Virtual Town Hall

Sunday, 22 March 2020 23:00 UTC 00:00 CET (Brussels) USA: 7pm EST // 6pm CST // 5pm MST // 4pm PST MORE DETAILS HERE

Trump and the Democratic Party establishment’s response to Coronavirus has been a disaster. Working class people, especially healthcare workers, teachers, transit workers, grocery, and service sector workers don’t have the resources and supplies to stay safe. Meanwhile, 30 million Americans don’t have health insurance, and many more face catastrophically high copays and deductibles if they seek treatment. Even with an impending recession, which could affect health coverage for millions of workers facing layoffs, Trump resists any structural change to the healthcare industry, and Joe Biden has pledged to veto any form of Medicare for All if elected president.



In Seattle, Socialist Alternative City Councilmember Kshama Sawant rapidly built a grassroots coalition to win a ban on evictions, becoming the first city in the country to do so. In addition, she is organizing to #TaxAmazon to immediately fund an adequate Coronavirus response, and when the current crisis is contained to build high quality social housing. Councilmember Sawant achieved this because she ran as an independent socialist who is accountable to working people’s needs, not the Democratic Party leadership, which is tied by a million threads to corporations and big pharma. Join us for this important discussion on why a SOCIALIST response is needed to fight the Coronavirus.

Virtual Town Hall featuring

* Kshama Sawant: Seattle City Councilmember, Socialist Alternative

* Shaun King: Journalist, Activist & Co-Founder of Real Justice PAC

* Joshua Collins: 26 y/o Socialist Truck Driver Running for US Congress

* Julia Salazar: New York State Senator, Democratic Socialists of America

* Mike Sylvester: Maine State Rep, Democratic Socialists of America

* Jaco Lam: Socialist Action, Hong Kong

* Brian Cina: Vermont State Rep, Vermont Progressive Party

* Valeria Beta: International Socialist Alternative, Genoa, Italy

* Marty Harrison: Philadelphia Nurse, Executive Board Temple University Hospital Nurses Association

* Alicia Gallardo: Communications Director, Rent Strike 2020

* Eljeer Hawkins: NYC Healthcare Worker, Surgical Technician, Socialist Alternative

*Lee J Carter — Socialist Delegate in Virginia, VA Bernie co-chair