The year 2020 has caused many white people to realize we live in a racist system. The Green New Deal is about systemic change for all, and deconstructing racism must be front and central in this agenda.
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Whatever You Do, Don’t Get Sick in Post-Brexit Britain!
The Brexiteers promised an additional £350 million a week for healthcare. Now less than six months away from the country's departure from the E.U., Britain’s health system is on the brink of collapse.
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Conservatives Make Us Sick: How Relentless Tory Austerity is Wrecking U.K. Healthcare
Hospitals throughout Britain have been operating in chaos in recent weeks, driven by a surge in admissions forcing up to 12-hour delays for patients being treated in emergency wards. A decade of harsh Tory austerity policies are to blame.
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British Medical Revolt As Brexit Pushes Non-UK Doctors Off the Island
"The reality is that the [British] government does not appreciate what E.U. nationals like me have contributed to the U.K., and only sees us as bargaining chips," says Dr. Birgit Woolley, from Germany, after decades working in the UK.
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South Manchester Hospital Embodies NHS Success Even As Deep Healthcare Cuts Set In
Stepping Hill Hospital is operating under intense financial pressure – but is still saving lives – as the U.K. government continues to make billions of pounds’ worth of cuts to Britain’s NHS.
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In Britain, Entrusting Healthcare to the Loan Sharks Who Ate Us
Britain is putting its public services - the vital safety net that we get in return for our taxes, like healthcare and education - in the hands of the least trustworthy and transparent investors imaginable.
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Britain's National Health Service Being "Atomized" by Private Sector
Over 100 private healthcare firms in Britain will be allowed to provide basic care, prompting fears among senior doctors that public hospital services may go out of business.
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Pan-European Resistance to Austerity Grows
The reality of how much Britain's government has given to bankers is phenomenal: the bailout is worth eight times the spending on healthcare, or 15 years worth of education funds.
