Health – Rock Salted

Russell Mokhiber – Kip Sullivan and Dr. Matthew Hahn on How Value Based Programs Are Undermining Medicare and Single Payer

Link to an interview (with transcript) conducted by Russell Mokhiber:

“Kip Sullivan and Dr. Matthew Hahn on How Value Based Programs Are Undermining Medicare and Single Payer”

Nicholas Freudenberg – The Capitalist Diet

Link to a review by Nicholas Freudenberg of Gerardo Otero’s book The Neoliberal Diet: Healthy Profits, Unhealthy People (2018):

“The Capitalist Diet: Energy-dense and Profitable”

Bonus link: “Nick Freudenberg on the Corporation the Individual and Public Health” – though his invocation of liberal pluralism along the lines of the FCC’s old “fairness doctrine” is subject to criticism and probably still isn’t sufficient.

Philip Alcabes – No Peace of Mind in Psychiatry

Link to a review by Philip Alcabes of the book Mind Fixers: Psychiatry’s Troubled Search for the Biology of Mental Illness (2019) by Anne Harrington:

“No Peace of Mind in Psychiatry”

Bonus links: “Psychiatry’s Incurable Hubris” (takes an implicitly anti-Freudian perspective, ignoring Lacan) and “Élisabeth Roudinesco Interviewed on the 30th Anniversary of Jacques Lacan’s Death”

Owen Hewitson – What Makes a Trauma Traumatic?

Link to an article by Owen Hewitson:

“Amuse-Bouches IV – What Makes a Trauma Traumatic? (Part I)”

See also “Amuse-Bouches V – What Makes a Trauma Traumatic? (Part II)”

Iishana Artra – Is 5G Worth the Risks?

Link to an article by Iishana Artra:

“Is 5G Worth the Risks?”

Bonus link: “Controlling 5G: A Course in Obstacles”

Jonathan Latham – Unsafe at any Dose? Diagnosing Chemical Safety Failures, from DDT to BPA

Link to an article by Jonathan Latham:

“Unsafe at any Dose? Diagnosing Chemical Safety Failures, from DDT to BPA”

Bonus link: “They Aren’t All Safe”

Jim Kavanagh – “Taxpayer Money” Threatens Medicare-for-All (And Every Other Social Program)

Link to an article by Jim Kavanagh:

“‘Taxpayer Money’ Threatens Medicare-for-All (And Every Other Social Program)”

Bonus link: Modern Money Theory: A Primer on Macroeconomics for Sovereign Monetary Systems (2nd Ed.)

Natalie Shure – The Real Lesson from the Downfall of Theranos

Link to an article by Natalie Shure:

“The Real Lesson from the Downfall of Theranos: We Need to Nationalize the Healthcare System”

Bonus link: Some Critiques of Silicon Valley User Exploitation

Zola Carr – Medicalizing Society

Link to an article by Zola Carr:

“Medicalizing Society”

Bonus links: “Are We Governed By Secondary Psychopaths?” and “The War Inside Your Head” and “Mental Health and Neoliberalism” and “Are the Young People That Shrinks Label as Disruptive Really Anarchists With a Healthy Resistance to Oppressive Authority?” and “Social Service or Social Change?”

Don Fitz – Birth of the Cuban Polyclinic

Link to an article by Don Fitz:

“Birth of the Cuban Polyclinic”