The Latest from Black Rose/Rosa Negra
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Foxes and Henhouses: Austerity and the false dance of healthcare fraud
-SN Nappalos Healthcare fraud is a big deal. The Federal Bureau of Investigations (FBI) estimates that tax payers are on the hook for around $80 billion per year of fraud.[1] In 2011, the FBI had a record year retrieving $4.1 billion from fraudulent practitioners and businesses.[2] The Department of Health and Human Services discuss, in…
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Normal Means
This story comes to us from MAS member SN Nappalos about experiences working in healthcare. — Fabiola closed her eyes. On the television, a preacher spoke a prayer while the patient rested quietly in the bed. That day Fabiola was fired, or terminated as management called it. The supervisor crept in quietly, and reported finding…
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Remembering Occupy Rochester: Zombie Walk and First Arrests
For many of us, the Occupy Movement was a time to get excited and involved on a day-to-day level. Here in Rochester, many followed suit in a mass movement that looked at the occupation of a public space as central to developing the kind of protest culture that was happening around us. We were, however,…
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Beyond Procedural Justice: Finding Our Foundations in the Worst Case Scenario
One of the foundations of foreclosure-based eviction defense tends to be a close reading of the entire mortgage history of the property. This could include closely looking at all of the ownership records, reading through every single foreclosure document, looking up bank information, and so on. The idea behind this is two-fold. First, it gives…
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Event: 1/17/13 7pm Seasol: organizing as tenants and workers
[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_unRLeFxTb8] On January 17th, 2013, MAS will host a talk with a Seattle Solidarity organizer at 7PM at Sweat Records, 5505 Northeast 2nd Avenue Miami, FL 33137 Seattle Solidarity or SeaSol for short, is a network of workers and tenants that use direct action to solve problems at work and in housing. The success of SeaSol…
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Cake
We’re featuring a story told by Monica Kostas, a contributor to MAS, about experiences in her workplace. Enjoy! Start the Engine! First stop: Getting the cake. Some time ago my boss decided to stop all birthday celebrations and parties of any sort, saying it was “too distracting” for the workers. I’m just now passing my…
