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Mental Illness or Social Sickness?

admin — Sun, 18 May 2008 21:32:16 +0000

A society based on exploitation and oppression must portray those who protest as sick or deviant. Instead of correcting the social sources of sickness, psychiatry extracts the individual from society, splits the brain from the body, severs the mind from the brain and drugs the brain.

Where’s the Justice?

admin — Sat, 01 Sep 2007 00:19:39 +0000

Those who want to “crack down on crime” ignore the root cause of crime; the capitalist system of organized thievery.

The Secret: Snake Oil for the Soul

admin — Thu, 22 Feb 2007 21:58:05 +0000

The Secret assumes that we live in a just world where those who suffer must be doing something wrong.

Anger is the Emotion of Injustice

admin — Sat, 17 Feb 2007 20:27:11 +0000

Anger is an instinctive, automatic response to unfairness.

Tookie Was Right. They Want You to Blame Yourself

admin — Wed, 08 Nov 2006 00:06:11 +0000

The labor movement has a slogan, An Injury to One is an Injury to All. Capitalism has a different slogan, It’s All Your Fault.

We Must Pull Together or Be Pulled Apart

admin — Sat, 14 Oct 2006 00:17:09 +0000

By focusing on individuals, the medical system dissipates the class rage that propels social change.

Guantanamo Madness

admin — Fri, 29 Sep 2006 20:58:25 +0000

What's the definition of social insanity? Treating torture as normal and branding the victim's reactions as abnormal.

The Myth of Scarcity, Managed Care and Modern Malthusians

admin — Fri, 01 Jan 1999 21:54:23 +0000

The myth of scarcity is used to limit access to medical care and other social services. In reality, society has more than enough resources to meet human needs.

The Crime of Punishment

admin — Fri, 01 Aug 1997 21:51:34 +0000

In Violence: Our Deadly Epidemic and its Causes, James Gilligan dismantles the myths that most crimes are violent, that most violence is illegal, that most perpetrators are male, that most victims are female, and that violence will diminish if more criminals are imprisoned or executed.