR THAT OF THE 77 CONGRESSIONAL CO-SPONSORS OF HR 676!! WHY AREN’T THEY AT ALL THESE DEMONSTRATIONS? WHAT ARE THEY WAITING FOR?
OH, AND AS AN ASIDE—
WHEN IS MAX BAUCUS GOING TO BE CHARGED WITH RACKETEERING?
PETRA MACHAR, I agree. We need to take to the streets in a big way.
Here’s what John Conyers had to say about Single Payer and Barack Obama:
May 30, 2008 Indiana University Southeast
“Well, listen to Amy Goodman.” She’s got the tapes of him making some of the most brilliant remarks in Support of HR 676 that anybody has ever made, but he ain’t making them now.”
The 45 second video clip is here:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=10XcOvkRXvE
Video of Louisville, Kentucky HR 676 rally
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zbEtVXGDN7s
I was just at another site, in a comment thread where many were fed up with the way our need for real reform is being met with fake, watered-down solutions – kind of like our need for heath care! We were all writing Congress, but feeling that it does no good because we are not writing huge checks to them, and our competition is. So, I thought perhaps on July 4 we needed to organize a nationwide demonstration, vigil, just a being out in the street and showing that people really care about this issue, and that only real reform will do. July 4 would be good because many will be off work, but also, many will be vacationing. Good date, or bad date? I’m soliciting opinions. I came to this site and saw that these folks JUST HAD a national day of action, but I never heard about it, and I keep up with this issue pretty well. My notion was to agree on a date and then press PNHP, CNA, other unions, Michael Moore, MoveOn, and everyone else we can think of to publicize it and participate. Everyone!! Not just one organization here or there. Let me know what you guys think! Thanks –