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There Will Be No Bobby Sands in Guantánamo Bay

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  23 October 2020

Patrick Anderson
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In his recent film sicko, Michael Moore turns his attention to the crisis in medical care in the United States eventuated by the powerful and wealthy insurance and pharmaceutical companies that control how, when, and if patients experience the broad range of practices we call healing. Moore uses his familiar technique of visiting everyday people and recording their sometimes heartbreaking stories of illness, pitching these narratives against interviews with representatives from large corporations and government agencies.

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Talks from the Convention
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PMLA , Volume 124 , Issue 5: Special Topic War , October 2009 , pp. 1729 - 1736
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Copyright © Modern Language Association of America, 2009

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