▁articles ▁that ▁were ▁concerned ▁with ▁“ rad ical ▁ther apy ,” ▁whereas ▁R ough ▁Times ▁foc uss ed ▁on ▁expos ing ▁the ▁ab uses ▁and ▁opp ress ive ▁institution al ▁practices ▁of ▁the ▁mental ▁health ▁profession , ▁as ▁well ▁as ▁on ▁prom oting ▁liber ation ▁strugg les ▁in ▁the ▁U . S . ▁and ▁around ▁the ▁world , ▁especially ▁the ▁movement ▁of ▁mental ▁patients ▁to ▁defend ▁and ▁claim ▁their ▁rights . ▁ ▁In ▁the ▁second ▁collection ▁of ▁articles ▁from ▁the ▁R T ▁that ▁appeared ▁( R ough ▁Times , ▁Ball antine ▁Books , ▁ 1 9 7 3 — also ▁produced ▁by ▁Jer ome ▁Ag el ), ▁the ▁new ▁collect ive ▁clar ified ▁its ▁ide ological ▁perspective ▁further : ▁ ▁A ▁year ▁ago ▁we ▁were ▁fewer ▁in ▁number ▁and ▁t uck ed ▁away ▁in ▁North ▁Dak ota . ▁Although ▁we ▁had ▁different ▁positions ▁on ▁R T ’ s ▁role ▁in ▁making ▁a ▁revolution , ▁there ▁was ▁a ▁de ▁fact o ▁cons ensus ▁of ▁aim ing ▁our ▁work ▁toward ▁profession als , ▁students , ▁and ▁intellect uals , ▁bel ieving ▁that ▁they ▁held ▁the ▁key ▁to ▁radical ▁work ▁in ▁the ▁mental ▁health ▁fields . ▁We ▁have ▁been ▁finding , ▁primarily ▁in ▁the ▁last ▁half ▁year , ▁that ▁while ▁some ▁of ▁those ▁people ▁are ▁open ▁to ▁change , ▁most ▁of ▁them ▁are ▁too ▁comfortable ▁in ▁their ▁profession ally ▁det ached ▁att itudes , ▁pseudo - hip ▁life - styles , ▁and ▁removed ▁position ▁from ▁world ▁revolution ▁as ▁well ▁as ▁personal ▁change . ▁ ▁We ▁began