Articles by Ter Garcia
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In Spain, Doctors Resist By Healing
Ter Garcia – Waging Nonviolence,
5 Nov 2012
In an effort to defend the threatened health care system, thousands of doctors and their supporters [in Spain] have chosen to add civil disobedience to their practice. The government withdrew coverage from illegal immigrants and Spanish citizens over the age of 26 who have not paid into the National Health Service — namely, housewives, students and others who have never worked on a contract. More than 2,000 doctors and other health care workers signed on as conscientious objectors to the law, and even more have opted not to follow the norm.
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Ter Garcia – Waging Nonviolence,
20 Feb 2012
Last month [January 2012], Spanish activists associated with the May 15 Movement began a new campaign, Yo No Pago (I Don’t Pay), inviting fellow citizens to practice civil disobedience by not paying for public transport. Contending that the current political regime is not giving people a say in how their taxes are being spent, they feel there is no choice but to withdraw payment.
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