1. How the Democrats Sold out Health Care Reform - 55 minutes
2. Union Update: What's In Store for Seattle Teachers? 55 minutes
The current Seattle Education Association's contract negotiations come as Dr. Maria Goodloe-Johnson and the Seattle Pubic Schools have turned the screws on teachers and education in Seattle -- eliminating SPS’s office of Race and Equity, closing over a dozen schools in primarily minority neighborhoods, and recently laying off 200 teachers and assistants during teacher appreciation week. Join us for a discussion of the struggle in the union for a fair contract and the fight in the city for quality education for all Seattle students
THE HEALTH care industry is determined to strangle any proposal in Washington for real reform--and the Democrats are acting as accomplices, having given up without a fight on a single-payer system that could actually solve the health care crisis--they're allowing the measures they do claim to support to be gutted of anything that might make a difference.
Support for a radical overhaul of the health care system, with a leading role for government-run programs, has never been greater. But with health care legislation expected to take shape over the coming weeks, it seems like Democrats are giving away the store before it even opens--in the name of bipartisanship and political "realism."
Come discuss the current debates and what a real left-wing alternative would really look like.
Check out the recent news on the healthcare debates:
Socialist Worker - Surrendering to the Status Quo • Profit and Healthcare Don't Mix • How the Democrats Sold Out Healthcare • A Prescription That Makes the Patient Sicker • Keeping Real Reform off the Table • Making Excuses for Healthcare Non-Reform • Right Wing Thugs and Corporate "Reforms" • The Story of Medicare
Support for a radical overhaul of the health care system, with a leading role for government-run programs, has never been greater. But with health care legislation expected to take shape over the coming weeks, it seems like Democrats are giving away the store before it even opens--in the name of bipartisanship and political "realism."
Come discuss the current debates and what a real left-wing alternative would really look like.
Check out the recent news on the healthcare debates:
Socialist Worker - Surrendering to the Status Quo • Profit and Healthcare Don't Mix • How the Democrats Sold Out Healthcare • A Prescription That Makes the Patient Sicker • Keeping Real Reform off the Table • Making Excuses for Healthcare Non-Reform • Right Wing Thugs and Corporate "Reforms" • The Story of Medicare
Huffington Post - Internal Memo Confirms Big Giveaways In White House Deal With Big Pharma
Democracy Now - Ralph Nader on Secret White House Agreements with the Drug Industry and BusinessWeek: “The Health Insurers Have Already Won”
Democracy Now - Ralph Nader on Secret White House Agreements with the Drug Industry and BusinessWeek: “The Health Insurers Have Already Won”
Business Week - The Health Insurers Have Already Won.
2. Union Update: What's In Store for Seattle Teachers? 55 minutes
The current Seattle Education Association's contract negotiations come as Dr. Maria Goodloe-Johnson and the Seattle Pubic Schools have turned the screws on teachers and education in Seattle -- eliminating SPS’s office of Race and Equity, closing over a dozen schools in primarily minority neighborhoods, and recently laying off 200 teachers and assistants during teacher appreciation week. Join us for a discussion of the struggle in the union for a fair contract and the fight in the city for quality education for all Seattle students
