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Open Letter of Solidarity with Egyptian Workers from the Campaign for Peace and Democracy, April 30, 2020
| Joanne Landy | May 13, 2010 |
We are writing to extend our heartfelt solidarity and support to you, Egyptian workers, who in recent months have been courageously demanding that your government address your desperate economic conditions. The American press has been shamefully muted about the grim economic and political realities of life for people in Egypt, a key strategic U.S. ally in the Middle East.
Help Haitian Popular Radio Mobilize the Haitian People after the Earthquake
| Joanne Landy | March 11, 2010 |
Below is an appeal from Mark Dow for the Haitian popular radio work of New Politics writer Sony Esteus and his colleagues in the wake of Haiti's devastating earthquake. I hope you can make a contribution, even if it is modest. Send a donation to our office, New Politics, 155 W. 72nd Street, Rm 402, NY, NY 10025 or go give through PayPal on our website www.newpol.org. As always, gifts to New Politics are tax deductible; please indicate that the donation is for Haiti. To contact Mark directly, write him at mdow@igc.org
In solidarity,
Joanne Landy, member, New Politics editorial board
The Swiss Healthcare System a Model for the U.S.?: Even the Swiss Are Growing Dissatisfied with Private Insurance!
| Joanne Landy | March 3, 2010 |
The Swiss health insurance system, which mandates every individual to buy private health insurance, has been held up by many as a realistic model for the United States. In Switzerland, however, private insurers are far more highly regulated than is conceivable to imagine in the U.S. for example, they are not allowed to make profit on “basic” coverage. Yet even so, as my friend Dennis Clagett who lives in Switzerland has written to me, popular dissatisfaction with the country’s healthcare system is mounting due to the way that the private insurers have behaved.
Worcester on NP & Covers
| Joanne Landy | February 4, 2010 |
Former New Politics editor Kent Worcester has written a nice appreciation of New Politics and its covers by Bob Gill.
Can a New Public Option Be A Step to a Single Payer?
| Joanne Landy | August 4, 2009 |
These are my remarks in a debate/discussion on the topic "Can a New Public Option Be A Step to a Single Payer?" sponsored by Democratic Socialists of America (DSA), July 22, 2009, at Bluestockings Bookstore, Manhattan. I was debating with Mark Hannay.
Can a New Public Option Be A Step to a Single Payer?
My answer is "no."
The movement for healthcare reform is facing a great opportunity
- But today we see all the makings of a healthcare fiasco unfolding before our very eyes – in the name of “feasibility.”