The Socialist Party - USA, Greater NYC Local - Workers of the World, Unite!

Note of date changes

arimoore — Tue, 06 May 2008 14:27:11 -0600

The upcoming monthly membership meeting has been moved back to May 15th and the next meeting of the discussion group has been moved to May 25th. Please check out the calender for more details

March To Save Our Healthcare May 9th

arimoore — Mon, 28 Apr 2008 15:35:13 -0600

**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/ &read more »

May Day!

arimoore — Sat, 26 Apr 2008 20:46:30 -0600

On May Day we will be marching in the "Break the Chains" feeder march which begins at 3pm in Roosevelt Park on Grand Street between Chrystie and Forsynth we will meet at the park at 2pm. This march will then meet up with the larger May 1 coalition march which will take place from Union Square and march down to Foley Sq. at 4:00pm.

At 7:00pm we will be having a May Day showing of the film The Wobblies at the A.J. Muste Institute, check our events page for more information on the movie.

Rally Today! Justice for Sean Bell!

arimoore — Fri, 25 Apr 2008 11:23:25 -0600

JUSTICE FOR SEAN BELL
and all victims of police violence!

Killer cops found "not guilty"!
Come out and show your outrage.
Demand Justice and Civil Rights for all!

Rally and community speak-out
Today, April 25, 5:30pm
in front of Queen's DA office:
125-01 Queens Blvd
(bet. Hoover Ave & 82nd Ave)
E/F train to Union Turnpike

JAIL KILLER COPS!

Coalition against Privatization meeting

arimoore — Mon, 21 Apr 2008 20:14:45 -0600

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.read more »