From Picket Lines to Worry Lines
“Politics of the Mind” emphasizes the class basis of mental distress.
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Marxism and Psychology
Biological psychiatry treats mental distress as an individual defect. Marxism treats it as the inevitable consequence of capitalist oppression.
Smokescreens: How Working Kills Smokers
Anti-smoking campaigns hide the health-damaging impact of occupational and environmental pollution.
Madness, Power, and the Media
“Madness, Power, and the Media” explains how images of mental distress and ‘madness’ reflect and reinforce the unequal social relations of capitalism.
Alienation and Dissociation: Two Sides of Powerlessness
Alienation and dissociation can reinforce each other to create a deep sense of powerlessness. Organization provides the antidote.
Babel
In film and in life, the human struggle to connect conflicts with social structures that block connection.
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