We spoke with Dave Johnson who is one of hundreds that joined Kevin Zeese and Margaret Flowers in being Conscientious Objectors to the Affordable Care Act (Obamacare). We discuss why we are COs and about building a movement against corporate health care and for a single payer or Medicare for all system. Then we spoke with Mike Andrews from Strike Debt, a project that developed out of Occupy Wall Street. The new expanded version of the Debt Resister’s Operations Manual was just released. This manual is used to teach about debt, how to deal with personal debt and how to organize in your community to challenge it. This show was taped on March 31 to air on April 14.
Listen here:
Objecting to Corporate Health Care and Organizing to End Debt with Dave Johnson and Mike Andres by Clearingthefog on Mixcloud
Relevant articles and websites:
Why I Am A Conscientious Objector to the ACA by Margaret Flowers
Obamacare: The Biggest Insurance Scam in History by Kevin Zeese and Margaret Flowers
Debt Resister’s Operations Manual by Strike Debt
Guests:
Dave Johnson is a union carpenter and former Champaign County, IL AFL-CIO Vice President / Political Director / Community Organizer. He is currently Radio Host for the World Labor Hour-WEFT listener supported community radio Station in Champaign IL. webcast LIVE every Saturdayfrom 11am – 12 Noon Central Time at www.weft.org and TV Host of Labor’s World View TV on Urbana Public Television.
Mike Andrews is an editor and writer living in Brooklyn. He has been a member of Strike Debt since its inception.