Why has the debate over health care reform involved partisan politicians, media pundits, corporate interests, and hired agitators rather than the people? Why has the single payer option been demonized on the right, the media, and even the liberal establishment? How does the broader crisis in health care in this country – clinic closings, epidemics of disease related to inequality and inaccessibility to care, indifference to wellness in our schools, our public services, the military – relate to the unwillingness to address growing economic gaps in our society and the abdication of public authority for the sake of private concerns? How can the United States learn from other communities about how to deliver care, promote wellness, and affirm the public interest, in order to achieve human rights, here and around the world?
Guest Speakers include:
Vijay PrashadThe event will include a multimedia presentation on the state of the
moment, a presentation on local to international contexts by invited
speakers, and end with a Town Hall inviting Chicago folks on the ground
and YOU to collectively reflect on, digest, and connect how the current struggle over
health care-- the debates, the longings, the mobs, the industry, the
government-- feeds off and illuminates the deeper social and political
crisis we face.
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Contact planners: info@arc109.org. Find us on Facebook. Find the Facebook Event Page. Access Living is an accessible space. If you have specific needs to be
able to participate, don't hesitate to ask. ARC09 is all volunteers -
folks always welcome to help out! Event posters & t-shirts will be
available for donation to help defray the space costs. If you'd like to
share healthcare related art and/or literature at the event, please let
us know!