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Teaching this course again after 3 years - still a few spots left! Scholarships available. Come learn about the political and social dimensions of cancer research, and why after more than fifty years of the War on Cancer, victory is still elusive. Sign up at the link below.

Brooklyn Institute@brooklyninstitute.bsky.social · 10mo ago

The Cancer-Industrial Complex: Biology, Medicine, and Business | Fall Courses | BISR Online | buff.ly/x4B7Xsx

@deathpanel.bsky.social and Health Communism have been essential in shaping my understanding of sickness under capitalism. An honor to be able to talk about my book on this podcast!

Death Panel@deathpanel.bsky.social · 10mo ago

In our latest, we speak with Nafis Hasan @cannafis.bsky.social about how cancer research priorities were shifted from environmental and industrial exposures to theories about individual genetic susceptibility, and his book Metastasis www.patreon.com/posts/140036...

First 20min here: soundcloud.com/deathpanel/t...

Teaser - Metastasis: The Rise of the Cancer-Industrial Complex and the Horizons of Care w/ Nafis Hasan (09/29/25)

Subscribe on Patreon and hear this week's full patron-exclusive episode here: https://www.patreon.com/posts/140036403 Beatrice speaks with Nafis Hasan about how cancer research priorities shifted fro

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How do you heal the wounds of war? That is the mission of Dr. Ghassan Abu-Sittah, a reconstructive and plastic surgeon at the American University of Beirut Medical Center.

Giving hope to a little girl who lost a limb

How do you heal the wounds of war? That is the mission of Dr. Ghassan Abu-Sittah, a reconstructive and plastic surgeon at the American University of Beirut Medical Center.

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Reviewed @cannafis.bsky.social's hard-hitting book on the politics of cancer for Science for the People. It lays out how rising cancer rates are closely linked to the neoliberal transformation of society, from cancer science to medicine and industry magazine.scienceforthepeople.org/online/the-c...

Dismantling the Cancer Industrial Complex • SftP Magazine

In Hasan’s telling, cancer is a disease of capitalism. It is not just that the disease symbolises the growth-addicted, violently expansionist, and self-destructive nature of capitalism. Instead, Metas...

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Book can be purchased here: nijjormanush.sumupstore.com/product/inqu...

Inquilab Zindabad?: A socialist analysis of Bangladesh after the uprisings (Book)

Developed through a close reading of news reports from Bangladesh since the uprisings, correspondence with comrades in the country, and reflections from visits back to Bangladesh post-uprising,…

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📣 NEW RELEASE📣 Once revolutionary, Bangladesh’s student-led party now courts dubious allies. What does this say about “post-ideological” politics? An excerpt from Nijjor Manush’s new book Inquilab Zindabad?: www.jamhoor.org/read/militan...

"The more you learn about the drug development process...the more you realize that all of it is centered around generating more profit instead of centering the patients." Listen to @cannafis.bsky.social talk about his book METASTASIS: www.counterpunch.org/2025/08/05/t...

The Cancer-Industrial Complex w/ Nafis Hasan

On this episode, Erik Wallenberg and Joshua Frank talk to Nafis Hasan about his new book, Metastasis: The Rise of the Cancer-Industrial Complex and the

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What is the Cancer-Industrial Complex? Great discussion with METASTASIS author @cannafis.bsky.social and @counterpunchmedia.bsky.social! www.counterpunch.org/2025/08/05/t...

The Cancer-Industrial Complex w/ Nafis Hasan

On this episode, Erik Wallenberg and Joshua Frank talk to Nafis Hasan about his new book, Metastasis: The Rise of the Cancer-Industrial Complex and the

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📣 NEW BLOG: @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social's victory charts a new path forward for the South Asian diaspora -- @cannafis.bsky.social www.jamhoor.org/blog/zohran-...

"Israeli soldiers in Gaza told Haaretz that the army has deliberately fired at Palestinians near aid distribution sites..." www.haaretz.com/israel-news/...

IDF soldiers ordered to shoot deliberately at unarmed Gazans waiting for humanitarian aid

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Our campaign offers a glimpse of what city government can look like: energetic, focused, and always bringing people in.

In the words of Nelson Mandela: it always seems impossible until it’s done. My friends, it is done. And you are the ones who did it. I am honored to be your Democratic nominee for the Mayor of New York City.

My brother in Christ, this looks like it will be one for the books... www.nytimes.com/live/2025/06...

✨ @cannafis.bsky.social and his book, METASTASIS, got a shoutout in @redemmas.org's newsletter. Thank you ‪@megberkobien.bsky.social‬! Sign up for their newsletter for great book recs: redemmas.org

From Philly DSA: The Philly No Appetite For Apartheid Campaign would like to invite interested member of the Community to learn about our No Appetite for Apartheid Campaign and how they can help promote the divestment from Israel in their local community. Thursday, June 5th at 6 PM!

