These are the words of a miner from Nacozari, Mexico. This open pit copper mining town of 18,000 is situated in the Mexican desert seventy miles south of Douglas, Arizona, in Sonora State. In this largest and richest area for copper mining in North America is La Caridad (Charity) mine. Managed by the Mexican affiliate...
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While they waited for the pediatrics ward meeting to begin, the workers at Central Hospital of Maputo were singing. "A luta continua contra a sistema colonial." "The struggle against the colonial system still goes on." Although a ten-year war ended direct Portuguese rule in Mozambique, FRELIMO, the governing party...
How do health activists institute change in the medical system? A problem commonly faced by them is whether to work to improve a basically sexist and oppressive medical care system or to create their own structures. Does it make sense to institute short range reforms or to struggle for long term radical change? By...
It is often asked in Science for the People whether it is possible to do science for the people now or whether it will only be possible to do so after society has been radically transformed. SftP has published articles on doing science for the people, but only in countries with socialist governments and with very...