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”
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”