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Red Flags: Israel’s Genocide in Palestine Fills Me With Sorrow. How Do I Keep on Going?

Sophie K Rosa

Don’t pathologise yourself, Sophie K Rosa tells a reader who feels alone in their despair at events in Gaza. Instead, find like-minded comrades and channel your rage into collective action.

A man hugs a child besides a firetruck, with smoke and fire visible in the distance

Report: Years Later, Wildfires Blaze on in Survivors’ Minds

Charlie Hertzog Young

Three-quarters of survivors of Australian bushfires struggle with anxiety two years on. Charlie Hertzog Young reports.

A firefighter cries in front of white vans with plumes of smoke from a wildfire in the background

Opinion: Losing Your Mind Is a Proportionate Response to the Climate Crisis

Charlie Hertzog Young

Those who buckle in the face of climate collapse are entirely in tune with reality, writes Charlie Hertzog Young.

a man and woman sit back-to-back in their respective office cubicles, on their computers

Opinion: Neurodiversity Doesn’t Make Me Miserable – Society Does

Charlie Hertzog Young

I’ve often blamed myself for my poor mental health, writes Charlie Hertzog Young. The concept of neurodiversity showed me it’s society that’s at fault.

Opinion: The Government’s New Depression Treatments Are a Scam

Paul Atkinson

The government’s 'progressive' new depression treatment plan, which involves fewer antidepressants and more talking therapy, is a wolf in sheep’s clothing, writes Paul Atkinson.

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Feature: Why Do Leftwing Women Disappear From Politics in Their 30s?

Joana Ramiro

As a 20-something Marxist, Joana Ramiro began to notice the ranks of her women comrades shrinking. Now in her 30s, she gets why.

Novara FM: Sex, Dissidence, Desire

Jonathan Dollimore joins James Butler to talk sex, subversion and truly dangerous knowledge.

Novara Live: The Phoney (Culture) War

BLM protestors want racial justice. The establishment want to debate 70s sitcoms. Michael Walker and Aaron Bastani discuss the phoney (culture) war. Plus, Miatta Fahnbulleh on the UK’s record-breaking recession.

Tory Promises to Improve Mental Healthcare Ignore the Reality of Living With Mental Illness

Erika Mastrorosa

Here's why simplistic rhetoric and a small investment are not going to fix a broken system, which is letting people down.

‘How do we explain depression to ourselves?’ Bifo remembers Mark Fisher

Franco 'Bifo' Berardi

The Italian autonomist theorist Franco 'Bifo' Berardi remembers Mark Fisher, who passed away in January. Translated by Luca Miotto.

4 Theses on Depression and Radical Praxis

Sophie Monk and Joni (Pitt) Cohen

With rates of depression on the rise, it's clear that our mental health is a condition of the political situation in which we live. Here are four propositions for how to approach radical anti-capitalist praxis in an age of mass depression.

Obituary: Mark Fisher, 1968 – 2017

Craig Gent

Senior editor Craig Gent remembers the writer, educator and blogger Mark Fisher.

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.

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?

5 Terrains for the Struggle for Mental Health

Arran James

While the social movements of the 1960s and 70s were characterized by strong anti-psychiatry currents, the politics of mental health remains somewhat neglected in contemporary movements despite mental health issues being on the rise since the 2008 global financial crisis. This article looks at 5 potential terrains of struggle.

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Red Flags: Israel’s Genocide in Palestine Fills Me With Sorrow. How Do I Keep on Going?

Sophie K Rosa

Report: Years Later, Wildfires Blaze on in Survivors’ Minds

Charlie Hertzog Young

Opinion: Losing Your Mind Is a Proportionate Response to the Climate Crisis

Charlie Hertzog Young

Opinion: Neurodiversity Doesn’t Make Me Miserable – Society Does

Charlie Hertzog Young

Opinion: The Government’s New Depression Treatments Are a Scam

Paul Atkinson

Feature: Why Do Leftwing Women Disappear From Politics in Their 30s?

Joana Ramiro

Novara FM: Sex, Dissidence, Desire

Novara Live: The Phoney (Culture) War

Tory Promises to Improve Mental Healthcare Ignore the Reality of Living With Mental Illness

Erika Mastrorosa

‘How do we explain depression to ourselves?’ Bifo remembers Mark Fisher

Franco 'Bifo' Berardi

4 Theses on Depression and Radical Praxis

Sophie Monk and Joni (Pitt) Cohen

Obituary: Mark Fisher, 1968 – 2017

Craig Gent

7 Ways to Support Friends When They’re Mentally Unwell

Meg John Barker

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

Arran James

Mental Health Under Neoliberalism – 5 Ways Work Drives Us Crazy

Eleanor Penny

5 Terrains for the Struggle for Mental Health

Arran James

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Red Flags: Israel’s Genocide in Palestine Fills Me With Sorrow. How Do I Keep on Going?

Sophie K Rosa

Report: Years Later, Wildfires Blaze on in Survivors’ Minds

Charlie Hertzog Young

Opinion: Losing Your Mind Is a Proportionate Response to the Climate Crisis

Charlie Hertzog Young

Opinion: Neurodiversity Doesn’t Make Me Miserable – Society Does

Charlie Hertzog Young

Opinion: The Government’s New Depression Treatments Are a Scam

Paul Atkinson

Feature: Why Do Leftwing Women Disappear From Politics in Their 30s?

Joana Ramiro

Novara FM: Sex, Dissidence, Desire

Novara Live: The Phoney (Culture) War

Tory Promises to Improve Mental Healthcare Ignore the Reality of Living With Mental Illness

Erika Mastrorosa

‘How do we explain depression to ourselves?’ Bifo remembers Mark Fisher

Franco 'Bifo' Berardi

4 Theses on Depression and Radical Praxis

Sophie Monk and Joni (Pitt) Cohen

Obituary: Mark Fisher, 1968 – 2017

Craig Gent

7 Ways to Support Friends When They’re Mentally Unwell

Meg John Barker

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

Arran James

Mental Health Under Neoliberalism – 5 Ways Work Drives Us Crazy

Eleanor Penny

5 Terrains for the Struggle for Mental Health

Arran James

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