Link to an interview (with transcript) conducted by Russell Mokhiber:
Tag: Health
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:
Bonus links: “Controlling 5G: A Course in Obstacles” and “Group Calls on Citizens to Blow the Whistle on Motorola Cell Phone Safety Studies” and “How Big Wireless Lobbied Governments to Build 5G For Citizen Data Collection and Surveillance”
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)
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:
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”
Bonus link: “Dossier No. 25: People’s Polyclinics: The Initiative of the Telugu Communist Movement”