Recently Roger Pulvers wrote a piece criticizing JT saying that smoking does not cause cancer, followed by a rebuttal by JT claiming that it never said any such thing. Hideyuki Yamamoto of JT lled. In fact, the very same person quoted recently by Pulvers, a Toshimasa Kurita, said it in 2007, in this piece by Al Jazeera (Pulvers' article and the JT rebuttal afre … [Read more...] about Japan Tobacco Kills People and Lies: (JT 2007: We don’t believe smoking causes cancer. JT 2010: We never said that)
Globalisation/グローバリゼーション
DOW THROWS A DISMAL PARTY, FEW ATTEND (Dow killed hundreds of thousands in Bhopal, Vietnam, etc.)
April 19, 2010 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Underattended "Run for Water" plagued by death scenes, zombies, and dozens of "Dow spokesmen"; truth seems to run free Video: Yes Men video here; other video here Stills: Yes Men pictures here; numerous others here Contact: Whitney Black (803)466-3786; press@theyesmen.org Brooklyn, NY -- Bucolic Prospect park in Brooklyn, NY … [Read more...] about DOW THROWS A DISMAL PARTY, FEW ATTEND (Dow killed hundreds of thousands in Bhopal, Vietnam, etc.)
Diary of a Wimpy Health Care Bill (California Nurses Association)
by Rose Ann DeMoro Executive Director, National Nurses United, AFL-CIO and California Nurses AssociationPassage of President Obama's healthcare bill proves that Congress can enact comprehensive social legislation in the face of virulent rightwing opposition. Now that we have an insurance bill, can we move on to healthcare reform? As an organization of registered … [Read more...] about Diary of a Wimpy Health Care Bill (California Nurses Association)
Pro-single-payer doctors: Health bill leaves 23 million uninsured-23,000 unnecessary deaths annually
For Immediate Release March 22, 2010 Contact:Oliver Fein, M.D.Steffie Woolhandler, M.D., M.P.H.David Himmelstein, M.D.Margaret Flowers, M.D.Mark Almberg, PNHP, (312) 782-6006, mark@pnhp.org The following statement was released today by leaders of Physicians for a National Health Program, www.pnhp.org. Their signatures appear below. As … [Read more...] about Pro-single-payer doctors: Health bill leaves 23 million uninsured-23,000 unnecessary deaths annually
More critiques of the health care bill acknowledging the good as well as the ugly (several articles)
A cause for celebration?Alan Maass (Socialist Worker) examines the claims made about the Democrats' health care legislation. March 24, 2010LAST SUNDAY night around 10 p.m., I was finishing up the next day's edition of SocialistWorker.org when my e-mail inbox started filling up like a casino slot machine finally paying off. The subject lines all had the same theme: "Historic … [Read more...] about More critiques of the health care bill acknowledging the good as well as the ugly (several articles)