On July 14th this year, something crazy will be happening.
The Lunatics Are Back In Town: Bringing Mad Pride Back
Tag: mental health
The exploitation of mental health advocacy during the pandemic: a retrospective
There seems to be a fairly obvious hole in mental health advocacy and awareness.
Listen up sanes: the intersection of policing and healthcare is nothing new
On March 25th the Coronavirus Act 2020 received Royal Assent and became law.
Give ‘Em Enough Rope
A (Late) Valentine to Jeremy Corbyn and Boris Johnson by Joe Reynolds.
Case Study: Organising in a community mental health team
A member of the Bristol Care Workers Network reflects on their experiences organising in healthcare.
Students are suffering — rent strikes are the solution
If you thought that the student mental health “crisis” was something of an exaggeration, let us start off with some fun statistics.
Courts and Mental Health – top tips for surviving the court system
It goes without saying that courts are damaging to your mental health.
Suicide rates soar as mental health funding falls
January saw Theresa May launch her vision of a “shared society” with a focus on mental health and reducing the stigma attached to it.
Troubled Families Fund: Of course it failed
One of the big problems with how mental health problems are dealt with in Britain is time.
Police and Mental Health: Tips for Dealing with Custody and Arrest
CN: Mental health and self harm discussed in article There are downsides and upsides to informing the police of a mental health condition.
Recent Articles
Nantes: 4,000 on the streets for Bloquons Tout
French police directed the demonstration with flash grenades and tear gas ~ from Contre Attaque ~ Saturday, 13 September, a rainy day in Nantes.
Facing down the flagshaggers
To resist normalisation, we need enduring groundwork with attacked communities—and spaces for open strategising ~ Blade Runner ~ On Saturday 13 September, between 110,000 and 150,000 turned out in response to Tommy Robinson’s call, a mobilisation framed as a defence of “free speech” but saturated with white nationalist, Islamophobic and anti-migrant rhetoric.
London arms fair disruption: A stark contrast to mass arrests for Palestine
Well-coordinated direct action catches the police off guard, showing the power of secure and strategic organising ~ Kevin Blowe ~ On 9 September, at around 7.30 in the morning, an advance bloc of about 150 protesters, their faces covered, suddenly appeared by London City Hall in east London, near to where Britain’s largest arms fair,
Anarchist prisoner released from Belarus
The regime deported 52 political prisoners in exchange for sanctions relief ~ Nikita Ivansky ~ Anarchist Nikolai (Mikola) Dziadok was among 52 political prisoners released and deported from Belarus to Lithuania on 11 September, following negotiations between dictator Alexander Lukashenko and US envoy John Colae.
