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Counterfire on Don Fitz’s “Cuban Health Care”

Counterfire on Don Fitz’s “Cuban Health Care”

Don Fitz’s Cuban Health Care: The Ongoing Revolution covers a wide range of topics including medical and sanitary advances prior to the 1959 revolution such as viral disease inoculation and suppression, lessons learned from medical and military missions overseas and the challenges of developing a well-functioning healthcare system in the face of international hostility….

“My presence actually matters” (Noura Erakat, contributor to “A Land With A People,” interviews Mohammed El-Kurd in The Nation)

“My presence actually matters” (Noura Erakat, contributor to “A Land With A People,” interviews Mohammed El-Kurd in The Nation)

‘In Arabic, there’s this proverb: Somebody else’s troubles make your troubles look like nothing. I’ve always thought my whole life that losing my home is not a big deal. I’ve genuinely always thought: “We’re losing our home, but at least we’re not getting shot. At least we’re not getting our residency revoked.” And I think this most recent uprising has taught me that it actually matters that I stay in my home….’