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One Million Kids on Anti-Psychotics

20. September 2010

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One Million Kids on Anti-Psychotics

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.

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US Social Forum 2010 – We Need Unity in Action

5. July 2010

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US Social Forum 2010 – We Need Unity in Action

Capitalism is trying to solve its financial problems by attacking all workers. We can defend our rights only by fighting back as a class. “An injury to one is an injury to all” means that we must treat every battle as our own.

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Support Detroit’s Emergency Medics!

5. July 2010

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Support Detroit’s Emergency Medics!

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

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Assembly-Line Medicine

17. April 2010

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Assembly-Line Medicine

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.

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The Fight for Medicare in Canada

17. April 2010

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The Fight for Medicare in Canada

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

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Introduction to “Sick and Sicker”

1. April 2010

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Introduction to “Sick and Sicker”

"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.

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Union Democracy On Trial

21. March 2010

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Union Democracy On Trial

by Carl Finamore - SEIU is pouring massive resources into defeating the fastest growing labor organization in California, the member-led NUHW. (Includes post-trial update.)

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Inequality: The Root Source of Sickness

31. October 2009

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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.

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Mental sygdom eller et sygt samfund?

14. September 2009

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Mental sygdom eller et sygt samfund?

Skrevet af Susan Rosenthal (oversat af Mikkel Marini -Min ADHD Blog) Når du er syg eller er kommet til skade, ønsker du at vide hvad der er galt, og hvad der kan gøres ved det. Du ønsker at få en diagnose. En korrekt diagnose afslører hvad der er galt, hvad der er den fortrukne behandling og hvad [...]

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The US and Canada: Different Forms of Medical Rationing

2. September 2009

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The US and Canada: Different Forms of  Medical Rationing

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.

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