tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13920875872581272312024-02-19T07:11:25.605-08:00Direct Action For Single Payerkatinsfhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07339149658415546104noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1392087587258127231.post-64873324129866840602010-03-20T22:31:00.000-07:002010-03-20T22:33:03.301-07:00New Website and Blog!Check out our new Direct Action for Single Payer website and blog at <a href="http://www.actforsinglepayer.org/">http://www.actforsinglepayer.org/</a>katinsfhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07339149658415546104noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1392087587258127231.post-1170364678864710592009-12-01T23:51:00.000-08:002009-12-02T00:07:29.530-08:00Die-In at Ferry Building Saturday, December 5<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiV7PECD-c8HxRt1pk01KG2_q6D4oBkCG33I8UH8RWQrn2R4_ImaRvM_uyd9KpKERJeIZVoJDpDJwWWS1R_LEnKxyyU7dkVuwthueyYTA4sEYeRmzJE3DMyoT1L6OQXyPDtU6srm2bli1g/s1600-h/hanger.JPG"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 120px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiV7PECD-c8HxRt1pk01KG2_q6D4oBkCG33I8UH8RWQrn2R4_ImaRvM_uyd9KpKERJeIZVoJDpDJwWWS1R_LEnKxyyU7dkVuwthueyYTA4sEYeRmzJE3DMyoT1L6OQXyPDtU6srm2bli1g/s200/hanger.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5410547321878203842" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">EMERGENCY ACTION<br /><br />DIE-IN </span>at the Ferry Building on Saturday, December 5, 2009 to Protest the Stupak Amendment (abortion ban) and Demand quality single payer healthcare for all<br /><br />Please gather 11:00 a.m. on the median strip opposite the SF Ferry Building. We will explain the action and assign roles (this is a low-risk, high-visibility direct action)Die-in will begin about 11:45 and end by 1:00 p.m.<br /><br /><br />Please wear black<br /><br />Organized by Bay Area Coalition for Our Reproductive Rights and Direct Action for Single Payer, with members of Code Pink, Single Payer Now and Progressive Democrats of America.<br /><br /><br />For info contact ActForSinglePayer@gmail.com or blugem5@gmail.comkatinsfhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07339149658415546104noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1392087587258127231.post-92095436315209412272009-10-29T18:34:00.000-07:002009-10-29T18:39:48.366-07:00Media Coverage of October 28 Blockade at Blue ShieldCheck out the story on<br /><br />http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/blogs/chronrx/detail?entry_id=50532<br /><br />Watch us and other actions yesterday at<br />http://www.democracynow.org/2009/10/29/headlines#2<br /><br />Watch video of our action:<br /><object type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="480" height="388" data="http://www.indybay.org/js/flowplayer/FlowPlayer.swf"> <param name="movie" value="http://www.indybay.org/js/flowplayer/FlowPlayer.swf" /> <param name="quality" value="high" /><param name="bgcolor" value="#000000" /><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true" /> <param name="flashvars" value="config={videoFile:'http://www.indybay.org/uploads/2009/10/28/091028singlepayerunitedblue.mov_preview_.flv',splashImageFile:'http://www.indybay.org/im/play-button-328x240.jpg',loop:false,autoPlay:false,autoBuffering:false,bufferLength:5,initialScale:'fit'}" /> <p>Your browser is not able to display this multimedia content.</p></object>katinsfhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07339149658415546104noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1392087587258127231.post-19876034612316906292009-10-28T14:52:00.000-07:002009-10-28T14:58:04.805-07:00Single Payer Activists Close Blue Shield in SF<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.indybay.org/uploads/2009/10/28/blockade_with_chalk-sm.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 960px; height: 720px;" src="http://www.indybay.org/uploads/2009/10/28/blockade_with_chalk-sm.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a><br />San Francisco, October 28— More than two dozen protesters blocked the entrances to the San Francisco office of Blue Shield of California early this morning, marking the building with crime tape and charging the health insurance industry with crimes including murder, breach of contract, and subversion of democracy.<br /><br />About 200 advocates of a “single-payer” health care system, which would eliminate the private health insurance industry, chanted and sang in front of the Market Street offices of HealthNet starting at 7:30 am. Street theater featured a giant black octopus representing the health insurance industry, which prevented sick and injured patients from reaching the doctors who wanted to care for them. At around 8 the group, led by the Brass Liberation Orchestra, began lively march chanting “Health care is a right” and “Patients not profits,” ending at the Blue Shield office on Beale St. <br /><br /><a href="http://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2009/10/28/18627006.php">Read the rest</a>. Lots more photos online at http://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2009/10/28/18627006.php. Video coming very soon.<br /><br />Plans are already underway for another action in the next few weeks. Join us to help plan - email ActForSinglePayer@gmail.comkatinsfhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07339149658415546104noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1392087587258127231.post-89299413260028967602009-10-20T12:47:00.000-07:002009-10-20T13:13:19.479-07:00Take Direct Action for Single Payer<a href="http://www.indybay.org/uploads/2009/10/20/target_insurance_copy.jpg"><img style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 158px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 134px" alt="" src="http://www.indybay.org/uploads/2009/10/20/target_insurance_copy.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><div align="center"><span style="font-family:verdana;"><em><strong>San Francisco Joins The National Civil Disobedience Mobilization for Health Care<br /></strong></em><br /><br><br /></span><strong><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:130%;"></span></strong></div><div align="center"><strong><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:130%;"></span></strong></div><div align="center"><strong><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:130%;"></span></strong></div><div align="center"><strong><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:130%;"></span></strong></div><div align="center"><strong><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:130%;"></span></strong></div><div align="center"><strong><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:130%;"></span></strong></div><div align="center"><strong><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:130%;"></span></strong></div><div align="center"><strong><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:130%;">Wednesday, October 28<br />Gather 7:30 a.m.<br />425 Market Street (offices of United Healthcare)</span></strong></div><br /><br /><em><span style="font-family:verdana;">Creative nonviolent protest and civil disobedience(there will be roles for people who do not want to risk arrest)</span></em><br /><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;"><strong>We Support</strong> SB 810 (State Sen. Mark Leno’s single payer bill), & HR 676 (Rep. John Conyers’ federal single payer bill)</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;"><strong>We Demand</strong> that the Kucinich Amendment allowing states to adopt single payer systems be included in any federal bill signed by President Obama</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;"><strong>We Charge</strong> the Insurance Industry with Murder</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;"><strong>We Demand</strong> that insurance companies get out of the way of health care</span><br /><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-family:Verdana;"><strong>Orientation and Training:</strong></span><br /></span><span style="font-family:verdana;">Sunday, October 25</span><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;">11:30 am - 1:30 pm</span><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;">Gray Panther office, 1403 Addison Street, Berkeley</span><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;"><em>This meeting is encouraged for people considering civil disobedience or willing to take critical support roles.<br /></em></span><span style="font-family:verdana;"><br /></span><span style="font-family:verdana;">Please contact us to let us know how you will participate: </span><a href="mailto:ActForSinglePayer@gmail.com"><span style="font-family:verdana;">ActForSinglePayer@gmail.com</span></a><br /><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;"><strong><em>Sign the action pledge</em></strong> at <a href="http://www.mobilizeforhealthcare.org/">http://www.mobilizeforhealthcare.org/</a></span>katinsfhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07339149658415546104noreply@blogger.com0