The demand for universal healthcare for all, with “single payer” government administration is sweeping the nation. Recently in Seattle thousands took to the streets to demand single payer health care for all. PepperSpray reporters were there and produced the story
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ory that leads off “Indymedia Presents #360.” Every industrial “First World” country in the world—except for the US—and many developing nations as well have universal government sponsored healthcare. The US lack of a government health program for all Americans is directly responsible for the terrible health statistics in the US (infant mortality, life expectancy etc), but the Obama administration has indicated that single payer is “off the table.” Judging from the streets, this isn’t quite true. We follow this with a 3 minute animated piece called “White Privilege.” The final segment on this week’s program is taken from PepperSpray’s newly released 2 DVD set of activist videos, “The Leader #17.” Over the next while we will feature material from that compilation DVD set on this show. This week we start with “The Seattle General Strike.”
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