Kieran Knutson and Cliff Willmeng are long time fighters for working class people and all the oppressed. They are also anti-capitalists who both live in Minneapolis and are running for […]
Coronavirus, “M4A” and socialized medicine
I remember back in the 1980s sometime when a campaign for health care reform was first getting underway. At that time, the slogan was for “socialized medicine”. I remember we were meeting […]
Sutter Health sued; socialized medicine needed
The State of California is suing Sutter Health Care for price fixing. The statistics behind the suit show that, while “Medicare for all” would be a positive step, what’s really needed is […]
Sanders single payer bill: “Fool me once, shame on you; fool me twice…”
Counterpunch has an article about Bernie Sanders new single payer bill. They claim that the reasons that many Democrats are signing on to it is due to pressure from the people plus […]
“Trump-Proof the Bay Area”: A Meeting in Oakland, CA
On Sept. 16, socialist Seattle city council member Kshama Sawant, Richmond Progressive Alliance (RPA) member and candidate for California Lt. Governor Gayle McLaughlin, and East Bay DSA member Jeremy Gong spoke at […]
Health Care Pod Cast
Here is a recording of a radio show Oakland Socialist did on WRFU where we discussed the health care crisis in the US. It explains and discusses why: The Democratic Party will not […]
US Health Care: “Single Payer” or Socialized Medicine?
When California’s “single payer” health care bill fizzled and died like a dud fire cracker, its rank and file supporters might have been surprised. Not so for Karen Bernal, though. Chair of […]
Barbara Lee Town Hall Meeting in Oakland
Liberal icon Congresswoman Barbara Lee held a town hall meeting in Oakland on Saturday morning (Feb. 18). The focus of the meeting was to “defend and improve” the Affordable Care Act, or […]
Multicare: “Healthcare for profit’s got to go!”
Multicare is a privately owned “non-profit” that owns and operates a chain of hospitals and clinics throughout the Pacific Northwest, among them Tacoma General Hospital. Many of the workers for Multicare are represented […]
First Ebola fatality in US: He and 4000 more are victims of capitalism
With over 4,000 dead from the disease, Ebola is a major crisis… for the people in West Africa. For the rest of the world? Not so much. Listen to Dr. Thomas Geisbert. […]