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Twenty-Seven Arrested at NYC Protest
(including 8 from PNHP)
Hundreds March for Single Payer
Universal Health Care

Twenty-seven people were arrested on March 29, 2007, during a protest demanding health care for all, single-payer national health insurance, and drug price controls in the United States. Nearly a thousand attended the protest in downtown New York City, which commemorated ACT UP's 20th anniversary of AIDS activism and direct action. The protest was co-sponsored by PNHP and many other groups.

The eight members of the PNHP contingent arrested were:
Mary O'Brien, MD
John Gorman, JD
Joanne Landy, MPH
Jack David Marcus (medical student)
Christin Price (medical student)
Alice Falkenstein, LCSW, PhD, JD
Carol Schneebaum, MD

After marching through various downtown sites, the activists converged on the Wall Street Bullstatute in the Financial District. Chanting No more bull! Health care for all!, the group brought out 50 body bags, symbolizing the 50 Americans who die each day due to lack of health insurance. Twenty-seven people laid down in the street in front of traffic, and were arrested by police.

The protesters met at Federal Plaza at noon and headed down Broadway. The group stopped at five sites of government and corporate power historically responsible for thousands of AIDS deaths and for the United Statescurrent health care crisis. The protest concluded at the Wall Street Bullstatue, as the fervent group observed those engaging in civil disobedience.

poster carriers
Front sign carriers (left to right): Oliver Fein, MD; Carol Schneebaum, MD; Martin Mayer, MD; Jack David Marcus ; Rear sign carrier: Joy Kallio; Photo credit: Leonard Rodberg
2 perps
Front: Joanne Landy, MPH; Rear: Mary O'Brien, MD; Photo credit: Leonard Rodberg
Oli Fein and Joy Kallio
Left: Oliver Fein, MD; Right: Joy Kallio; Photo credit: Leonard Rodberg
Mary O'Brien and others die-in for health care
Center, head raised: Mary O'Brien, MD; Photo credit: Leonard Rodberg
demonstrators
L to r: Carol Schneebaum, MD; Martin Mayer, MD; Joanne Landy, MPH; Robert Padgug, PhD;  Jack David Marcus; Photo credit: Jesse Lemisch
Len Rodberg
Len Rodberg, PhD (right, with beard); Photo credit: Jesse Lemisch
women in police van
Left, front to back: Joanne Landy, Dr. Mary O'Brien, ActuUP Activist, Christin Price
(white coat, PNHP button) Right, front, Dr. Carol Schneebaum