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<DIV><BR><FONT color=#ff00ff size=4><STRONG>Is anybody willing to SIT IN at an
insurance company in Houston? possibly get arrested, probably a misdemenor,
trespassing on private property...</STRONG></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=#ff00ff size=4><STRONG>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</STRONG>...</FONT></DIV>
<DIV>The nat'l ofc just wrote me that "><EM><STRONG>We've had a lot of
people sign up to participate in a sit-in in Houston for SINGLE PAYER on the
table...etc. <BR>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?<BR>Let me know by Friday 10/2
evening<BR></STRONG></EM></DIV>
<DIV>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.<BR></DIV>
<DIV>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. <BR>I've been
there, done that. Civil rights, since DrMLK was shot, involvement in groups
& actions against militarism, racism, sexism.</DIV>
<DIV>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. </DIV>
<DIV>So what if even thousands of us get arrested? </DIV>
<DIV>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.</DIV>
<DIV>Like Senator (Mad) Max Baucus said, "<EM>We need more police</EM>", and
had security escort out and then arrested even 13 of distinguished docs &
nurses.</DIV>
<DIV>Arrests costs us $$, down time, derails other positive political
awareness and consensus building, there may be negative personal
consequences.</DIV>
<DIV>Other than publicity for the cause, and showing our fervor (and
desperation) what political or legislative outcome is achieved?<BR>Reminds me
of the Peter Paul & Mary song.... :) Have you now or ever have
been?...<BR>Healthcare NOT Warfare.</DIV>
<DIV>Healthcare-NOW!</DIV>
<DIV>Courtney</DIV>
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