Treatment Not Trauma: Organizing for Public Care in Late Capitalism

Rossana Rodríguez, Verónica Tirado, Eric Ramos, and Jonathan Nagy speak in this session recorded at Socialism 2024. This session was sponsored by 33rd Ward Working Families. A talk about the fight for structures of care in Chicago from the perspective of government workers delivering direct services, from the Alderperson who leads the fight for Treatment not Trauma and from movement folks who lead the way, making demands and fighting alongside electeds to get care for all. The next Socialism Conference will be held in Chicago, July 3-6. Learn more about the Socialism Conference at www.socialismconference.org. Buy books from Haymarket: www.haymarketbooks.org Follow Haymarket on podcast platforms for regular event recordings, book talks, political analyses and poetry readings!