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by Robert Stuart Lowden
Thursday, Oct. 29, 2009 at 5:08 PM
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Public Option Protests Go National Invoking Arrests at Health Care Giants
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At a little after twelve noon today Dr. Matt Hendrickson; an emergency room physician and six other protesters were arrested for trespassing and blocking the entrance to the CIGNA offices in Glendale, California. The action was part of a nationwide effort being made by Mobilize For Healthcare, who's advocates want a single payer medicare plan for everyone, with no denials to anyone. For more about http://mobilizeforhealthcare.org/ The cities where other nonviolent actions were taken were, Newark, NJ - 7 Columbus, OH - 0 San Francisco - 0 Rochester - 4 Los Angeles - 7 New York - 9 Virginia Beach - 1 Warwick, RI - 0 Sunrise, FL - 2 Seattle - 7 Thirty seven people were arrested in all. Seventy three people actually sat in nationally, but due to various police tactics in San Francisco, Columbus and Warwick 40 were not incarcerated, including Robert Darling who has been refused a bone marrow transplant to treat his cancer. Robert Darling's story .... http://www.projo.com/video/?nvid=410234 Grigor Sarkisyan,the father of Nataline Sarkisyan appeared at the Glendale CIGNA offices and was told to leave or he would be arrested as well. He is a Mercedes technician and still carries his insurance through CIGNA. He produced his card and asked to see a CIGNA representative whereupon he was refused. For the story on Nataline Sarkisyan please see .... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nataline_Sarkisyan http://la.indymedia.org/news/2009/10/231269.php http://la.indymedia.org/news/2009/10/231847.php The police presence in Glendale was large with at least two policemen for each protester and at this time all of the protesters have been released. Mobilization for Health Care is staging five more national actions at this point. Oct 29th, Oct 30th, Nov 2nd, Nov 3rd, Nov 4th, To get involved in Los Angeles or nationally here is the contact list. Upcoming Actions For Mobilize For Healthcare Upcoming Sit-ins: October 29th: Baltimore, MD When: 12:00PM Contact: Kevin Zeese, kzeese@earthlink.net Link: http://mobilizeforhealthcare-baltimore.ning.com Louisville, KY When: 10:00AM Contact: Kay Tillow, nursenpo@aol.com, 917-621-7268 Link: http://mobilizeforhealthcare-kentucky.ning.com/ October 30th: Philadelphia, PA When: Noon Contact: Jeff Muckensturm, 267-515-2400, jeff@healthcare-now.org Link: http://mobilizeforhealthcare-pa.ning.com/ November 3rd: San Diego, CA When: 10:00AM Contact: Jerry Malamud, aabs@aol.com Link: http://mobilizeforhealthcare-sandiego.ning.com/ November 4th: Albuquerque, NM When: 10:30AM Contact: Guy Watson, drguy0@gmail.com Link: http://mobilizeforhealthcare-abq.ning.com/ Atlanta, GA When: 10:00AM Contact: Denise Woodall, denisewoodallksu@yahoo.com Link: http://mobilizeforhealthcare-atlanta.ning.com/ Detroit, MI When: 12:00pm Contact: Precious Daniels, vincious1@hotmail.com; 313-361-4318 Link: http://mobilizeforhealthcare-detroit.ning.com Portland, OR When: TBA Contact: Jim Ferner, vjday153@hotmail.com Link: http://mobilizeforhealthcare-oregon.ning.com
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