[PAA-Discuss] Sit-In protest in Houston?

[Juli3 at aol.com]

Is anybody willing to SIT IN at an  insurance company in Houston? possibly 
get arrested, probably a misdemenor,  trespassing on private property...
After sending around the Health  Care-NOW.org (HCN) email about call to 
action to increase the numbers of in  your face protests to keep single payer 
on the table, obviously some CodePinks  responded to national HCN...
The nat'l ofc just wrote me that ">We've had a lot of  people sign up to 
participate in a sit-in in Houston for SINGLE PAYER on the  table...etc.  
We need a team to help pull this together.  Is  anybody interested in 
helping to pull together a sit-in at an insurance  company in Houston?
Let me know by Friday 10/2  evening

Anybody want to talk about this? Are you still up? I'd like to talk  with a 
long timer activist who's BEEN ARRESTED for such action in recent  years.

What do you think about the social action of protesting, not just FOR  
single payer in public spaces with permits, the rallies, & hoopla, letter  
writing, delivering petitions & letters, demonstrating OUTside  Congressional 
offices and insurance companies to now increasing intensity (out  of 
frustration) to SIT IN and Getting ARRESTED for single payer. 
I've been  there, done that. Civil rights, since DrMLK was shot, 
involvement in groups  & actions against militarism, racism, sexism.
Altho' getting arrested against CLASSISM may be an important arm of the  
"civil rights movement of our time", I feel that the majority of Americans,  
(the boomers who vote for example & elected the 1st African American  
president) will DISDAIN, distort, and dismiss our arrests. 
So what if even thousands of us get arrested? 
I just don't believe at this point in history that the corporate rulers  
will care or be caused distress or loss of business as usual.
Like Senator (Mad) Max Baucus said, "We need more police", and  had 
security escort out and then arrested even 13 of distinguished docs &  nurses.
Arrests costs us $$, down time, derails other positive political  awareness 
and consensus building, there may be negative personal  consequences.
Other than publicity for the cause, and showing our fervor (and  
desperation) what political or legislative outcome is achieved?
Reminds me  of the Peter Paul & Mary song.... :) Have you now or ever have  
been?...
Healthcare NOT Warfare.
Healthcare-NOW!
Courtney
_ckorrf at earthlink.net_ (mailto:ckorrf at earthlink.net) 


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