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Protest, Police Violence and Mental Health Care: 7 Things You Need to Know

Nick Carpenter

Mental Health Week on NovaraWire: Struggling to change the world can take its toll on our mental health, especially if it brings us into contact with the police. Here are some ideas for incorporating (self-)care for our mental health into those struggles.

7 Ways to Support Friends When They’re Mentally Unwell

Meg John Barker

Mental Health Week on NovaraWire: At some point most of us will have a friend or family member who is mentally unwell. Here are some ideas for how to support friends who are in need without either blaming them for their suffering or trying to become their rescuers.

#FreeFede – a personal reflection

Maham Hashmi

SOAS student Federico Annibale today attends court today after 11 weeks in pre-trial detention in Germany, following his arrest on at the Frankfurt 'Blockupy' demonstration on 18 March. Friends and supporters have travelled from London to be with him.

Talking Therapy: 8 Thoughts on How We Talk About Mental Health

Arran James

Mental Health Week on NovaraWire: Despite the historical inability of psychiatry to find biological evidence for mental illnesses, we still use its language when talking about mental health. Is it time we instead returned to a political approach to mental health and psychiatric care?

Mental Health Under Neoliberalism – 5 Ways Work Drives Us Crazy

Eleanor Penny

Mental Health Week on NovaraWire: "Working nine to five... It's enough to drive you crazy if you let it," sang Dolly Parton in 1980. Work is a common cause of stress, but with work seeming increasingly ubiquitous and demanding could it now be that work is stress?

6 Ways to Fight Climate Chaos

Out of the Woods

Climate change is an issue so big it can be paralysing, with proposed solutions appearing either hopelessly inadequate or hopelessly ambitious. This article proposes that the fight against climate chaos has to begin with those who are trying to gain from it.

8 Key Findings into Council-Administered Social Cleansing in London

Housing Action Southwark and Lambeth

Housing Action Southwark and Lambeth has used freedom of information (FOI) requests in every London borough to research the effect of the 2011 Localism Act on the rehousing of homeless households. The findings reveal the social cleansing of central London by the hands of local authorities.

6 Reflections on the Spanish Elections

David Ferreira

New electoral expressions emerging from the indignados movements made a big splash in last weekend's Spanish municipal elections - most notably in the right-wing base Madrid, and in Barcelona where an anti-evictions activist was elected mayor.

6 Reasons to Care about the Spanish Municipal Elections

Bue Rübner Hansen

Sunday 24 May is municipal election day in Spain. Here @BueRubner explains why people outside Spain should turn their attention to Spain.

The Revolt of the Ladders: the Technicians Fighting a Telecommunications Giant

David Ferreira

An indefinite strike of independent trade unionists is growing across Spain in response to precarious working conditions. Instantly recognisable for their use of ladders on demonstrations, la revuelta de escaleras is being spearheaded by subcontracted technicians for the telecomms giant Telefonica.

What is deflation and what does it mean for the working class?

James Meadway

Yesterday the UK went into deflation. George Osborne praised the "good news" while many economists were far more cautious. James Meadway from the New Economics Foundation explains what deflation is and what it means for the economy, wages and the working class.

Labour’s voters aren’t coming back – why would they?

Peter Pannier

Following Labour's inability to win #GE2015 despite five years of Coalition rule, blame has been heaped on parties such as the SNP for eating away at Labour's share of voters. But focusing on recent developments ignores what is perhaps the biggest barrier to a Labour premiership: people remember the last one.

The Miserable Dialectic of Optimism and Despair

Arran James

Many of us are still reeling at the prospect of another five years of the Conservatives, while others are provoked into activity. In the author's words, this short reflection is less of a reaction to the election and more a reaction to the reaction.

Election Reaction: Electoral Reform is the Barest Minimum – We Need a Democratic Overhaul

Nick Carpenter

Election Reactions on NovaraWire: quick responses and reflections in the wake of #GE2015

Election Reaction: On Putting Faith in Elections

Maham Hashmi

Election Reactions on NovaraWire: quick responses and reflections in the wake of #GE2015

Election Reaction: 3 False Narratives and a Conservative Majority

Ben Hollis

Election Reactions on NovaraWire: quick responses and reflections in the wake of #GE2015

Election Reaction: Our Commons are Being Privatised – it’s Time for More Time

Ewa Jasiewicz

Election Reactions on NovaraWire: quick responses and reflections in the wake of #GE2015

Election Reaction: Breaking the Pro-Austerity Hegemony Won’t Be Enough for Northern Ireland

Rosa Gilbert

Election Reactions on NovaraWire: quick responses and reflections in the wake of #GE2015

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