. S . ▁society ▁uses ▁mental ▁health ▁institutions ▁to ▁opp ress ▁various ▁people . ▁ ▁The ▁journal ▁was ▁highly ▁critical ▁of ▁the ▁“ Est ab lish ment ” ▁and ▁all ▁its ▁institutions . ▁In ▁this ▁sense , ▁The ▁Rad ical ▁Ther ap ist ▁was ▁similar ▁to ▁The ▁Ins urg ent ▁Soci ologist , ▁Science ▁for ▁the ▁People , ▁Rad ical ▁Te acher , ▁and ▁other ▁publications ▁that ▁target ed ▁various ▁groups ▁of ▁profession als ▁whose ▁political ▁spectrum ▁included ▁left - lean ing , ▁radical , ▁and ▁revolution ary - mind ed ▁activ ists . ▁ ▁During ▁its ▁time ▁in ▁Min ot , ▁the ▁journal ▁was ▁types et ▁and ▁published ▁locally , ▁and ▁ma iled ▁out ▁via ▁a ▁collect ive ▁effort . ▁The ▁journal ▁printed ▁articles ▁crit iqu ing ▁the ▁ther apy ▁“ est ab lish ment ” ▁and ▁its ▁practice ▁and ▁out lin ing ▁a ▁“ rad ical ” ▁approach ▁to ▁the ▁ways ▁ther apy ▁could ▁be ▁used ▁instead . ▁It ▁enthus iast ically ▁promoted ▁women ' s ▁liber ation ▁and ▁gay ▁liber ation , ▁and ▁crit ically ▁exam ined ▁how ▁ther apy ▁ide ology ▁and ▁practice ▁were ▁alleg ed ▁to ▁contribute ▁to ▁sex ist ▁and ▁hom oph ob ic ▁opp ression , ▁and ▁to ▁the ▁opp ression ▁and ▁ab use ▁of ▁mental ▁patients . ▁“ The ▁Rad ical ▁Ther ap ist ” ▁also ▁spoke ▁out ▁against ▁the ▁Vietnam ▁War , ▁rac ism , ▁and ▁the ▁gre ed ▁of ▁consumer ist ▁society , ▁and ▁it ▁was ▁an ▁early ▁supp orter ▁of ▁the ▁struggle