Health Communism

"Health Communism" is a powerful critique of how capitalism has instrumentalized health, disability, and illness to create a class seen as "surplus." Written by the hosts of the popular podcast "Death Panel," the book argues for a new global left politics aimed at severing the ties between capital and health. The authors examine how the health industry has emerged to manage and contain populations deemed unfit to work and marked for extraction. Ultimately, this book calls for a radical new politics of solidarity built on the understanding that we must not base the value of human life on one's ability to be productive within the current political economy.