https://tankie.tube/videos/watch/5b4f8b60-9159-4c98-8560-1ceef81f5ed4 The Covid-19 pandemic has claimed almost a million lives in the United States, and made clear that the richest country in the world continues to value economic profit over the well-being of humanity. This session will uplift examples of social solidarity and struggles that fight against the privatization of healthcare and for a world in which health is prioritized for all. 2:34 Moderator Sameena Rahman, Act Now to Stop War and End Racism (ANSWER) Organizer 6:20 Dr. Tania Crombet Ramos, Clinical Research Director of the Center of Molecular Immunology of Havana, Cuba (Video) 13:13 Dr. Ana Malinow, pediatrician & lead organizer for National Single Payer 27:10 Bill McKibben, environmentalist, author & Co-Founder of 350.org 38:37 Tynetta Hill-Muhammad, Chicago Chapter Organizer for BYP100 44:11 Carlos Marroquin, National Director of Food for Health Programs 52:50 Dr. Bita Amani, Associate Professor & Co-Director of Charles R. Drew University's Black Maternal Health Center of Excellence 1:06:25 What do you think is the biggest opportunity when it comes to building an alternative to the capitalist model? Speakers: Sameena Rahman is an organizer with the ANSWER Coalition. As a Muslim growing up in Saudi Arabia, she was first disillusioned by the system in the aftermath of the Iraq war. Through higher education, Rahman learned about issues surrounding immigration, healthcare and much more and was inspired to join the fight against capitalism three years ago. Since then, she has continued her education in biomedical sciences and public health that highlighted the urgency for fighting for health over profit and for the need for a socialist system. Dr. Tania Crombet Ramos is a medical doctor specializing in immunology. She graduated from the Superior Institute of Medical Sciences of Havana (1993) and since 2004, she is Clinical Research Director of the Center of Molecular Immunology of Havana, Cuba, and senior faculty of the Superior Institute of Medical Sciences of Havana. Crombet's main area of expertise consists of cancer immunotherapy (active and passive) and her work has contributed to the registration in Cuba and abroad of a cancer vaccine and a monoclonal antibody for several epithelial tumors. She is a member of the IAP COVID-19 Expert group. Dr. Ana Malinow spent decades working as a pediatrician with immigrant, refugee and underserved children in Ohio, Texas, Pennsylvania and California. She is past president of Physicians for a National Health Program, co-founder of Health Care for All Texas, and lead organizer for National Single Payer. She has authored opinion pieces on how national single payer will improve patient care and bring us closer to social justice. She recently retired as Professor of Pediatrics from the University of California in San Francisco. Bill McKibben is an American environmentalist, author, and educator who has written extensively on the impact of global warming. His 1989 book The End of Nature is regarded as the first book for a general audience about climate change. He has opposed big oil pipeline projects like Keystone XL and supported the fossil fuel divestment campaign. He founded Third Act -a 60 and over organization for action on climate justice- and is a co-founder of the climate campaign group 350.org. Currently he is a Schumann Distinguished Scholar at Middlebury College. Tynetta Hill-Muhammad is the Chicago Chapter Organizer for BYP100 and Organizer for Scholars for Social Justice. Her work is rooted in Black, Queer, Feminist and abolitionist organizing, transformative health education initiatives and transnational movement spaces. She truly believes in the power of people's narratives in creating an organizing vision for the future. They teach Stop The Bleed and Street Medic Trainings. Inspired by collective power and popular education practices, they constantly strive to be accountable to themselves and their community. Carlos Marroquin is an activist and community leader in Los Angeles. He is the National Director of Food for Health Programs, a Board Member of Urban Partners Los Angeles, and a member of Healthcare for All LA. Marroquin works to strengthen poor and working class communities by expanding food and education programs. He founded Occupy Fights Foreclosures and he was the Lead Organizer of the Bernie Sanders Brigade. Dr. Bita Amani is a social epidemiologist focusing on the relationships between health and politics. She investigates how state-sanctioned disinvestment and violence perpetuate racial inequity through public health crisis and how public health can maintain a system of white supremacy. She prioritizes health promoting solutions, such as the Cuban Health Model. She is an Associate Professor at Charles R. Drew University, leads the UCLA/CDU COVID-19 Racism and Equity Task Force, and co-Directs CDU’s Black Maternal Health Center of Excellence. 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