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Urgent action to oppose capitalist take-over of the NHS

Richard | 12.05.2011 09:57 | Health | Public sector cuts

The Save our NHS petition achieved a massive 350,000 signatures last night, after receiving nearly 60,000 signatures in just 48 hours. The petition's being presented to Nick Clegg TOMORROW, so please add your signature and e-mail the link to all your friends and contacts right now .....

The Save our NHS petition achieved a massive 350,000 signatures last night, after receiving nearly 60,000 signatures in just 48 hours. The petition's being presented to Nick Clegg TOMORROW, so, if you havn't already, please add your signature and e-mail the link to all your friends and contacts right now.

Radicals may have some misgivings about contributing to liberal campaigns, but what have you got to lose? NHS privatisation is part of the cutting edge of capitalist encroachment, ANY campaign that threatens to even slow that down has got to be supported, and the window of opportunity here is very narrow. If the campaign fails services like A&E will be critically impacted within months and even radicals need to make use of A&E from time to time. NHS services will be run down to bargain-basement quality and decent treatment will only be available to people who can either afford to make huge cash payments or who pay into schemes like BUPA.

Please do it now!

 http://www.38degrees.org.uk/page/s/Protect_our_NHS_Petition

Richard

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12.05.2011 12:50

I completely agree.
We don't have enough action medics to run a radical health service yet ;-) and until we do the NHS is worth fighting tooth and nail for.

The following article from the British Medical Journal outlines exactly how that slug Lansley "plans to dismantle the NHS in England."

 http://www.bmj.com/content/342/bmj.d1695.full (free access, no login required)

It makes chilling reading.

murp


BMJ article

12.05.2011 13:33

is a good read...

very worrying indeed

bleep


Wapping + Miners Strike

12.05.2011 22:51

Yeah I know the big disputes of the 1980s affected the whole of society, but the fact is the Miners Strike primarily affected the Miners and the Wapping dispute primarily affected the printers // but if those were big, this one's gotta be 100 times bigger. NHS privatisation in comparison totally affects absolutely EVERYONE.... so let's see the appropriate level of energy devoted to fighting this one

Kalisto