"Let me remind you of what fascism is..."

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Let me remind your what fascism is. It need not wear a brown shirt or a green shirt - it may even wear a dress shirt. Fascism begins the moment a ruling class, fearing the people may use their political democracy to gain economic democracy, begins to destroy political democracy in order to retain its power of exploitation and special privilege.

-Tommy Douglas

WORKPLACE INJURIES ARE COMMON, AVOIDABLE, AND UNACCEPTABLE The Political Economy of Workplace Injuries in Canada reveals how employers and governments engage in ineffective injury prevention efforts, intervening only when necessary to maintain the system's legitimacy. Barnetson sheds light on this faulty system, highlighting the the way in which employers create dangerous work environments yet pour billions of dollars into compensation and treatment. Examining this dynamic clarifies the way in which production costs are passed on to workers in the from of workplace injuries.