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Alienation and Dissociation: The Two Sides of Powerlessness

21. July 2007

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Alienation and Dissociation: The Two Sides of Powerlessness

Alienation and dissociation reinforce each other to create a deep sense of powerlessness.

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Can Psychotherapy Change the World?,

1. June 2007

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Can Psychotherapy Change the World?,

Gloria Steinem, James Hillman and Michael Ventura believe that psychotherapy can heal a crisis-ridden world. Are they on to something, or are they leading us up a blind alley?

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Bullying 101

19. May 2007

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Bullying 101

School-age bullying is a "copycat" response to the bullying that saturates our world.

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Psychopaths in Power

14. April 2007

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Psychopaths in Power

Either President Bush is a psychopath, or he does an excellent imitation of one.

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Anger is the Emotion of Injustice

17. February 2007

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Anger is the Emotion of Injustice

Anger is an instinctive, automatic response to unfairness.

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Tookie Was Right. They Want You to Blame Yourself

8. November 2006

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Tookie Was Right. They Want You to Blame Yourself

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.

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How Can We Know What is True?

5. October 2006

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How Can We Know What is True?

Capitalism prevents collective problem-solving. To stay in power, the ruling class must keep the rest of us divided and unsure of what we know.

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Guantanamo Madness

29. September 2006

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Guantanamo Madness

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

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Who is Responsible for the Montreal Massacre?

22. September 2006

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Who is Responsible for the Montreal Massacre?

As young people become conscious of society, they experience emotional shock. There is no connection between the world they want and the injustice they experience.

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