Defending academic and medical independence in Turkey

By Alexis Benos, Chiara Bodini, Hannah Cowan, David McCoy, Penelope Milsom and David Sanders, on behalf of 207 individuals and 25 organisations; a full list of signatories is available in the appendix.  We write on behalf of 207 health professionals, academics, and researchers, and 25 health and human rights organisations from many countries (appendix). We wish to bring to the attentionContinue reading “Defending academic and medical independence in Turkey”

UniverSSE 2017: “From resisting (a world) to creating (a new one)”

by Bengi Akbulut* The 4th Congress of the Intercontinental Network for the Promotion of Social Solidarity Economy (RIPESS)-Europe, UniverSSE, took place in Athens last month–with plenty of food for thought for political ecologists.  “We are experiencing the derailing of globalised neoliberalism”, read the framework of UniverSSE— a feeling shared by many political ecologists. And it goes on to say, “EveryContinue reading “UniverSSE 2017: “From resisting (a world) to creating (a new one)””

CALL FOR TARGETED ACADEMIC BOYCOTT OF TURKEY: DO NOT BE A PARTY TO CRIMES IN TURKISH HIGHER EDUCATION

DO NOT BE A PARTY TO CRIMES IN TURKISH HIGHER EDUCATION This is also available in other languages listed below: Please sign the petition This is also available in other languages listed below: | Arabic  |  Bengali  |  Bulgarian  | | Chinese (Mandarin) | French | Finnish | |German | Greek |Hungarian | Italian |Japanese | | Kurdish (Sorani) | Kurdish (Kurmanji) | |Norwegian| Persian | Russian | Spanish | | Swedish | Turkish | Background In January 2016, 2,212 academics working in orContinue reading “CALL FOR TARGETED ACADEMIC BOYCOTT OF TURKEY: DO NOT BE A PARTY TO CRIMES IN TURKISH HIGHER EDUCATION”

New wave of oppression in Turkey

12 more academics were dismissed yesterday because they signed the peace petition two years ago. They are from Dokuz Eylul University of Izmir and among them is Prof Cem Terzi. The same day the Supreme Court dismissed the demand for release of the two militants who are under hunger strike for more than 100 days.Continue reading “New wave of oppression in Turkey”

VI Congreso Nacional de Medicina Social y Salud Colectiva

San Cristóbal de las Casas, Chiapas, 18 al 21 de octubre de 2017 La Asociación Latinoamericana de Medicina Social (ALAMES) invita al VI Congreso Nacional convocando a movimientos sociales, trabajadores de la salud, estudiantes, academia y comunidades, para reflexionar, debatir, decidir y construir colectivamente un pensamiento crítico cuestionando particularmente las nociones de universalidad vs universal,Continue reading “VI Congreso Nacional de Medicina Social y Salud Colectiva”

We have been on an INDEFINITE HUNGER STRIKE for our job, bread and honour from 9th of March 2017

WE WILL DEFEAT THOSE WITH OUR HUNGER WHO ARE TRYING TO DISCIPLINE US WITH HUNGER! WE HAVE BEEN IN AN INDEFINITE HUNGER STRIKE FOR OUR JOB, BREAD AND HONOUR SINCE MARCH 9th, 2017.  “Now, you are on such a decision point that it is not possible to defend anything by yourself, either you will surrenderContinue reading “We have been on an INDEFINITE HUNGER STRIKE for our job, bread and honour from 9th of March 2017”

Evaluation of 1 year of the EU-Turkey Readmission Deal (en|de)

Association of Bridging Peoples Press Conference Evaluation of 1 year of the EU-Turkey Readmission Deal 4 April 2017 A year ago, when the EU-Turkey Readmission Agreement was signed, we said, “this agreement is an official human trafficking agreement. By closing its borders, thus blocking the land routes for refugees, Europe has pushed the refugees toContinue reading “Evaluation of 1 year of the EU-Turkey Readmission Deal (en|de)”

#7april #health4all: Mobilizations in Europe against health commercialisation (Brussels, Βelgium – Napoli, Italy – Thessaloniki, Greece – Galicia and Catalunia, Spain| photos)

IAHPE’ s site covers today’ s mobilizations all across Europe for World Health Day. Bannering in Brussels – and then gathering in front of the national Ministry of Health See video here In Thessaloniki, Greece, doctors, nurses, hospital administrative staff and citizens gathered outside Ippokrateio and Yiorgos Genimatas Hospital, holding an “Our Health Is Not For Sale”Continue reading “#7april #health4all: Mobilizations in Europe against health commercialisation (Brussels, Βelgium – Napoli, Italy – Thessaloniki, Greece – Galicia and Catalunia, Spain| photos)”

18ο Συνέδριο Διεθνούς Ένωσης για την Πολιτική Υγείας (ΙΑΗPE) 21-24 Σεπτεμβρίου, Θεσσαλονίκη – Πρόσκληση για συμμετοχή

18ο Συνέδριο Διεθνούς Ένωσης Πολιτικής Υγείας (ΙΑΗPE) 21-24 Σεπτεμβρίου, Θεσσαλονίκη – Πρόσκληση για συμμετοχή Ευρωπαϊκές πολιτικές για την υγεία στην εποχή της κρίσης και της αναδιάρθρωσης του καπιταλισμού Η Διεθνής Ένωση Πολιτικής Υγείας (International Association of Health Policy – IAHPE), είναι μια επιστημονική, πολιτική και πολιτιστική οργάνωση, που ιδρύθηκε το 1977. Πρόκειται για ένα διεθνές δίκτυοContinue reading “18ο Συνέδριο Διεθνούς Ένωσης για την Πολιτική Υγείας (ΙΑΗPE) 21-24 Σεπτεμβρίου, Θεσσαλονίκη – Πρόσκληση για συμμετοχή”

XVIII ΙΑΗPE’ S Conference, 21-24/9, Thessaloniki (Greece) – Call for papers [eng-gr-fr]

XVIII Conference of the International Association of  Health Policy in Europe, 21-24 September 2017, Thessaloniki-Greece European health policies in the era of capitalist crisis and restructuring The International Association of Health Policy in Europe in collaboration with Aristotle University of Thessaloniki and Queen Mary University of London are inviting you to the XVIII IAHPE Conference thatContinue reading “XVIII ΙΑΗPE’ S Conference, 21-24/9, Thessaloniki (Greece) – Call for papers [eng-gr-fr]”