claims it's only the media saying otherwise we talked to pediatrician and health care activist margaret flowers she says the pandemics put the spotlight on the many failings of the current system. 3 major drawbacks that it has exposed is that we don't have a universal health care system in the united states and that millions of people have no health insurance at all it also has exposed that we don't have a centralized health care system it's our system is very piecemeal and bureaucratic and disorganized and because of that there's been no real leadership coming from a centralized institution telling people how to behave telling health professionals what to do making sure that we can get resources to people who need them particularly our health care providers and the 3rd thing is that our health care system is really based on profit and not based on the health of people and so instead of doing commonsense things that would have enabled us to get tests out to people to get supplies to people we're seeing this whole. scurrying of various corporations trying to see how they can profit from this sit

calling for a general strike which seems more feasible now than perhaps ever as kevin zeese and margaret flowers wrote for popular resistance the goal is to ensure that those running for office those in office and those who make policy including nonprofits corporations and the media cannot ignore the movement as we demonstrate our ability to make the country on the gov ball make the country on governable until they meet our demands i mean i guess we're also already halfway there we have torn the country into 2 so-called sides that don't agree on anything except for the fact that we all love voting against our own interests at least we have that in common but no according to popular resistance there are 2 main requirements to kicking off a general strike one create a national consensus for our demands and to involve enough people to be a mass movement that cannot be ignored so 1st we have to decide what our demands are things like a living wage safe working conditions a rent moratorium health care as a human right perhaps a cap to the amount c.e.o.'s can make and finally if you work at mcdonald's