Universal Single Payer Health Care
Watch this video!!!
http://www.grahamazon.com/sp/whatissinglepayer.php
SiCKO
This is a quick post, I just wanted to provide the link to Michael Moore's main site for the new documentary coming out that advocates Free Universal Health Care....and here it is!
Comments from anybody who has already seen it are most welcome!!
EMPLOYEE FREE CHOICE ACT VOTE ON TUESDAY!!! (Petitions below...)
Okay, so if you have been a member of this group for a little while on LtL or if you generally support Labor then you most likely heard of the Employee Free Choice Act. If not the two largest Labor Organization federations, the American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations (AFL-CIO) and the Change To Win Coalition (CtW) have plenty to say about what the bill would do and why is important to all Americans, but especially those of us who work for a living.
The drug industry
Can we just remove the drug industry entirely? Please? I recognize that they have a relevant place in society, but the shit they pull is sickening.
Medicine For Those in Need
Senator Leahy, (D-VT), has recently introduced a bill called S4040 that would call for international access to essential medicines. The bill states that any drugs developed out of publicly funded research (Universities, etc) should be made available to the public at a price that the affected populations can afford. aka: HIV retrovirals that sub-saharan Africans can buy, malaria drugs that malaria victims have access too...you get the picture. The problem? this bill has gone almost unnoticed. THIS WOULD REVOLUTIONIZE MEDICINE WORLDWIDE and save millions of lives. It is perhaps one of the most important pieces of legislation ever to be put forward. I mean that. PLEASE CALL SENATOR LEAHY at (802) 863-2525 or 1-800-642-3193 OR EMAIL HIM at senator_leahy@leahy.senate.gov and sho
Let them take placebos.. oh no wait we charge for those too.
There are half a million people living with AIDS in Thailand and who are in
desperate need of treatment. The drug company Abbott, based in Chicago, has developed the lifesaving drug Kaletra and is currently charging $2,200 for the drug. In countries such as Thailand where people make on average $2 a
day affording this drug is impossible. Months ago, Thailand issued a
compulsory license to produce Kaletra generically, which is cheaper, for
their population of people living with HIV/AIDS. A compulsory license is
legal under the World Trade Organizations THRIPS Law which explicitly
elucidates that each country has the right to issue compulsory licenses, "to
Women In Black
On April 21st 2007 and every 3rd Sat. of every month, there is a Women In Black peace vigil where we (men welcome) stand on the corner of the plaza with Rite Aid in Atascadero. Wear all black, there will be signs, if you want to bring your own, check with Dee Caroll. Also feel free to contact her for more information. Her e-mail is bearspirit@tcsn.net
PLEASE WRITE PETA
http://www.petakillsanimals.com/index.cfm
Read the above informaiton. PETA is a wonderful resource, but it has some major hypocrisy going on. PETA kills animals, and has the money and resources to be a no-kill shelter. PLEASE WRITE PETA and ask them RESPECTFULLY to stop killing animals. We have to flood them with e-mails/calls/etc. Please pass it on, and show support!
Danielle
Old vs. New
It’s kind of sad to see people who are afraid to embrace something new, mainly because they are too scared to let go of everything they ever knew. They’re afraid of losing power, so they resist all new opportunities to grow that come along.
Critical Mass (bike ride) Against War! Everyone's invited! Saturday, March 17th
UCSB's doing it again:
Critical Mass (bike ride) Against War! Everyone's invited! Saturday, March 17th
Meet up at Pardall Tunnel in Isla Vista 9am sharp
Bring a bike, probably some water and a snack, sunscreen and a hat.
On March 17th we will rise up and take to the streets in a MASSIVE cross-town bicycle ride. CRITICAL MASS! A SUSTAINABLE PROTEST OF AN
UNSUSTAINABLE WAR!
No longer can we sit by and watch hundreds of thousands of people lose their life, while billions of dollars are stolen from worthy causes such as national health care, lowering tuition, expanding education,
rebuilding the Gulf Coast, or researching sustainable/renewable energy sources. We will take direct action to stop the war.