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The Covid-19 pandemic has ravaged the nation for nearly 20 months now and America's workers have borne the brunt of the crisis. While the wealth of the country's 614 billionaires increased by 62%, tens of millions of workers deemed essential have been forced to work under Dickensian conditions while disproportionately exposed to Covid-19 infection. Over 20 million workers lost their jobs at some point during the pandemic. The economy is still experiencing a net job loss and 11 million households face the threat of eviction.
"Working people are fed up with the abuses, inequalities, racial disparities and privileges that were laid bare by the crisis and are seeking out individual and collective ways to leverage their power and turn the tables on a rigged system."
At the same time, the relatively robust government assistance provided in the initial stages of the crisis has shown how social insurance programs can protect workers' incomes and health without precipitating the calamity that many in the corporate media were predicting would be caused by the "moral hazard" of poor people having a modicum of economic security.
These experiences have helped to generate a new "pandemic politics." On the one hand, corporate America is desperate to restore austerity and labor discipline. On the other hand, working people are fed up with the abuses, inequalities, racial disparities and privileges that were laid bare by the crisis and are seeking out individual and collective ways to leverage their power and turn the tables on a rigged system. Overshadowing everything is the threat of right wing authoritarianism and the danger that the corporate elite will embrace it as they seek to maintain control.
Out of this crucible a worker based recovery program is emerging. We believe that the fight for Medicare for All must be a central tenet of such a program. Here are five reasons why:
To make your voice heard, sign this petition to demand Congress support Medicare for All as a way to "ensure that every person is guaranteed quality health care regardless of their ability to pay." If you're a union member, learn more here about what can be done to support the Labor Campaign for Single Payer.
We need everyone on board in order to build the unity necssary to resist the divide and conquer tactics of right wing authoritarianism and to stand in solidarity with working people everywhere who are fighting for decent healthcare and a better world for everyone.
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The Covid-19 pandemic has ravaged the nation for nearly 20 months now and America's workers have borne the brunt of the crisis. While the wealth of the country's 614 billionaires increased by 62%, tens of millions of workers deemed essential have been forced to work under Dickensian conditions while disproportionately exposed to Covid-19 infection. Over 20 million workers lost their jobs at some point during the pandemic. The economy is still experiencing a net job loss and 11 million households face the threat of eviction.
"Working people are fed up with the abuses, inequalities, racial disparities and privileges that were laid bare by the crisis and are seeking out individual and collective ways to leverage their power and turn the tables on a rigged system."
At the same time, the relatively robust government assistance provided in the initial stages of the crisis has shown how social insurance programs can protect workers' incomes and health without precipitating the calamity that many in the corporate media were predicting would be caused by the "moral hazard" of poor people having a modicum of economic security.
These experiences have helped to generate a new "pandemic politics." On the one hand, corporate America is desperate to restore austerity and labor discipline. On the other hand, working people are fed up with the abuses, inequalities, racial disparities and privileges that were laid bare by the crisis and are seeking out individual and collective ways to leverage their power and turn the tables on a rigged system. Overshadowing everything is the threat of right wing authoritarianism and the danger that the corporate elite will embrace it as they seek to maintain control.
Out of this crucible a worker based recovery program is emerging. We believe that the fight for Medicare for All must be a central tenet of such a program. Here are five reasons why:
To make your voice heard, sign this petition to demand Congress support Medicare for All as a way to "ensure that every person is guaranteed quality health care regardless of their ability to pay." If you're a union member, learn more here about what can be done to support the Labor Campaign for Single Payer.
We need everyone on board in order to build the unity necssary to resist the divide and conquer tactics of right wing authoritarianism and to stand in solidarity with working people everywhere who are fighting for decent healthcare and a better world for everyone.
The Covid-19 pandemic has ravaged the nation for nearly 20 months now and America's workers have borne the brunt of the crisis. While the wealth of the country's 614 billionaires increased by 62%, tens of millions of workers deemed essential have been forced to work under Dickensian conditions while disproportionately exposed to Covid-19 infection. Over 20 million workers lost their jobs at some point during the pandemic. The economy is still experiencing a net job loss and 11 million households face the threat of eviction.
"Working people are fed up with the abuses, inequalities, racial disparities and privileges that were laid bare by the crisis and are seeking out individual and collective ways to leverage their power and turn the tables on a rigged system."
At the same time, the relatively robust government assistance provided in the initial stages of the crisis has shown how social insurance programs can protect workers' incomes and health without precipitating the calamity that many in the corporate media were predicting would be caused by the "moral hazard" of poor people having a modicum of economic security.
These experiences have helped to generate a new "pandemic politics." On the one hand, corporate America is desperate to restore austerity and labor discipline. On the other hand, working people are fed up with the abuses, inequalities, racial disparities and privileges that were laid bare by the crisis and are seeking out individual and collective ways to leverage their power and turn the tables on a rigged system. Overshadowing everything is the threat of right wing authoritarianism and the danger that the corporate elite will embrace it as they seek to maintain control.
Out of this crucible a worker based recovery program is emerging. We believe that the fight for Medicare for All must be a central tenet of such a program. Here are five reasons why:
To make your voice heard, sign this petition to demand Congress support Medicare for All as a way to "ensure that every person is guaranteed quality health care regardless of their ability to pay." If you're a union member, learn more here about what can be done to support the Labor Campaign for Single Payer.
We need everyone on board in order to build the unity necssary to resist the divide and conquer tactics of right wing authoritarianism and to stand in solidarity with working people everywhere who are fighting for decent healthcare and a better world for everyone.