i see that there are several comrades here who share my frustration with the medical establishment. it’s hard to talk about with people who have never had the experience of being discounted and dismissed. i sit here and make memes for lack of anyone to talk to about it.
i’ve also been reading, researching, and keeping notes on ways to organize for the defense of people under circumstances like ours, but there’s no one to share these ideas with bc again, no one wants to listen.
i’m just glad to be here. i’m a little bit timid, but i hope to get to know everyone better with time.
I’m not the best person to talk about this, because I don’t have a lot of experience organizing. But I think a way to remedy this is to organize as a social movement. Is there any organized social movement regarding health care in your country? Does this social movement has an actionable program with clear goals and tasks on what they need to do or achieve?
I am from Brazil (currently living in Canada), and while we don’t have social movements related to health care, we do have social movements towards housing and land reform. Some of those movements were really successful.
Keep in mind that social movements shouldn’t be tied to any political party, although they can collaborate in many aspects in the political struggle. But that’s not the main goal.
that’s not correct but i am gonna go back into my shell nevermind
Hey, I’m sorry if I didn’t sound polite, I did my best. Sometimes I may not give the best response because I’m usually juggling many different activities. I didn’t want to dismiss your idea.
A social movement can help you create those networks. I’m not talking about activism only but actual efforts to help people. The landless movement in Brazil not only do demonstrations, and land occupation but also organized agricultural workers in cooperatives. They engage in negotiations with companies (even external to Brazil) to buy machines and do partnerships with universities and technical schools to train the workers. They even maintain their own newspaper.
People with the same demands and difficulties as yours need to organize. But in order to have a clear idea on what those demands are, you need to build a program that is actionable.