Written by William F. Powell in 1971, 'The Anarchist Cookbook' is a manual that includes detailed instructions on various topics such as explosives, booby traps, weapons, phone phreaking devices, and the home manufacture of illicit drugs. The book was intended to galvanize the general population against what Powell saw as oppressive capitalist, fascist, and communist threats. However, Powell later renounced the book's violent content and attempted to have it removed from circulation. The book has been linked to several notable incidents involving violence and has been the subject of legal and cultural controversy[1][3][4].
The Little Red Book, or Quotations from Chairman Mao Zedong, is a compilation of statements from Mao's speeches and writings, published from 1964 to 1979. It was a central tool in the indoctrination and control of the population during the Cultural Revolution. The book covers various topics such as class struggle, 'correcting mistaken ideas,' and the 'mass line,' a key tenet of Mao Zedong Thought. It became a mandatory read for nearly the entire Chinese population and was carried by millions of Red Guards. The book's distribution was massive, with estimates suggesting over a billion official copies were printed, and it remains one of the most published books in history[2][3][5].
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Show notes
* The Cass Review’s final report
* List of systematic reviews from University of York researchers that were commissioned by the Cass Review
* Hannah Barnes on why the Tavistock gender identity clinic was forced to close
* VICE interview with a Tavistock doctor, including information on patient numbers
* Original Dutch single-case study on puberty blockers
* Somewhat larger Dutch study of puberty blockers from 2011
* The “Early Intervention” study from England (not published until 2021)
* Article that’s critical of the “cis-supremacy” in the Cass Review
* BMJ editorial on the Cass Review
* Billy Bragg claims that the Cass Review only included 2 studies out of 102
* Owen Jones’s video where he claims studies were “arbitrarily” excluded from the report
* Fact-checking post from Benjamin Ryan, covering some of the criticisms of the Cass Report
* Hilary Cass interviewed by The Times
* Episode of BBC More or Less that addresses some of the criticisms
* 2020 study on the small proportion of medical treatments where there’s strong evidence
* More recent (2022) study by the same authors finding an even more depressing picture: “More than 9 in 10 healthcare interventions studied within recent Cochrane Reviews are not supported by high-quality evidence, and harms are under-reported”
* The book Medical Nihilism
* The BMJ review of the book, quoted in the episode
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