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From: Dr Bill Honigman
Tue, Jan 26, 2010
From bay area activist Susan Harman, and my response below:
Subject: Write Back! Letters needed to refute the Oakland Tribune editorial against SB 810
Dear East Bay Single Payer Activists,
Below is an editorial in today’s Oakland Tribune.
It is part of a newly emerging and growing opposition to single payer, which exists both at the elite level (like the Trib’s publishers) as well as at the grassroots (like Tea Partiers). Such a movement will embolden Republican legislators to fight against SB 810, instead of being resigned to its passage and delivery to the governor. And it will embolden the GOP to wage electoral campaigns for assembly and senate seats on a platform of opposing single payer.
We can add to the momentum from the resolution that the California Democratic Party approved last November — calling for an end to the air war in Afghanistan, withdrawal of U.S. forces and an increase in humanitarian/development aid to that long-suffering country.
This gathering in Sonoma County will give a boost to a new effort, in the Bay Area and elsewhere, combining grassroots organizing with media outreach to reframe the politics of U.S. policies toward Afghanistan. Please bring a checkbook.
Speakers will include Karen Bernal and Norman Solomon. The two of them, along with Marcy Winograd (who is now running against incumbent war hawk Rep. Jane Harman), co-authored the military-out-of-Afghanistan resolution that is now the official position of the California Democratic Party.
Norman Solomon on KPFA Radio, “The Morning Show” — talking about themes in his piece “Democrats Boosting Right-Wing Populism.” The 25-minute live interview begins at 7:35 a.m., at 94.1 FM in Northern California… and streaming at kpfa.org .
CLICK HERE to listen to this archived program.
BBC World Service
http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/console/p005td2n
The Program is 53 mins long, and Karen’s segment is from 27:05 – 31.35 .
Karen is the PDA Northern CA Co-Coordinator and is Chair of the CDP Progressive Caucus.
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
JANUARY 16, 2010
PROGRESSIVE DEMOCRATS SONOMA COUNTY TO HOLD REGULAR VIGILS AIMED AT ENDING CONGRESSIONAL FUNDING FOR WARS IN AFGHANISTAN AND IRAQ
Progressive Democrats Sonoma County, the local chapter of Progressive Democrats of America, plans regular Brown Bag Lunch Vigils in front of Rep. Lynn Woolsey’s Santa Rosa District office to stop the escalation and funding for war. We thank Rep. Woolsey for signing on to support HR 2454, calling for an exit strategy from Afghanistan and HR 3699, prohibiting any increase in the number of U.S. Armed Forces in Afghanistan. Further, we call on Rep. Woolsey to publicly commit to voting “No” on any bills that fund wars in Iraq, Afghanistan, Pakistan, or Yemen, and to publicly urge her colleagues and the House leadership to make the same commitment. The first vigil is planned for Wednesday, January 20th at noon.
When: Wednesday, January 20, 2010
12 PM – 1 PM
Where: Office of Rep. Lynn Woolsey
1101 College Avenue
Santa Rosa , CA 95404
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ED. NOTE: Please RSVP for this event here:
https://www.thedatabank.com/dpg/309/personalopt1.asp?formid=meet&c=9243517
Thank you!
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PDA Board member David Swanson speaking about his new book DAYBREAk: Undoing the Imperial Presidency and Forming a More Perfect Union on Jan. 13 as part of a nationwide book tour.
More info about the book can be found here: http://davidswanson.org/book
Tim Carpenter discusses the recent developments in the Health Care debate in Washington.
Donna Smith
January 6, 2010
URGENT—Take Action NOW: Tell Speaker Pelosi & Majority Leader Reid – NO on MANDATE, YES on STATES’ RIGHTS
If there is nothing to protect that relates to national security, every bit of the health reform legislation debate and negotiation should be done in public. Period.
We read today that C-SPAN is arguing that the negotiations between the House and the Senate on their healthcare bills need to be done while their cameras are rolling. I agree.
Michael Aparicio
Empire Report
December 22, 2009
Despite an administrative campaign defined by misinformation and scare tactics, and a competing union’s million dollar anti-union efforts, Memorial Hospital employees vote to unionize with National Union of Healthcare Workers. Why is their victory expected to have national significance?
You are invited to join us for a very special evening with
David Swanson, author of
DAYBREAK: Undoing the Imperial Presidency and Forming a More Perfect Union
Wednesday, January 13, 2010 – 7:00 PM
The Glaser Center
547 Mendocino Ave.
Santa Rosa, CA
PDSonoma County is very pleased to present author and activist David Swanson at this talk and book-signing event in Santa Rosa.
Donations accepted at the door, sliding scale $5-$20; no one turned away. Doors Open – 6:30 p.m.
Light refreshments available
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Great interview! Afghanistan, Healthcare Not Warfare, latest updates on healthcare bills in Congress, organizing with PDA, electing progressives, and more!
Tim Carpenter was recently interviewed on the Nick and Paul Show, from December 10th 2004.
