Tahrir Square celebration

 

From: Andrew Phelps <dis_course@yahoo.com>

Subject: Re: [PsySR-humanrights] Re: Dignity: An Idea Gone Missing in the Land

To: psysr-humanrights@googlegroups.com

Date: Friday, February 25, 2011, 1:57 PM

 

Hi

Ttt has brought out a point with which I identify strongly. Thank you Ijk, and others, for embracing the identified concern.

My lived experience is that my mother did her M.A. HERE on the Basque culture, and also interviewed Spanish Republicans for the O.S.S. during WW II (which she later came to deny).

The "psychology of dignity" insufficiency has led to a "Tea Party" reframe which has not yet been sufficiently engaged in the advocacy of PsySR. For instance, the response HERE of Glenn Beck for being an "object" of clinical treatment needs to be examined further .. clearly his derived advocacy does not engage social responsibility in a sufficient manner, and .. dignity is the loser.

I'm glad to see the strong response to the Wisconsin labor advocacy issue that has now arisen with PsySR.

Maybe (sigh!) some time the concerns about why Beck's treatment produced such an unfortunate response could be seen as a "labor" problem. The polity of denial shown by the Wisconsin Gov. does not IMHO rise to the occasion.

 

Andrew Phelps

who thanks Jancis Long for her support for the "community college" dignity retrieval process

 

 

On Wed, 2/23/11, Pqr wrote:

Ijk,

I am interested. Quite a few of us are. I'm definitely willing to work on any actions associated with this.

Pqr

On Feb 23, 2011, at 5:47 AM, Ijk wrote:

Is anyone in PsySR interested in the human rights struggle we have going on in Wisconsin? The AAUP is organizing a letter writing campaign and whatever else we can generate to fight what we believe is a lengthy assault on bargaining rights for workers. If this kind of assault can occur overnight in WI, it can occur overnight on the federal level. See HERE

Ijk

On 2/20/11, Ttt wrote:

A member of the RADPSYNET-MEMBERS listserv posted THIS and I think it needs to be read by everyone, but especially those of us concerned with psychology.

Ttt