Vol. XXXIV, Number 3 March 2014 http://www.ThePortlandAlliance.org/2014/March
Today, a top US military official candidly admitted
what we have known for years...
The war in Iraq was about oil.
Because of Oil-Based Importance of Region."
At the
U.S. House Committee on Foreign Affairs hearing titled,
“The Geopolitical Potential of the U.S. Energy Boom,” Admiral Dennis Blair — former Director of National Intelligence, President and
CEO of Institute for Defense Analyses and Commander in Chief of
U.S. Pacific Command —
admitted the Iraq war was about oil. more:
http://desmogblog.com/ (Old News!)
What the U.S. really needs is
universal single-payer
nonprofit health care!
http://www.ThePortlandAlliance.org/healthcare
Checkout The Alliance Healthcare Portal
Anesthesiologist
Samuel Metz addressed the crowd at a rally in Pioneer Square in 2009.
He was joined by a number of doctors, all in white caps, who support
healthcare reform. And right now, in March 2014, nothing has changed.
We need and deserve universal single payer nonprofit health care. And
this does not require anything but courage and a presidential signature.
(Picture above and story excerpt below by Faith Cathcart & The Oregonian)
on March 17, 2014 at 4:00 PM,
By Samuel Metz, M.D.
Imagine
all your medical information imprinted on one wallet-sized card. Then
you lose it. Is this an inconvenience, or a catastrophe?
In
France, Taiwan and other countries providing universal health care at
lower cost, it’s an inconvenience. Get a replacement, and all is well.
No harm, no foul.
But not here. In
Oregon, and anywhere in the U.S., your medical records determine the
kind of care you get, and maybe if you get any care at all.
Camillo Mac Bica, Truthout: "March
29 has been designated 'Vietnam Veterans Day,' according to a
proclamation issued by President Obama in 2012. Now, I have no problem
acknowledging the debt owed to all whose lives were affected by this
war. What I find intolerable is that our leaders are incapable of
telling the truth about the war."
Connecting Earth Day to May Day
Next month's convergence calls for "a solution as big as the crisis barreling down at us."
March 27, 2014
Nurses protest the possible Keystone XL Pipeline as a threat to the health of people and the planet (Steve Rhodes)
"PEOPLE, PLANET and peace over profit."
That's
the slogan for the Global Climate Convergence, a campaign of education
and activism set for later this month, with 10 days of action running
from Earth Day on April 22 to May Day, the traditional holiday
celebrating workers' struggles.
The
Global Climate Convergence marks an important moment in the broadening
ecological struggle--a recognition that climate change is inextricably
linked with capitalism, and that our struggle for environmental justice
must be just as closely linked to the struggle for social justice and
workers' rights.
http://www.ThePortlandAlliance.org/socialistworker
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