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White House has declared war on the Netroots, aka the base of the Democratic Party PDF Print E-mail
Friday, 18 December 2009 01:32
DLC Toady / Lobbyist Lanny Davis on The Ed Show bitches about progressive "circular fire squad".



Howard Dean - Democrats aren't tough enough.


Matthews: Netroots 'Get Their Giggles' From 'Bitching'



Howard Dean says kill the bill.




The Young Turks - when White House says Dean irrelevant, they spitting in face of Democratic base

 
Lawrence O'Donnell says that the White House is afraid of Howard Dean:



Dean to Landrieu on  Hardball - You took away all our choice.



Landrieu lied on Hardball.

 
Sanders knocks it out of the park! PDF Print E-mail
Thursday, 17 December 2009 23:28
 
Schultz nails Obama PDF Print E-mail
Thursday, 17 December 2009 07:34
 
PHIMG Meeting this Friday! PDF Print E-mail
Thursday, 17 December 2009 00:00
12/18/09 - 7PM - Murphy Center - 25 West 43rd St, 18th floor.

We will be taking more nominations for our Steering Committee and hearing reports of our second successful demonstration at Grand Central and plans for exciting 2010 actions. Bring a health activist friend. We will have refreshments. See ya there.
 
WHERE DO WE GO FROM HERE? PDF Print E-mail
Wednesday, 16 December 2009 23:47
By Ajamu, Sankofa, PHIMG.org

I do not have the answer; but the question is a necessary beginning.
 
Barack Obama is launching a mammoth effort to move the political center of the U.S. to the right. It is a stunning ambition far beyond the reach of Reagan, Clinton, or the Bush dynasty. His extraordinary Oslo speech, referencing Martin Luther King Jr. to declare that "war is peace"; was nothing short of wizardry on the world stage. Now we have the possibility of the doctrine of perpetual war prosecuted by the U.S.  rising to a universal norm of humane conduct. In addition to the triumphalist new vision of the U.S. on issues of war and peace, the U.S. fervently ignores the most urgent threat to human survival that is presented by global climate destruction. Both of these issues profoundly impact human health.
 
We as healthcare activists must now forge a political strategy within the political terrain of a powerful and ultra-modern nation-state that is systemically defying, through deliberate deceptions, norms of civil conduct that once offered some buffer to the decent of the modern world into barbarism and unprecedented human suffering. So what do the political and economic elites of the U.S. really care about the guarantee of comprehensive healthcare to those within their borders?
 
The answer is clear. They are perfectly comfortable convincing us that they are helping us while they systematically attempt an historic transfer of enormous resources from us to an industry that perpetuates the healthcare crisis by denying access to healthcare for its own self-aggrandizement. At the same time, these elites have the temerity to lie about their intention by declaring that universal healthcare access has now been achieved through legislation that is being hatched in the White House. This is moral depravity at a scale that many of us find impossible to internalize because it is far too painful to bear.
 
So what do we do? We must internalize it because when we do, we give rise to the seeds for our renewed activism and courage. We must become stronger to withstand what is at hand.
 
We need to appreciate that we are far from being alone. Folks across this nation, ordinary folks like you and me who have become active on these issues, are now far less naive than they were just 18 months ago. Indeed, there has been (and it is still ongoing) a sea change in consciousness among ordinary grassroots human rights organizers that is preventing them  from being as gullible to charismatic pied piper political leaders of this recent period who have depended on our ignorance and need to feel good and to be reassured. 
 
This is a sign of hope.
 
If I had one recommendation, it is this: we must build and sustain larger and more diverse mass high profile direct actions in the streets across the country for Medicare for All. We must forever end inordinate deference to elected officials. We must push them to represent us. We can not expect them to lead us to victory. We must lead ourselves to victory.
 
Lastly, Obama blind sided us once already; but it must never happen again. In the future, we should only have ourselves to blame.Toto has pulled back the curtain.
 
Now is the time for us to go back to our base, to go home. There is no place like it.
 
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PHIMG-Wtf?

Who are we? Why are we here? PHIMG (pronounced P-H-I-M-G) is a coalition of activists involved in health care reform. We formed PHIMG to shine a spotlight on the underlying cause of our healthcare crisis. There cannot be real nor sustainable health care reform without the removal of private insurers from the provisioning of healthcare services in the United States. This is to be accomplished with a move to a Medicare For All health care financing system, such as proposed in HR 676.

The best way to get involved with PHIMG is to come to one of our upcoming local events in New York City. If you are not in New York City start a group like PHIMG in your neck of the woods. The best way to learn about PHIMG's history is to watch the videos we have produced of our past actions, which you can find below.

(TIP: Click on a video to start it, and then click again, the video will play in a larger size.)

Grand Central Terminal - Dec. 11th, '09

Grand Central Terminal - Nov 15th, '09



Aetna Occupation

NYC LGBT Pride Parade with ACT UP


PHIMG Confronts Charlie Rangel


PHIMG Demands PBS put Single Payer on the Table


PHIMG at Rangel's Harlem Office


PHIMG March and Rally '07

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