Progressive Democrats of America
Launches "Healthcare Not Warfare" Campaign
Let's help out our friends at PDA
by supporting this fantastic campaign!
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"Healthcare NOT Warfare"
February 29, 2008
As PDA board member Norman Solomon pointed out in this article, “nearly one in six Americans has no health insurance, and tens of millions of others are woefully under-insured--while the war in Iraq continues to further skew the U.S. government's budget priorities.”
We say “Healthcare NOT Warfare” and ask you to join our campaign.
The time has come to redirect unnecessary and wasteful military spending to meeting human needs.
Among those needs is the healthcare crisis and we've focused our attention on the Democratic Party by gathering signatures on a petition to prioritize "Healthcare NOT Warfare.”
In 2008, dozens of local and state parties passed resolutions supporting single-payer healthcare, and rejecting the occupation of Iraq. With our allies, we successfully amended the 2008 Democratic Party Platform to include "guaranteed health care for every man, woman, and child" and "everybody in, nobody left out."
In 2009, as the fight for healthcare reform takes place in Congress, and U.S. military presence continues in Iraq, Afghanistan and Pakistan. PDA is working in alliance with our allies in Congress to curb wasteful military spending to meet our domestic needs at home. Watch this video. The effort to pass "Healthcare NOT Warfare" resolutions and platform amendments at Democratic Party conventions continues.
The petition will be delivered to the leaders of the 111th Congress.
Please, sign the petition, and join us in this effort by taking action on one or more of the following items:
Host a House Party--get your “Healthcare NOT Warfare” materials and house party kits, here.
Download the flyer to distribute at meetings and events. Use it to bird-dog congressional candidates!
Download the sample resolution, change it to meet your needs, and pass it at your local and state Democratic Parties, cities, and counties.
Click here for additional resources and action items.
