Did you know?
One fourth of the Iraq war budget alone could fund
healthcare for every uninsured person in this country.
Think what the trillions of dollars wasted on war,
occupation and destruction could do for the people:
• Provide free medicine for all of our seniors and chronically ill.
• Change the dismal statistics of infant mortality in major cities
like Detroit, Baltimore and Washington D.C. where the mortality
rates for African American and poor children rival impoverished
countries abroad;
• Stop the epidemic of hospital closings;
• It could provide healthcare and treatment for the physical
and psychological trauma that the survivors of Katrina and Rita are still suffering from;
• Make healthcare for low wage workers and immigrant families a priority.
While the war is bleeding us at home it is miniscule in comparison to the bloodshed, misery and pain that is being inflicted on the Iraqi people. The Lancet medical journal documented that 655,000 Iraqi civilians have been killed during the war (Oct, 2006). The health of the Iraqi people and the entire region has been destroyed. Solidarity demands that we act now to stop the war, end the occupation and bring the troops home now!
GET INVOLVED:
1) Endorse
2) Become a volunteer organizer
3) Donate
4) Download "Healthcare and the War are Sicko" leaflets at: http://troopsoutnow.org/HWN.pdf - and get them out to your school, workplace, hospital, union hall, etc. Become a volunteer organizer - sign up online or call or write us at:
Campaign for Healthcare, Not Warfare, c/o TONC, 55 W. 17th St. 5C,
New York, NY 10011
212-633-6646.
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Healthcare workers, nurses, doctors, home health aides, patients and patient advocates will be converging in Washington D.C., Sept 29 and joining with thousands of anti-war, community, immigrant rights, student, and union activists to demand and end to war and occupation.
We will also participate in an encampment prior to the march and set up a special Healthcare, Not Warfare Tent. |
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