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“I got sick and tired of being treated like crap”

admin — Sun, 31 Jul 2011 19:14:15 +0000

by Jane Edgett - Hundreds of thousands of Canadian families have been plunged into poverty by a workers compensation system that denies them support.

How Liberals Justify Torture

admin — Sun, 19 Jun 2011 21:38:30 +0000

Just because medical professionals are asked to assist with torture does not transform the torture victim into a patient and the torture chamber into a medical consulting room.

Hungry for Solutions

admin — Mon, 10 Jan 2011 14:01:13 +0000

Gabor Maté’s books are commercially successful because they tap into popular awareness of social problems while avoiding the uncomfortable conclusion that social revolution is required to solve them.

Madness, Power and the Media

admin — Mon, 03 Jan 2011 20:00:37 +0000

Author Stephen Harper explains how media images of madness and mental distress reflect and reinforce the unequal social relations of capitalism.

Should Physicians be Activists?

admin — Mon, 20 Sep 2010 12:27:43 +0000

Dr. Roland Wong is under threat of losing his license to practice medicine. He helped people on social assistance get extra money for food.

One Million Kids on Anti-Psychotics

admin — Mon, 20 Sep 2010 12:00:49 +0000

Corporate America is awash in cash it stole from working-class families, whose distressed children are being labeled with mental disorders and drugged into submission.

Support Detroit’s Emergency Medics!

admin — Mon, 05 Jul 2010 17:00:43 +0000

Detroit medics who work for the city's Emergency Medical Service desperately need our support - please sign their online petition.

Assembly-Line Medicine

admin — Sat, 17 Apr 2010 18:10:30 +0000

By expanding Taylorism to the service sector, capitalism has expanded the class struggle to every school and hospital. Opportunities have never been better to build a unified movement of the working-class.

The Fight for Medicare in Canada

admin — Sat, 17 Apr 2010 17:38:07 +0000

The story of how Canadian medicare was won and how it is being lost provides many valuable lessons.

Introduction to “Sick and Sicker”

admin — Thu, 01 Apr 2010 10:01:19 +0000

"What does it mean to strive for health in a sick society run by psychopaths?” After 35 years of practising medicine, I found myself asking this question.