Critique of a Book Used by Many Psychologists and Psychiatrists to Oppress Patients, Part Four

Introduction  This is the fourth of a five-part series of posts that criticize a book that serves to oppress individuals, whether they have mental health problems or not. As I indicated in another post (see Critique of a Book Used by Many Psychologists and Psychiatrists to Oppress Patients, Part One), I engaged in a partial critique … Continue reading Critique of a Book Used by Many Psychologists and Psychiatrists to Oppress Patients, Part Four

Critique of a Book Used by Many Psychologists and Psychiatrists to Oppress Patients, Part Three

Introduction This is the third of a five-part series of posts that criticize a book that serves to oppress individuals, whether they have mental health problems or not. Leftists rarely refer to the various ways in which working-class people and community members are oppressed by professionals; this is one of the reasons for their failure … Continue reading Critique of a Book Used by Many Psychologists and Psychiatrists to Oppress Patients, Part Three

Critique of a Book Used by Many Psychologists and Psychiatrists to Oppress Patients, Part Two

Introduction This is  the second part of a five-part series of posts that criticize a book that serves to oppress individuals, whether they have mental health problems or not. As I indicated in another post (A Worker’s Resistance to the Capitalist Government or State and Its Representatives, Part Nine), I engaged in a partial critique of … Continue reading Critique of a Book Used by Many Psychologists and Psychiatrists to Oppress Patients, Part Two

A Worker’s Resistance to the Capitalist Government or State and Its Representatives, Part Eleven, Or: How Psychologists Cannot Deal with the Oppressive Experiences of the Working Class

Introduction This is a continuation of previous posts. I went on sick leave in February 2012 after having been a French teacher for Lakeshore School Division in Ashern, Manitoba, Canada, for three and a half years. (For details of my decision to go on sick leave, see A Worker’s Resistance to the Capitalist Government or State … Continue reading A Worker’s Resistance to the Capitalist Government or State and Its Representatives, Part Eleven, Or: How Psychologists Cannot Deal with the Oppressive Experiences of the Working Class

Critique of a Book Used by Many Psychologists and Psychiatrists to Oppress Patients, Part One

Introduction This is the first of a five-part series of posts that criticize a book that serves to oppress individuals, whether they have mental health problems or not. As I indicated in another post (A Worker’s Resistance to the Capitalist Government or State and Its Representatives, Part Nine), I engaged in a partial critique of the … Continue reading Critique of a Book Used by Many Psychologists and Psychiatrists to Oppress Patients, Part One

A Worker’s Resistance to the Capitalist Government or State and Its Representatives, Part Ten

Introduction This is a continuation of previous posts. I went on sick leave in February 2012 after having been a French teacher for Lakeshore School Division in Ashern, Manitoba, Canada, for three and a half years. (For details of my decision to go on sick leave, see A Worker’s Resistance to the Capitalist Government or State … Continue reading A Worker’s Resistance to the Capitalist Government or State and Its Representatives, Part Ten

A Private Employer’s “Humanism” in Sweden: The Dream of Social Democrats Everywhere

As I pointed out in my critique of Jane McAlevey's reference to Sweden's so-called 'leveling of the playing field for children's opportunity for success from birth onward," (see   Review of Jane McAlevey’s “A Collective Bargain: Unions, Organizing, and the Fight for Democracy”: Two Steps Backward and One Step Forward, Part Two), social democrats tend to … Continue reading A Private Employer’s “Humanism” in Sweden: The Dream of Social Democrats Everywhere