Posts Tagged: health care
Without Roe, abortions would instantly be banned in almost half the country
Jan 15, 2019
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Repealing abortion bans in New Mexico and elsewhere are an important step.
Grassroots organizing wins Idaho Medicaid expansion
Dec 30, 2018
For years, Idaho’s legislature refused to allow Medicaid expansion in the state, but with the passage of a new voter initiative, the people of Idaho...
Kaiser Strike: ‘Civil Rights issue of our time’
Dec 13, 2018
More than 4,000 mental health workers at Kaiser hospitals are wrapping up a spirited five-day strike that began on Dec. 10.
Extreme anti-abortion amendment passes in Alabama
Dec 09, 2018
Ever since Roe, reactionaries in Alabama have been fighting to ban abortion.
Cleanup workers, others impacted by BP oil spill demand justice
Dec 08, 2018
37,000 cleanup workers, residents and military personnel wait to be heard in court 8 years later
No funding for Montana Medicaid expansion amid statewide health crisis
Dec 06, 2018
As the U.S. continues to gut Medicaid to fund tax cuts for the rich, more
people will go uninsured
Cuban declaration: Withdrawing doctors from Brazil
Nov 15, 2018
The Ministry of Public Health of the Republic of Cuba, committed to the solidarity and humanistic principles that have guided Cuba’s medical coopera...
Medical neglect is killing U.S. prisoners
Sep 07, 2018
Health care is a right and no one should be deprived of it, inside or outside prison bars.
New Mexico’s dormant anti-abortion law
Aug 10, 2018
The working-class of New Mexico must forcefully defend their reproductive rights but also demand real, long-lasting solutions.
Militant citywide actions win 112,000 NYC hospital & nursing home workers a 3-year contract
Aug 10, 2018
Across New York City, hospital and nursing home workers are holding elections to ratify a new 3-year collective bargaining agreement which will cover ...
New Book
Women Fight Back: The Centuries-Long Struggle for Liberation
(Liberation Media, 2017)
Tracing the historical evolution of a movement that has thoroughly transformed society, and is in need of militant revival today.