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Jon Flanders wrote: > This is from the Labor Campaign's latest communication on the question > of the Obama bill. I agree with it. In fact, now that the bill is passed > we will have an opportunity to reach the Obama bills erstwhile > supporters when all the loopholes become exposed. As they are already. Returning from shopping, I spotted four women passing out leaflets downstairs from the ballet studio upstairs (I once ran into David Harvey escorting his daughter from a lesson.) It turned out that they were protesting Obamacare. At first I couldn't figure out whether they were a tea-party brigade or what, especially since I heard one of them say something about "choice". When I asked if they were anti-abortion, they said absolutely not. They were protesting Congresswoman Carolyn Maloney who was speaking there. (2 cops were at the door downstairs.) They were pissed that she voted for a bill that discriminated against women. At that point, I jumped up and down whooping with glee and told them that it was great to see people finally taking action against the sell-out "reform". It was the first time I saw activists out on the street in my neighborhood since around the time the US was threatening to invade Iraq 8 years ago or so. I told them that I had been blogging about Obama and health care for months now and was happy to see people finally waking up. They asked me what my blog was called and I replied the unrepentant Marxist. One then said, "Oh, you're Louis Proyect". Wow! I always wondered who among the 1500 to 2000 visits to my blog were. Now I know. Their leaflet mentioned their own blog: www.correntewire.com, which was interesting considering the mix of electronic and traditional print media that represented. They also urged people to go to www.pnhp.org and www.singlepayeraction.org for more info. I'm really stoked now. ________________________________________________ Send list submissions to: [email protected] Set your options at: http://lists.econ.utah.edu/mailman/options/marxism/archive%40mail-archive.com
