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
Tag: Health
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 links: Cuban Health Care: The ongoing Revolution and “Dossier No. 25: People’s Polyclinics: The Initiative of the Telugu Communist Movement”
Alyssa Battistoni – Jobs Guarantee or Universal Basic Income? Why Not Both?
Link to an article by Alyssa Battistoni:
Pete Dolack – If You Incentivize Pollution, You Incentivize Death
Link to an article by Pete Dolack:
“If You Incentivize Pollution, You Incentivize Death”
Bonus link: …And the Poor Get Prison
Joel Lexchin – The Pharmaceutical Industry in Contemporary Capitalism
Link to an article by Joel Lexchin:
“The Pharmaceutical Industry in Contemporary Capitalism”
Bonus link: “Phillip Zweig on Legalized Kickbacks in Healthcare”
Mark Hertsgaard & Mark Dowie – How Big Wireless Made Us Think That Cell Phones Are Safe
Link to an article by Mark Hertsgaard and Mark Dowie:
“How Big Wireless Made Us Think That Cell Phones Are Safe: A Special Investigation”
Other examples of similar industry behavior include concussions in football, leaded gasoline, certain pharmaceuticals, etc.
Nyle Fort – Meet Larry Krasner, Philly’s New Progressive DA Who Has Sued the City’s Police Dept. 75 Times
Link to an interview with Larry Krasner, conducted by Nyle Fort:
“Meet Larry Krasner, Philly’s New Progressive DA Who Has Sued the City’s Police Dept. 75 Times”
Bonus links: “The Problem with Sullivan & Cromwell Partner Nicolas Bourtin and His Five Myths About White Collar Crime” and The Rich Get Richer and the Poor Get Prison
Patrick Cockburn – Treating Mental Health Patients as Criminals
Link to an article by Patrick Cockburn:
“Treating Mental Health Patients as Criminals”
Bonus link: “The Left Hand and the Right Hand of the State”