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Inequality: The Root Source of Sickness
America has the worst health statistics in the industrialized world because it is the most unequal society in the industrialized world. Social inequality affects the health of populations even more than access to medical care.
Continue reading...The US and Canada: Different Forms of Medical Rationing
2. September 2009
Both the U.S. and Canada ration medical services. In the US, rationing is based on ability to pay. Canada rations by under-funding the medical system, bringing inequality through the back door.
Continue reading...What Happened in Chile: An Analysis of the Health Sector Before, During, and After Allende’s Administration
1. September 2009
by Vicente Navarro - In the early 1970s, Chileans fought for a democratized and inclusive National Health Service. The lessons of that struggle are critical to our fight for universal health care today.
Continue reading...RN to RN: A Conversation of Global Concern
17. April 2009
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"I’m struck by our similar concerns, even though we care for different kinds of patients in three different countries with different health-care systems."
Continue reading...WE are the Union
23. February 2009
by Eileen Prendiville -- The workers in UHW/NUHW remind us that the power of any union lies in the collective strength of its members. This message is sorely needed by a labor movement reeling from years of defeat.
Continue reading...The Fight to Save Ontario Hospitals
9. February 2009
We need to build an active and militant campaign to save Ontario hospitals.
Continue reading...Blood Money
23. November 2008
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The billions of dollars being lavished on banks and other corporations is blood money. It's available only because people like Heather are being robbed of their kidneys, their health and their lives.
Continue reading...Engels and the WHO Report
1. September 2008
On August 28, the World Health Organization announced that "INEQUALITIES ARE KILLING PEOPLE ON A GRAND SCALE." Has anything changed since the 19th Century? Find out in this fictional interview with Frederick Engels.
Continue reading...My Pain, Their Gain
29. August 2008
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by Jane Edgett -- Alberta used me to wipe out its deficit and justify privatizing its medical system.
Continue reading...Mental Illness or Social Sickness?
18. May 2008
A society based on exploitation and oppression must portray its victims and rebels 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.
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- The Virginia Tech Massacre: Cho Seung-Hui Delivers his Message (11)
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- The Infinite Potential of the Human Mind (7)
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