Monday, September 26, 2016
Green Party Delusions
The irony of Kevin Gosztola's satire on Green Party
presidential candidate Jill Stein is that it isn't. He may very well
think so, but the reality is that Stein--like former Green Party
presidential candidate Ralph Nader--is running a campaign that benefits
the Republican candidate. Bernie Sanders endorsed Hillary Clinton,
despite her serious flaws, because he understands the consequences of
putting a white nationalist supporter in the Oval Office. Gosztola
apparently doesn't.
Sunday, September 25, 2016
Mental Disorders
While the history of public health is fascinating, the present condition of global mental health
is enlightening. In an age when public relations has taken precedence
over public health, the United States has the world’s highest investment
in military power, and, simultaneously, the world’s lowest achievement of mental health.
Saturday, September 24, 2016
Human Extinction
The October 22, 2013 FRONTLINE special Hunting the Nightmare Bacteria
makes it clear there is no turning back the clock; the age of
antibiotics is coming to an end. Human misuse of antibiotics and the
evolution of bacteria spell the collapse of public health in the 21st
Century, and the eventual extinction of the human species. The
acceleration of this pandemic — due to collapsing societies deliberately
destroyed by international institutions and transnational markets for
ideological and monetary reasons — makes it impossible to control. The Coming Plague: Newly Emerging Diseases in a World Out of Balance (1995) documented the crisis. Betrayal of Trust: The Collapse of Global Public Health (2001) exposed the failure of the UN and World Health Organization to address it.
Monday, September 19, 2016
Inter-Cultural Understanding
Social conflict begins with the communication of competing ideas. Storytelling is the medium where these conflicting narratives are introduced to mass audiences.
In the interest of inter-cultural understanding, Public Good Project has archived information, intelligence and interventions that exemplify this art of Netwar (networked psychological warfare).
In 2007, 2014 and 2016, the Public Good network intervened in three social conflicts--one at the Golden Gate, one in the Big Apple, and one at Cherry Point. Links to articles about these conflicts and others are contained in our Netwar Reader.
In the interest of inter-cultural understanding, Public Good Project has archived information, intelligence and interventions that exemplify this art of Netwar (networked psychological warfare).
In 2007, 2014 and 2016, the Public Good network intervened in three social conflicts--one at the Golden Gate, one in the Big Apple, and one at Cherry Point. Links to articles about these conflicts and others are contained in our Netwar Reader.
Sunday, September 18, 2016
Domination
The perverted ideology of white supremacy in America is rooted in the disease of domination brought by Puritans to New England in the 1600s. Traumatized by the Black Plague, religious turmoil and bloody class warfare in Europe, these immigrants and the English aristocrats in Carolina embodied the collective European insanity generated by centuries of murderous mayhem and an absence of public health. To call these European refugees and their descendants crazy is not pejorative; it is a scientific observation.
Monday, September 12, 2016
Pharma OD
Insys, a manufacturer of synthetic cannabis and Fenatyl--an opioid 50 times stronger than heroin--is funding campaigns against marijuana legalization.
Friday, September 09, 2016
State of Mental Health
119 million Americans take prescription psychotherapeutic drugs, yet 90% of those that misuse prescription drugs do not get treatment that could help them toward recovery.
Wednesday, September 07, 2016
Sweet Sixteen
1968, the year that I turned sixteen, was an eventful year. For myself, my friends, and my generation, it was a transformative one:
Jan--Tet Offensive in Vietnam
Apr--Martin Luther King Jr. assassinated
May--Paris student riots bring economy of France to halt
Jun--Robert Francis Kennedy assassinated
Aug--Democratic National Convention in Chicago
Oct--Tlatelolco massacre in Mexico City
Northern Ireland Civil Rights Association banned
Jan--Tet Offensive in Vietnam
Apr--Martin Luther King Jr. assassinated
May--Paris student riots bring economy of France to halt
Jun--Robert Francis Kennedy assassinated
Aug--Democratic National Convention in Chicago
Oct--Tlatelolco massacre in Mexico City
Northern Ireland Civil Rights Association banned
