Issue 393 - March 2009

Peacework Magazine March 2009 Cover

Universal Healthcare

  • Saving Millions of Lives
  • Healthy Feminism
  • Single Payer Medicare for All


In This Issue

Millions Saved: Proven Successes in Global Health

Large-scale public health successes are both possible and replicable.
Zimbabwe's Health Crisis Explodes: Is Democracy a Dream Deferred?
Zimbabwean Poster

A shaky coalition government tries to rescue the country from collapse.

Single-Payer Not-For-Profit Health Care For All: A Step Toward Eliminating Poverty
Health Budget chart

Remove the profit incentive from denying care.

From the Editor's Desk
US Could Save Millions More Lives : By Living up to its Global Health Pledges

We could choose to save millions of lives for less than the cost of US taxpayer-supplied Wall Street bonuses.
"We're All Feminists": Solidarity with HIV Positive Women in West Africa There is no stopping us. We're here to stay. We're here to speak out.
Feminist Declaration: From the Americas Social Forum in Guatemala

A good life must be based on an equal distribution of power.

Safe Abortion in Latin America & the Caribbean: A Demand for Social Justice, Human Rights, and Democracy
Preventing Domestic Violence: Policy Recommendations for the Next US Administration

Agitation for education, prevention, and intervention.

A Disability Rights Agenda: An Open Letter to President Obama

No decisions about us without us.

An Anarchist Vision of Universal Health Care: Mutual Aid through Self-Managed Health Cooperatives

Providing care for all from the bottom-up.

Iran: Free Doctors Arash & Kamiar Alaeis
Learning from the World - And Ourselves: Universal Health Care is Possible in the US
Top Ten Reasons to Support the US National Health Insurance Act - Expanded & Improved Medicare for All
Bits & Peaces

Events, Gatherings, Campaigns, Opportunities, Resources