University of California-San Diego Protests Healthcare Bill

Here at the University of California, San Diego (UCSD) we are finally off to our Spring Break. And, we're getting prepared for big things this coming quarter. Last month we held a protest against the recently passed health care bill.

If you don’t know where UCSD is located, we are in La Jolla, California, one of the wealthiest communities in the United States.  The health care bill has often been portrayed as a struggle between rich whites vs. poor minorities, so one might expect the residents of La Jolla would have supported our protest...right?  On the contrary, many of the wealthy in California are for big government, probably because most of them have gained their wealth through corporatist interests.

"Unless you're free, the machine will be prevented from working at all"

Those words were spoken by Mario Savio in a speech that helped start the protest movement of the Sixties.  Compiled with video from the protest in Tiananmen Square, this video inspires those of us who believe in individual liberty.

There's a time when the operation of the machine becomes so odious, makes you so sick at heart that you can't take part! You can't even passively take part! And you've got to put your bodies upon the gears and upon the wheels, upon the levers, upon all the apparatus -- and you've got to make it stop! And you've got to indicate to the people who run it, to the people who own it -- that unless you're free the machine will be prevented from working at all! - Marco Savio

IU YAL 'Activism in Action'

In the wake of the 'Death of the Dollar Vigil' held in Bloomington this past week, the YAL Chapter at Indiana University held an End the Fed protest as part of National End The Fed Day.  The group informed students and non-students alike about how the Federal Reserve operates and how it has contributed to the destruction of both the value of the US Dollar and our economy.  Additionally,  thanks to the Advocates for Self Government, the IU YAL Chapter was able to showcase the World's Smallest Political Quiz.  Another great example of activism in action by the IU YAL Chapter!

H1N1 Vaccine Protest

New York has annouced mandatory H1N1 vaccination for their health care workers. The New York State Department of Health has declared that by November 30th you must be vaccinated, unless you have a "personal health issue" which may exempt you.

With the state trying to forcibly vaccinate them, health care workers across the state have begun refusing to take this sitting down. Tomorrow (Tuesday) from 11am to 1pm  NY Healthcare Concerned Citizens Group will be leading a protest of hundreds of NY healthcare workers in Albany.

Click here to hear the leaders of this protest discuss what their hospitals are doing and why they are refusing it. Remember, if New York can do this to their health care workers it could set a precedent to make this mandatory for all citizens. With that in mind I doubt they would disagree with some help spreading their message if you're going to be in the area.