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Thousands Flood London's Financial District to Protest G20 Summit

The G20 summit opened in London today amid widespread protests in the streets. Dozens were arrested Wednesday as thousands of demonstrators jammed the streets of Londons financial district. We speak with former British MP Tony Benn, the current president of the Stop the War Coalition.

After G20, Mass Protests Await Obama at NATO Meeting

After the G20 talks, President Obama will stop in France and Germany to take part in a NATO summit marking its sixtieth anniversary. Mass demonstrations are expected with thousands of protesters from over twenty European countries and the United States. We go to Strasbourg to speak with Andreas Speck, a member of War Resisters International and one of the lead organizers of the protests against the NATO summit.

Marxist Geographer David Harvey on the G20, the Financial Crisis and Neoliberalism

For some analysis on the G20 summit and the financial crisis, we speak to a leading thinker on the global economy. David Harvey is a Marxist geographer and distinguished professor of anthropology at the Graduate Center of the City University of New York. He is the author of several books, including The Limits to Capital and A Brief History of Neoliberalism. http://davidharvey.org/

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Obama’s Blackwater? Jeremy Scahill on Triple Canopy, the New Lead US Mercenary Force in Iraq and Israel The Obama administration has confirmed the hiring of mercenary firm Triple Canopy http://www.triplecanopy.com/ to take over Blackwaters contract to protect US diplomats in Iraq. Part of the firms job will be to protect the monstrous US embassy in Baghdad. http://www.canopycanopycanopy.com/We speak to independent journalist Jeremy Scahill, who has also just revealed that the administration is using Triple Canopy to protect US diplomats in Israel. http://www.alternet.org/waroniraq/

While the Obama administration claims all options are on the table for healthcare reform, it’s already rejected the solution favored by most Americans, including doctors: single-payer universal healthcare.

April 01, 2009: Rep. McDermott: The Medical-Industrial Complex in this Country is Bigger than the Military-Industrial Complex a leading advocate for a single-payer healthcare system, about healthcare reform on Capitol Hill. REP. JIM McDERMOTT: Well, I think it’s almost larger than the Obama policy, but I am very worried about any escalation that we do in Afghanistan. We went roaring into there nine years ago and dropped bombs all over [Tora Bora] and did all kinds of things and put on this big effort, and then it didn’t work. We didn’t get rid of Osama bin Laden, and we didn’t get rid of the terrorists. And so, we moved onto Iraq and just left it to fester. Now we’re coming back, eight years later, having continued to kill civilians and create enormous animosity toward Americans. And the history of the Pashtun people—there are 40 million Pashtuns who live in an area that straddles the border between Afghanistan and Pakistan—they threw out the British on two occasions in the 1800s, and they threw out the Russians a few years ago. And my belief is that we are going into something that we really don’t understand.

March 30, 2009: Inequality is Unhealthy: Dr. Stephen Bezruchka on How Economic Inequality is Dangerous to our Health As lawmakers continue to debate healthcare proposals, we take a look at how the economic crisis can impact the health of people in this country. We speak with Dr. Stephen Bezruchka who teaches at the University of Washington’s School of Public Health.

March 11, 2009: Newly Formed 150,000-Strong Nurses’ Union Pushes for Single-Payer Healthcare

Three of the country’s top organizations of direct care registered nurses have come together to form a new national nurses’ union that is advocating for a single-payer national health insurance program.

March 11, 2009: Burn Your Health Insurance Bill Day: New Group Advocates Direct Action to Demand Single-Payer System
Russell Mokhiber, editor of Corporate Crime Reporter, has just formed a new group called “Single Payer Action” that is advocating direct action to demand a single-payer health insurance system in the United States.

March 11, 2009: Dr. Quentin Young, Longtime Obama Confidante and Physician to MLK, Criticizes Admin’s Rejection of Single-Payer Healthcare
While the Obama administration claims all options are on the table for healthcare reform, it’s already rejected the solution favored by most Americans, including doctors: single-payer universal healthcare.

March 06, 2009: As Obama Hosts Summit on Healthcare, Marginalized Advocates Ask Why Single Payer Is Ignored President Obama hosted a White House summit Thursday on reforming healthcare. While President Obama said every idea must be considered, the idea of creating a single-payer national health insurance program appears to have already been rejected.

February 27, 2009: Can US Achieve Meaningful Healthcare Reform Within For-Profit System?
The Obama administration says its repeal of Bush-era tax cuts for wealthier Americans will help pay for a $634 billion reserve fund for what it calls its top fiscal priority: healthcare reform.

February 04, 2009: What is the Future of Healthcare Reform Following Daschle Withdrawing Health Sec. Nomination? In what is being described as the first major setback of Barack Obama’s presidency, Tom Daschle has withdrawn his nomination as Secretary of Health and Human Services. We speak to Richard Kirsch of Healthcare for America Now.

May 28, 2008: Dr. Paul Farmer Challenges Profit-Driven Medical System While Bringing Healthcare to Poor Communities Worldwide Paul Farmer is not your ordinary doctor. In going to the poorest places on earth, he is not only treating patients, but challenging whole healthcare systems.

April 21, 2008: An Evangelical from a Conservative Background, Dr. Rocky White is Not Your Typical Advocate for Single-Payer Healthcare
While there are differences between the healthcare plans offered by Democratic presidential opponents Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton, neither of them is proposing a single-payer system of national healthcare. !!!!!!!America's richest people meet to discuss ways of tackling a 'disastrous' environmental, social and industrial threat!!!!!!!!