Health Care
Frontline Healthcare Workers Demand Appropriate PPE, Trained Staffing, and Supplies.
Today, nurses along with other frontline workers came together at Mount Sinai Hospital in Harlem to make their voices heard concerning the urgent need for personal protective equipment (PPE) — which they’ve been denied access to by government officials, union leaders, and hospital administrators alike.
Luigi Morris
April 3, 2020Democracy Now! Features Left Voice Member and ICU Nurse Tre Kwon
Frontline healthcare workers held an action to demand the immediate procurement and distribution of appropriate PPE, trained staffing, and supplies. Left Voice member and nurse Tre Kwon shared more on the struggle with Democracy Now!
Left Voice
April 3, 2020No, Cuomo Is NOT the Leader We Need. He’s Been Bleeding Us Dry for Years.
Andrew Cuomo has developed a cult following across the country, with many lauding him as the strong leader working people need. In reality, New York’s governor rules on behalf of the wealthy and continuously sacrifices working people. He won’t do what is necessary to address the crisis and save working people’s lives.
Allison Noel
March 31, 2020Jacobi Medical Center Nurse Speaks out About Limited Supplies in the Midst of a Pandemic
“There’s money, it’s there but it’s not being put into the protection of the workers, of the nurses, of the doctors, of our housekeeping staff - all of us working long hours” #WeNeedPPE #NationalizePrivateHealthcare
Luigi Morris
March 28, 2020Health Disparities Will Devastate the Nation’s Capital During the Pandemic: A Physician’s Perspective
Less than a couple miles from the nation’s capital, where the seats of political power converge in one of the wealthiest cities in the world, egregious disparities in healthcare have left swathes of Washington D.C. undeserved or without access. A frontline physician implores us: We must act now.
Luigi Morris
March 25, 2020Healthcare Workers Are At War, But Trump Isn’t on Our Side
NYC physician gave this speech about the war against the coronavirus and the ongoing war against for-profit health care, Trump and capitalism itself. The coronavirus pandemic is magnifying capitalism’s complete inability to foster overall health and well being. We don’t just need a new healthcare system, but a new economic system altogether.
Mike Pappas
March 24, 2020NYC Healthcare Workers Exposed to COVID19 Are Denied Testing
Healthcare workers face known hazards to their safety and their lives in the current pandemic. Even when exposed to patients known to have coronavirus, they are being denied testing and told to continue working as long as they are asymptomatic.
Kyu Nam
March 24, 2020Hospital Workers Are Producing Their Own Masks: Yet Another Reason Why the Working Class Should Control All Production
As vital medical supplies run low, health care workers have been forced to re-use, and in some cases make their own protective gear. This demonstrates capitalism's failure to provide for even the most basic needs of humanity, and shows why we must put production directly in the hands of the working class.
Tatiana Cozzarelli
March 20, 2020A Call to Healthcare Workers
Calling all healthcare workers: Are you concerned about the coronavirus response? How has the pandemic affected you and your workplace? We want to hear from you!
Mike Pappas
March 20, 2020Nationalize All Healthcare Now!
Social distancing — popularized under the slogan Cancel Everything — is essential to slowing the spread of the coronavirus. But to solve the problem, we need to take private healthcare under public control, immediately. We must Nationalize Everything.
Nathaniel Flakin
March 18, 2020