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As long as I am mayor of this city [Jersey City, New Jersey] the great industries are secure. We hear about constitutional rights, free speech and the free press. Every time I hear these words I say to myself, "That man is a Red, that man is a Communist". You never hear a real American talk like that.
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Frank Hague, 1896-1956
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Quentin Genter
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Shaolin Abbott to Bruce Lee in Enter the Dragon.
The net of law is spread so wide, No sinner from its sweep may hide. Its meshes are so fine and strong, They take in every child of wrong. O wondrous web of mystery! Big fish alone escape from thee!
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Friday, April 25, 2008
Start: 6:30 pm
Coalition against Privatization
Meeting
Friday April 25th 6:30pm
339 Lafayette Street Buzzer #7
(718) 869-2279 or noprivatization@yahoo.com
In December 2007 GHI & HIP filed an application with the NY State Superintendent of Insurance to “convert” itself into a for-profit company. Conversion is a different way to say privatization. If approved, this privatization would expose 4 million GHI/HIP policy holders to the hazards of for-profit healthcare (premiums have increased more than 80% in the last seven years). Included in this pool are more than 500,000 city workers (retirees included) who will face a mega-corporation that is able to raise premiums at will, restrict access to care, increase CEO salaries and favor the accumulation of profits over healthcare.
To date, mainstream politicians have provided little resistance. Democrats from New York City to Albany have lined up with Republicans. They hope to cash in on the billion-dollar liquidation of GHI & HIP assets as part of privatization. The leaders of the city’s trade unions have also spoken in favor of the privatization thereby placing a short-term payout ahead of the long-term interests of members.
Saturday, April 26, 2008
Start: 12:00 pm
End: 2:00 pm
The Private Health Care Must Go! Coalition presents...
"Claim Denied! Oink! Oink!"
Street Theatre for Single-Payer Healthcare
Our street theatre includes a short skit that spells
out the problem with our for-profit healthcare system
and lays the blame where it belongs -- the greedy
for-profit health insurance companies.
Union Square
Saturday April 26th
12:00p - 2:00p
Don't Miss It!
More info: info@phimg.org
Flyer suitable for printing is attached and available
on our website:
http://www.phimg.org/V2/
The Private Health Insurance Must Go Coalition
(PHIMGC), is a growing and diverse New York City-based
non-partisan organization focused on education,
legislative advocacy and direct action in the fight
for Single Payer healthcare reform and HR-676.
Thursday, May 1, 2008
Start: 12:00 pm
End: 5:00 pm
Thursday MAY 1st
Stop the Raids & Deportations
Legalization Now · Justice for ALL
MASS RALLY for IMMIGRANT & WORKER RIGHTS
12 pm: Gather at Union Square, 14th Street & Broadway
4 pm: Rally & March
May Day 2008 is critically important. Will the optimism and hope expressed around the Presidential elections translate into an end of immigrant raids and deportations? Will it bring an end to the foreclosures of homes, the lowering of gas and food prices, or an end to lay-offs?
Whatever the outcome in November, the May 1st Coalition for Immigrant and Workers Rights will be marching once again on May Day, International Workers Day to say no to all the attacks against workers here and around the world.
We call on the progressive community, the anti-war movement, the women's & LGBT movement, and especially the labor movement, to come out for May Day 2008. March for solidarity, because an injury to one is an injury to all!
Start: 7:00 pm
End: 10:00 pm
Liberation Film Series Screening of
Wobblies
Celebrate May Day!
Thursday, May 1, 2008, 7:00 pm
339 Lafayette Street (between Bleecker & Bond), Manhattan, NYC.
Hit buzzer #11; come up to the Muste Room on the 3rd Floor. (No elevator, sorry.)
DIRECTIONS: Take 6 train to Bleecker Street or F/V train to Broadway/Lafayette.
More info:
718 869-2279 or spnyc@spnyc.org
Friday, May 2, 2008
Start: 6:30 pm
The next meeting of the Coalition Against Privatization will be held on Friday May 2nd at 6:30p in the A. J. Muste Institute, 339 Lafayette St. buzzer #11. The meeting will feature an update on the GHI-HIP privatization and report-backs on plans for the May 9th demo
Sunday, May 4, 2008
Start: 3:00 pm
End: 5:00 pm
Activist Training for Single-Payer Healthcare
Sunday May 4th 3:00pm – 339 Lafayette St. Buzzer #11 A. J. Muste Institute
For one day the SP Discussion group will be converted into an activist training session. After reading, conversation and presentations participants will be able to conduct effective activist work around issues related to the campaign for national healthcare in the United States.
Readings:
“Universal Access to Healthcare,” Harvard Law Review, vol. 108, no. 6, Apr. 1995.
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/democraticsocialistdiscussion/files/Healthcare/
Devi, Sridhar, “Inequality in the United States Healthcare System,” United Nations Human Development Report, 2005.
http://hdr.undp.org/en/reports/global/hdr2005/papers/hdr2005_sridhar_devi_36.pdf
H. R. 676 Bill for Single-Payer Healthcare
Friday, May 9, 2008
Start: 4:30 pm
End: 7:30 pm
**5/9 FRI, 4:30 pm - Protest: "March to Save Our Healthcare."
Join the fight to prevent GHI-HIP from converting to a for-profit
company & jeopardizing the healthcare of 4 million policy
holders, including 500,000 NYC workers (93% of the workforce)
& retirees. Mainstream politicians & union leaders support the
change, hoping to benefit from the nearly $3 billion windfall
profits of such a sale. Help send a "no privatization" message
to the NYS Sup't of Insurance & GHI-HIP. Bring friends & signs.
At Office of the NYS Superintendent of Insurance, 25 Beaver St
(4/5 to Bowling Green, J/M/Z to Broad St, R/W to Whitehall St,
1 to Rector St, 2/3 to Wall St, A/C to B'way-Nassau).
Info: (718) 869-2279, noprivatization@yahoo.com (request flyer)&
http://www.consumersunion.org/conv/ &
Thursday, May 15, 2008
Start: 6:30 pm
Whether you're a dues-paying member, a voting member, or someone who's never even been to a meeting and are just interested about what we're up to and how to get involved, now's the time to check out a meeting. Bring your ideas, comments, questions, and energy. See you there!
339 Lafayette Street (between Bleecker & Bond),
Manhattan, NYC.
Hit buzzer #11 and come up to the SP office on the 3rd Floor.
(Note, we're up a couple of flights of stairs.)
DIRECTIONS: Take 6 train to Bleecker Street or F/V
train to Broadway/Lafayette. (Manhattan)
More Info: spnyc@spnyc.org or 718 869-2279
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