The primary reason why there are today so many Left-identified ex-psychiatric patients and practitioners such as myself—along with research scientists and investigative journalists—who are critical of the institution of psychiatry is that psychiatry has done an increasingly lousy job in helping people.
Red Lines host Anya Parampil talks to Danny Haiphong, a contributor at the Black Agenda Report, about why some US leftwing media outlets repeat State Department talking points on China. Haiphong also challenges some of the more hackneyed talking points repeated in putatively left media, including that “China is capitalist” and “China has imperialist […]
The post US ‘left’ aligns with State Department on China Cold War appeared first on The Grayzone.
Philip Roddis I won’t beat about the bush. The West is inhabited by two groups: those who know that we are ruled by sociopaths, by the criminally insane[1]; and that much larger group which, taking at face value the surface forms of democracy informed by independent media, either cannot or will not accept this admittedly …
The lack of EU help for the states hardest hit by COVID-19 is the latest sign of the hollowness of “European solidarity.” As Yanis Varoufakis tells Jacobin, the European Union’s institutions are hardwired to ignore the needs of the social majority — preferring to allow mass suffering than to change their own rules.
Former Greek finance minister Yanis Varoufakis told Jacobin why he’s publishing his secret recordings of the critical Eurogroup meetings of 2015 — and why the Left around Europe is struggling to overcome Syriza’s disastrous legacy.
Yanis Varoufakis during his speech in Hellenic Parliament. Dimitrios Karvountzis / Pacific Press / LightRocket via Getty
Chile has responded to anti-neoliberal protests with brutally violent repression. 10,365 people have been detained; 3765 treated for wounds in…
The post Chile’s US-backed gov’t is shooting anti-austerity protesters, blinding and maiming by the thousands appeared first on The Grayzone.
La Conferencia de Socialismo 2019, patrocinada por los gigantes de la izquierda estadounidense, la DSA, la revista Jacobin y Haymarket…
The post La Conferencia ‘Socialismo’ presenta a activistas golpistas financiados por el gobierno de EEUU appeared first on The Grayzone.
Hillary and ZerlinaAs we saw on Tuesday, Bernie-- tied with Elizabeth Warren-- is leading the pack for the Democratic nomination is the 3 early states. That's a tight race but the DFA straw poll wasn't.
The 2019 Socialism Conference, sponsored by American leftist juggernauts the DSA, Jacobin magazine, and ISO’s Haymarket Books, features regime-change activists…
The post DSA/Jacobin/Haymarket-sponsored ‘Socialism’ conference features US gov-funded regime-change activists appeared first on The Grayzone.
Elizabeth Warren's Issues page from her campaign website. Do you see anything about Medicare for All, or even about health care?by Thomas NeuburgerDoes presidential candidate Elizabeth Warren support Medicare for All? I mean this as an actual question. I don't know the answer — or I think I know and I'm not sure — and I'd appreciate it if someone pinned her down on this.