READ: Israel plans to occupy 75% of Gaza and use aid to force Palestinians into concentration camps.

Israel says it will soon occupy 75% of Gaza, and it’s using control over aid to do it

Israel plans on concentrating Palestinians into isolated camps within Gaza after it takes over 75% of the territory, luring Palestinians into those zones by using aid as bait.

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"A sweeping plan to revamp the State Department would establish an Office of Remigration, a term popularized by far-right activists in Europe and white nationalists who want the mass removal of immigrants." www.huffpost.com/entry/state-...

The Trump Admin Is Reportedly Embracing The Far-Right, Racist Concept Of Remigration

It's a term popularized by far-right activists in Europe and white nationalists who want to remove all immigrants, regardless of citizenship status.

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"What we are doing in Gaza is a war of extermination: indiscriminate, unrestrained, brutal, and criminal killing of civilians,” [former Prime Minister Olmert] said." www.huffpost.com/entry/israel...

'Indiscriminate, Unrestrained, Brutal': Former Israeli PM Calls Gaza Assault 'War Crimes'

"What we are doing in Gaza is a war of extermination," former Prime Minister Ehud Olmert wrote in an op-ed aimed at Israeli citizens.

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Columbia: "We continue to be deeply concerned about Mahmoud Khalil and Mohsen Mahdawi" Also Columbia:

Prem Thakker ツ@premthakker.bsky.social · last yr.

New — 51 days since the Trump administration detained Mahmoud Khalil and 2 weeks since it detained Mohsen Mahdawi, Columbia University administrators finally name the pair in an email just sent out to campus:

There are a half-dozen ways or more that Trump is demonstrably hobbling cancer research. @ryanlcooper.com looks at a set of policies that would be no different if three cancers in a trenchcoat were making them. prospect.org/health/2025-...

The Trump Administration Is Objectively Pro-Cancer

America used to have the best medical research system in the world. Elon Musk and RFK Jr. are ripping it to shreds.

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Can't believe my event last night at @brooklinebooksmith.bsky.social was sold out and I got to see so many @bostondsa.org comrades! My heart is so full ❤️

So grateful to @symposiumbooks.bsky.social for hosting me and @phileil.bsky.social for a generative conversation and a signed copy of his book! Looking forward to reading and learning from him.

Philip Eil@phileil.bsky.social · last yr.

I had such a nice time chatting with @cannafis.bsky.social about his excellent book "Metastasis" at Symposium Books yesterday. Being a conversation partner for other nonfiction authors is one of the joys of author-dom. It nourishes my soul.

On April 30, 7pm, hear from Nafis Hasan, author of Metastasis: The Rise of the Cancer-Industrial Complex and the Horizons of Care. Nafis will discuss the intersections of capitalism and scientific research. Zoom register: bit.ly/cvilledsa-booklaunch @cannafis.bsky.social @commonnotions.bsky.social

"Metastasis isn’t an easy read... Its style and density make Metastasis an imperfect book and its engagement with Marxist philosophy isn’t mainstream in US science writing. But it is also deeply necessary and illuminating." Appreciate @kpc.bsky.social's critical review for @newscientist.com

New Scientist@newscientist.com · last yr.

Nafis Hasan's Metastasis is a deep dive into the economics and politics of cancer treatment. This makes for a dense and difficult read, but one that is well worth the effort

Two chances this week to hear me chatting about books: Tomorrow night, April 10, I'll be talking about Prescription for Pain at Barrington Books. And Sunday afternoon, April 13, I'll be speaking with @cannafis.bsky.social about his fascinating book Metastasis at Symposium Books!

The Trump admin is gutting NIOSH, the only federal agency dedicated to worker safety research. Thousands of workers are already out of a job. Lives are at risk. Call Congress and demand they reverse the cuts and reinstate these essential workers. act.aflcio.org/call_campaig...

CALL: Reverse Gutting of Core Worker Safety Agency, NIOSH

Due to Elon Musk and his unaccountable DOGE, we are facing one of the largest mass firings of federal workers in history, including highly technical federal workers who keep us safe on the job. More...

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interior secretary explicitly referencing ‘de-extinction’ pseudoscience as a pretext to abolish the Endangered Species Act

Georgetown scholar Dr. Khan Suri, who was abducted by ICE, was refused food/water to break Ramadan fast, housed in a room without a bed, and issued *used* underwear. His child cried for days after he was taken and has since stopped speaking. ccrjustice.org/home/press-c...