Join a PDA Issue Organizing Team; learn more here
November 30, 2009
Hello PDA members….I must rush. I am near Creech Air Force Base in Nevada with Cindy Sheehan , Gold Star Mother of Casey ,who was killed in Iraq in 2004. We left Berkeley on Sat., Nov 28, 2009 in a van. We met Cindy at Travis Air Force Base where winds were very high. It was, in fact , a lot of stormy weather in terms of the incidents that occurred at Travis.
Good Morning! I am Dr. Margaret Flowers. I am a pediatrician and the Congressional Fellow for Physicians for a National Health Program. I also serve on the steering committee of the Leadership Conference for Guaranteed Health Care and on the board of Healthcare-Now, a national single payer grassroots organization.
Members of Physicians for a National Health Program (known as PNHP) educate and advocate for a single payer national health system, also known as Medicare for All. PNHP performs ground breaking research on the health crisis and the need for fundamental reform and contributes scholarly articles to peer-reviewed medical journals. PNHP takes pride in providing information that can inform legislators and the public about the reasons why Medicare for All is the optimal solution to provide necessary medical treatment to everyone in a way that controls health care costs.
Listen to the October 14, 2009 talk by Norman Solomon on his trip to Afghanistan which aired on Alternative Radio.
(program recorded at October meeting of Progressive Democrats Sonoma County)
By Peter Phillips
November 22, 2009
Police are arresting and attacking student protesters on University of California (UC) campuses again. “Why did he beat me I wasn’t doing anything,” screamed a young Cal Berkeley women student over KPFA radio on Friday evening November 20. Students are protesting the 32% increase in tuition imposed by the UC regents in a time of severe state deficits. The Board of Regents claims that they have no choice. Students will now have to pay over $10,000 in tuition annually for a public university education that was free only a few decades ago.
By NORMAN SOLOMON
Press Democrat
November 4, 2009
On election night a year ago, celebrations across the North Bay included dancing in the streets. The voters had spoken — loudly — for Barack Obama, who won 74 percent of ballots in Sonoma County and 78 percent in Marin. Spirits were sky high, and so were expectations.
That evening, as he spoke to the nation from Chicago’s Grant Park, Obama repeated his campaign mantra: “Yes we can.” But a year later, the words are less uplifting.
By DR. JOSEPH EICHENSEHER
Press Democrat
Thursday, November 5
As a Santa Rosa family practice resident physician currently working in Afghanistan, I feel it is worthwhile to share a few observations.
For two separate months during our three-year residency we are able to work abroad. Residents travel to destinations all over the world, from Malawi to Thailand to Peru, working on various health projects, serving and learning. Then we bring our experiences back to Sonoma County to better provide for our community.
Amy Goodman Benefit for KRCB
Sunday, Nov. 15, 4-6:00 p.m.
Release of the paperback edition of Breaking the Sound Barrier
Music by singer/songwriter Moss Henry
The Glaser Center, 547 Mendocino Ave., Santa Rosa
Tickets $15, $12 for KRCB members
Tickets available at Copperfield’s,The Last Record Store, KRCB at
www.krcb.org or
584-2055, The Glaser Center
A short film in two parts by Brad Friedman…
So we went out to Griffith Park out here in L.A. on Sunday to check out the kick-off day for the new “Tea Party Express II” national tour. Thought we might meet some interesting people and file a quick video report. Met alot of interesting people, and so ended up making a short film of sorts. Enjoy. Spread the word. Go tell the story (“both sides”)...
PDSonoma member Donna Norton is interviewed by Elaine Holtz for Elaine’s public access television program, Women’s Spaces. The focus of the interview is on healthcare reform and single payer.
This is a one-hour special program.
The show will air on Channel 26 (Comcast Cable tv) at these times:
Monday – Sept. 28 & Oct 5 – 7-8am
Wed. – Sept. 30 & Oct. 7 6-7pm
Thurs – Oct. 1 & Oct 8 2:30-3:30am
Friday – Oct. 2 & Oct. 9 – 11am – 12pm
Sat – Oct. 3 & Oct. 10 2:30 – 3:30 pm
Please spread the word so that others are able to watch!
Note: Sound quality for about the first six minutes is not ideal. This time period is mostly taken up with introductions and from then on, the sound is great!
This program is a special edition of Women’s Spaces. Normally, Women’s Spaces is aired on a different cable channel with the following schedule:
Comcast Cable
Channel 30
Monday 8-8:30 pm &
Thursday 5-5:30 pm following Amy Goodman.
Norman Solomon, Institute for Public Accuracy, Exec. Dir., discusses Afghanistan, including the recent election, the war and U.S. policy towards the country.
Washington, DC
Click Here to view video of Sept. 13 Washington Journal program
We are an affiliated chapter of Progressive Democrats of America (PDA)
MOVIE NIGHT!
The Most Dangerous Man in America: Daniel Ellsberg and the Pentagon Papers
NOTE: Early start time for Wednesday’s meeting, in order that we may enjoy Movie Night and still have time for an endorsement meeting to follow.
PDSonoma meets the 2nd Wednesday of every month except December.
New Members and Guests Always Welcome!
Refreshments can be ordered and enjoyed in our meeting room. Please arrive early if you wish to order refreshments.
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