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Our system, designed by Big Business, is ranked 37th in the world
The four Big Lies about universal health care
Also in this issue:
- THE REAL MOTHER'S DAY
- A GUSHER FROM EXXON MOBIL
- "THE K STREET PROJECT"
- THE GRANNY PEACE BRIGADE
- WATCH MY LIPS
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February's Lowdown
How corporate money took over Washington--and created the mobs who rant against reform
Despite a constant racket from the forces of the far-out right (Fox television's yackety-yackers, just-say-no GOP know-nothings, tea-bag howlers, Sarah Palinistas, et al.), the great majority of Americans support a bold progressive agenda for our country, ranging from Medicare for all to the decentralization and re-regulation of Wall Street. Indeed, in the elections of 2006 and 2008, people voted for a fundamental break from Washington's 30-year push to enthrone a corporate kleptocracy.
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THE REAL MOTHER'S DAY
Mother's Day is a time when all moms should get breakfast in bed and some flowers, right?
But Mother's Day was not meant to be a crassly commercialized, rose-scented tribute to sweet, docile mom. Rather, it began as a bold cry by mothers for all mothers to rise up against war. In the 1860s, thousands of mothers were devastated by the brutal slaughter of the Civil War, and many dared to stand up (at a time when women could not even vote) to decry war in the name of motherhood—and to urge that all mothers become a force for peace.
The original Mother's Day proclamation was penned in 1870 by Julia Ward Howe, the renowned author of "The Battle Hymn of the Republic." Far from the sing-song sweetness of a Hallmark card, this was a stark and ringing call for action: "Arise then, women of this day!" it began. "Our husbands shall not come to us reeking of carnage for caresses and applause. Our sons shall not be taken from us to unlearn all that we have been able to teach them of charity, mercy, and patience."
In the spirit of this proclamation, a nationwide group called CodePink:Women for Peace held a 24-hour vigil in front of the White House on Mother's Day weekend, with concerts, organizing sessions, and readings from hundreds of poignant letters that mothers have written to Laura Bush, urging the First Mother to help stop the war in Iraq.
Over the long haul, CodePink is working for a world without war. To join the effort, go to www.codepink4peace.org.