The Anarchist Struggle for the Right to be Different
- Datum / tijd:
- za 10 feb, 2018 : 14:30 - 15:45
- Locatie:
- in de Studio 1 (OT301), Overtoom 301 Amsterdam
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How to fight increasing repression towards people who are (deemed) mentally different and work towards a more free society through building voluntary solidarity networks of mutual support to avoid and abolish coercive measures.
The amount of repression and coercion has increased remarkably the last years and decades in the world. Also towards people who are (deemed) mentally different, maybe especially. Their freedom to be different and these of other oppressed groups that are psychiatrized has come under greater threat with new laws and practices. Nevertheless, this is an often forgotten struggle.
Sprekers
Karlijn (Spreekuur 89 / Mad Pride)
Karlijn, Spreekuur 89/ Mad Pride. Karlijn is a survivor of psychiatric and police repression, has engaged in activism for those detained under the mental health law, and is an author. She is working on a manuscript on mad resistance and anarchism, and is about to release a book on the Dutch situation (in Dutch language) late 2019.
Mad Pride
Karlijn, Spreekuur 89/ Mad Pride. Karlijn is a survivor of psychiatric and police repression, has engaged in activism for those detained under the mental health law, and is an author. She is working on a manuscript on mad resistance and anarchism, and is about to release a book on the Dutch situation (in Dutch language) late 2019.