Health, and the way we manage our collective well-being, is inherently political. As perhaps the most universally relevant topic, health care cuts across lines of class, race, nationality, age, gender and political bent, and has the potential to either unite or polarize, to inspire or enrage. As well as being highly political, health care is also deeply personal, affecting each of us at the most fundamental level of our existence.
Seeking a more holistic understanding of health in our current socio-political context, Briarpatch explores the interconnectedness of the health of our environment, our bodies and our social systems in our “politics of health” issue.
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features
in sickness and in wealth
Unmasking the social determinants of health
By Ryan Meili
freedom of (hate) speech
Confronting the rise of anti-choice activism on Canadian campuses
By Jane Kirby
commodification
A photo essay
By Ian Willms
healing denied
Native-run healing centres forced to close
By Maya Rolbin-Ghanie
breeding disease
Antibiotic resistance in factory farms
By Ian Lordon
cultivating community
A community garden in Toronto bridges isolation
By Rebecca Ellis
de-linking from dependency
Indigenous food sovereignty brings together land, food and health
By Joanne Wadden
community acupuncture
A new movement brings an age-old Eastern tradition to the Canadian working class
By Susana Adame
departments
contributors’ bios
announcements
letters to the editor
comic: luz
“Reconcilable Differences” by Claudia Dávila
quotes from the underground
Paul Pitchford, Ralph Waldo Emerson, John Robbins, Jane Roberts, Mumia Abu Jamal, Martin Luther King, Jr., Alixa & Naima, Carl Jung, Wendell Berry
parting shots
In defense of universal health care (and why the U.S. health care reform bill misses the mark)
By Ken Collier
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