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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.)
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...Book Review: Solidarity Divided
27. July 2009
by Immanuel Ness - Solidarity Divided is the first major work to address seriously - without personal attacks and exaggeration - the 2005 crisis and split of organized labor.
Continue reading...RN to RN: A Conversation of Global Concern
17. April 2009
"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...Dalal – the only survivor in her family
1. February 2009
by Mahmoud Abu Aisha - When I used to write about the victims of Israeli crimes, I never imagined that one day I’d be writing about the unbearable misery of my own family.
Continue reading...Israel Bombs Health Service in Gaza
7. January 2009
by Patricia Campbell -- On December 31, the Gaza Community Mental Health Programme building was destroyed by Israeli bomber jets.
Continue reading...Appeal from Gaza – Please Help Us!
1. January 2009
by Mahmoud -- At 3:30 am, I can still hear bombs exploding all over Gaza.
Continue reading...In Palestine, not even the birds are free
18. November 2008
by Patricia Campbell -- Two weeks before our medical conference was scheduled to begin in Gaza, Israel denied entry visas to all the foreign delegates who had been invited to participate.
Continue reading...My Pain, Their Gain
29. August 2008
by Jane Edgett -- Alberta used me to wipe out its deficit and justify privatizing its medical system.
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- Mental Illness or Social Sickness?
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