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February 2009
A Healthcare Forum With Rep. Perriello
A forum on healthcare at the Senior Center in Charlottesville, Va., on Tuesday, April 14, from 1 – 2:30 p.m.
The purpose of this meeting is to engage the public in expressing its concerns and recommendations to the panel which will include Carolyn Engelhard, co-author of HEALTH CARE HALF TRUTHS, City Councilor Holly Edwards, Delegate Rob Bell, and Congressman Tom
Perriello.
The question of whether Rep. Perriello will cosponsor H. Res. 676 will have to be asked by members of the public.
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Public Forum on Healthcare vs. Health Insurance Companies
This public forum on solving the U.S. healthcare crisis was held in Charlottesville, Va., on February 23, 2009. Do attempt this at home by inviting these and other great speakers.
Welcome by Donna Goings, event organizer:
Intro by David Swanson, event moderator:
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Congressman Perriello and Healthcare
We were disappointed last night when Congressman Tom Perriello apparently did not send a staff person as promised to our public forum on healthcare, but today we learned that the congressman’s father was taken gravely ill and that his staff was tied up with that problem. In addition, his legislative aide who works on healthcare has expressed willingness to meet and discuss the issue. Our thoughts are with Congressman Perriello’s family.
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Groups Request Special Prosecutor for Bush, Cheney, et alia
Organizations and individuals can add their names to this statement at http://prosecutebushcheney.org
Statement on Prosecution of Former High Officials
We urge Attorney General Eric Holder to appoint a non-partisan independent Special Counsel to immediately commence a prosecutorial investigation into the most serious alleged crimes of former President George W. Bush, former Vice President Richard B. Cheney, the attorneys formerly employed by the Department of Justice whose memos sought to justify
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PDA ENDORSES GEOGHEGAN: RHYMES WITH REAGAN, SOUNDS LIKE WELLSTONE
WASHINGTON, DC – Progressive Democrats of America has endorsed Tom Geoghegan in his bid to replace Rahm Emanuel in the House seat representing Illinois’ 5th Congressional District.
Following the endorsement of the local PDA chapter on Feb. 9, PDA members across the country were encouraged to vote in an online poll, which closed at midnight last night. Geoghegan won the endorsement with 99% of votes.
Geoghegan is the real deal. Thomas Frank of the Wall Street Journal called Geoghegan
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Propelling Prisoners' Heads into Concrete Walls
SUMMARY OF PRELIMINARY MEMORANDUM OF THE JUSTICE ROBERT H. JACKSON CONFERENCE ON FEDERAL PROSECUTION OF WAR CRIMINALS
Propelling prisoners’ heads into concrete walls by means of towels wrapped around their necks, savage beatings with fists and rifles that left prisoners crippled, hanging prisoners by the arms with their arms strung up behind them, depriving prisoners of sleep for weeks on end, which has been thought the worst torture possible for 500 years, causing prisoners to freeze —
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Virginia vs. HMOs
No More Health Insurance Companies Ever Again.
Single-Payer Healthcare Instead.
Come Find Out How We Can Make It Happen…
Healthcare in Crisis: A Public Forum on Monday, February 23rd
PERRIELLO: Congressman Tom Perriello told us on Tuesday that he was undecided about supporting single-payer healthcare. So we asked what we could do to persuade him, and he replied: “Keep doing what you’re doing, pressuring me, phone calls and Emails.” He also agreed to send a staff person
What Is a Populist Caucus?
By David Swanson
The largest caucus in Congress with 75 members is the Progressive Caucus. It even has one member in that bastion of regressivism, the United States Senate. The progressive caucus uniquely supports majority positions (majority outside of Capitol Hill, I mean) on domestic and foreign issues, on trade and the environment, peace and diplomacy, education and healthcare, speaking up for the poor, the powerless, and all the rest of us. Its positions are not perfect and often appear
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Four Important Actions from UFPJ
Dear UFPJ Member Groups:
Here’s Weekly Action Bulletin No. 2!
Contents:
* Security without Empire: National Organizing Conference on Foreign Military Bases February 27 – March 2, 2009: Do it.
* Code Pink’s: Gaza Briefing and Aid Delegation: Do it.
* Courage to Resist: National Week of Letter-Writing for War Resisters, March 16 – 23, 2009:
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