RUTHLESS
CRITICISM
“If we have no
business with the construction of the future or with organizing it for
all time, there can still be no doubt about the task confronting us at
present: the ruthless criticism of the existing order, ruthless in that
it will shrink neither from its own discoveries, nor from conflict with
the powers that be.” — Karl Marx
Environment
Nationalized nature
The misery of ecology
The political uses of environmental degradation and protection
Destruction of nature – only in correct amounts
Agriculture in capitalism
Irrational, indigestible, incorrigible
Fracking in the USAOn the intimate relationship between business and violence
Climate change: Product of globalized capitalism and debate topic between the states that organize itSuperstorms, droughts, floods, refugees ...
“The fight against climate change” – Energy policy as humanity's rescue?
What’s the point of climate conferences? What are they negotiating?
An open letter to the Fridays for the Future movementThe politicians answer: condescension, appropriation, dismissal
Nuclear energy as a weapon
in the imperialist competition between statesWhat are the goals that make “not completely failsafe” (Obama) nuclear energy so charming?
Greenpeace, the organized environmental conscience, active in the service of national competitiveness
“Solutions exist”
ConsternationOn the Chernobyl meltdown
Health
[Audio] US health care reform:
Another historic moment in the administration of the nation’s poverty The capitalist state’s interest in public health – for an economy that makes people sick
“Working while sick poses risks”
– for who really?Sickness and health regarded as a matter of willpower
Poverty causes disease – but why?Concerned doctors want poverty to be healthy
Medicine
What may “we” do with stem cells?The ethics debate on genetic research
Advances in cancer medicineBelief conquers science
Is cancer research on the right track?Some clarifications about cancer, cancer medicine, and healthcare policy
AIDS:
On its rise from viral disease to state affairThe state defines sick people as a public danger and fights sickness with prohibitions and punishments
The benefits of the pharmaceutical industryA business like any other ...