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.
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| 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 |
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| Front: Joanne Landy, MPH; Rear: Mary O'Brien, MD; Photo credit: Leonard Rodberg |
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| Left: Oliver Fein, MD; Right: Joy Kallio; Photo credit: Leonard Rodberg |
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| Center, head raised: Mary O'Brien, MD; Photo credit: Leonard Rodberg |
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| L to r: Carol Schneebaum, MD; Martin Mayer, MD; Joanne Landy, MPH; Robert Padgug, PhD; Jack David Marcus; Photo credit: Jesse Lemisch |
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| Len Rodberg, PhD (right, with beard); Photo credit: Jesse Lemisch |
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| Left, front to back: Joanne Landy, Dr. Mary O'Brien,
ActuUP Activist, Christin Price (white coat, PNHP button) Right, front, Dr. Carol Schneebaum |