Both the U.S. and Canada ration medical services. In the US, rationing is based on ability to pay. Canada rations by under-funding the medical system, bringing inequality through the back door.
Continue reading...1. September 2009
by Vicente Navarro - In the early 1970s, Chileans fought for a democratized and inclusive National Health Service. The lessons of that struggle are critical to our fight for universal health care today.
Continue reading...25. January 2009
The amount of global resources devoted to war indicates that our primary goal is to destroy ourselves.
Continue reading...23. November 2008
The billions of dollars being lavished on banks and other corporations is blood money. It's available only because people like Heather are being robbed of their kidneys, their health and their lives.
Continue reading...9. October 2008
Our hopes and dreams for a better life do not fit in their ballot boxes
Continue reading...5. October 2008
As America slips deeper into crisis, liberal efforts to preserve the capitalist system counter socialist efforts to replace it.
Continue reading...20. April 2008
Two major unions, CNA and SEIU, are locked in battle. Should we take sides or support rank-and-file unity? (See postscript on recent CNA/SEIU merger)
Continue reading...14. July 2007
Americans don’t need to care more about the war, they need an anti-war movement that will stand up to the Democrats.
Continue reading...7. July 2007
Rising social discontent is not yet matched by a rise in class struggle.
Continue reading...9. June 2007
Democrats and liberals loved Cindy Sheehan when she attacked the Republicans, but they turned on her when she held them to the same standard.
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2. September 2009
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