Against psychiatry, psychotherapy, and for a commonsense rebellion…

So at the request of an anonymous commenter (thanks again!) in this blog, I went and read Bruce Levine’s “Commonsense Rebellion”. I saw, next to it on the shelf a book I’d picked up in 2000 but not really read, Jeffrey Moussaieff Masson’s “Against Therapy”. It is good to discuss them together.

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Shawn Brant

And while we’re on the subject of Canada’s disgraceful treatment of indigenous people, try this article I just published on Shawn Brant’s case. I don’t think Shawn or Sue know who I am, but I remember hearing them speak in Toronto in the spring of 2001 before the Quebec City anti-FTAA protests, being much impressed then and since. I hope my article gives some idea of how impressed.

From the UN – Indigneous Peoples’ Rights Upheld, with only 4 disgraceful countries voting against

With only eleven abstaining and 143 in favor, it’s great to see the anglophone settler solidarity against indigenous rights, isn’t it? Thanks guys.

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UN General Assembly backs indigenous peoples’ rights
Thu Sep 13, 5:07 PM

UNITED NATIONS (AFP) – The UN General Assembly on Thursday adopted a non-binding declaration upholding the human, land and resources rights of the world’s 370 million indigenous people, brushing off opposition from Australia, Canada, New Zealand and the United States.

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