Launch of Socialist Register 2010: Morbid Symptoms, Health Under Capitalism

Toronto — 21 January 2010.

Part 1: A panel discussion with contributing authors:

• Colin Leys – Health, health care and capitalism
• Pat Armstrong – Contradictions at work: struggles for control in Canadian health care
• Roddy Loepky – Certain wealth: Accumulation in the health industry

Part 2: Commentators:

• Dr Andy Coates, Physicians for a National Health Program, Co-Chair, Single Payer New York
• Natalie Mehra, Director, Ontario Health Coalition

Chaired by Greg Albo, co-editor of the Socialist Register, Political Science at York University

Sponsored by Socialist Register, Socialist Project, Fernwood Books and the York University Bookstore.

Also, see Bullet No. 276: Morbid Symptoms: Current Healthcare Struggles