No water, no peace! States of emergency and water shut-offs in Detroit
Submitted by Ramona on Aug 31 2014 16:39
After a month-long moratorium, water shut-offs in Detroit have started again this week, leaving indebted households across the city with no access to running water.
Georgia inmates beaten with hammers during 2010 prisoners' strike - new video released
Submitted by Ramona on Aug 30 2013 17:55
New video evidence has been publicly released showing Georgia prison guards beating inmates with a "hammer-like object" in the aftermath of the 2010 prisoner's strike against forced labour. The strike was one of the largest in US history and was met with violent repression.
Trigger warning: footage and descriptions of violence, images of injuries
Things women say that you hate hearing all the time
Submitted by Ramona on Aug 19 2013 16:22
A short response to "things lib-communists say that you hate hearing all the time", on being accused of sexism, and in jokes.
Room to breathe in defence of the NHS
Submitted by Ramona on Jul 30 2013 11:58
A documentary on the failures of NHS treatment for young people with mental health problems prompted a vocal defence of the NHS. Can we criticise the shortcomings of NHS mental health care whilst arguing against NHS privatisation?
It makes us sick: notes on affective labour, sanity, and post-Fordism
Submitted by Ramona on Jun 27 2013 22:33
A slightly polished version of a short talk for a panel discussion on post-Fordism and mental health with Hannah Black and Mark Fisher, as part of Auto Italia South East's Immaterial Labour Isn't Working 2013 event series.
“The revolution starts in the ATOS smoking area” - on welfare, addiction, and dependency
Submitted by Ramona on Apr 2 2013 19:00
A blog about welfare reform from a social care worker's perspective, and the creation of the "welfare addict" as a recession-era scapegoat. Inspired largely by today's Novara show, and the people I work with.
Guilt, choice, and responsibility in the austerity kitchen
Submitted by Ramona on Jan 21 2013 00:22
Some thoughts on low-income cooking, health, guilt, and the punishment of the poor.
Pakistani truckers on strike, blockading NATO supplies
Submitted by Ramona on Jan 10 2013 16:26
Truckers delivering NATO supplies to isolated coalition ground troops in Afghanistan have gone on strike, in protest against lower pay, poor security, and corrupt customs officials who demand bribes from the truckers. The unions are calling for other transport workers throughout the region to join the strike action.
Italian miners barricade themselves underground with 350kg of explosives to prevent pit closure
Submitted by Ramona on Aug 27 2012 13:23
100 Sardinian workers in Italy's only coal mine have barricaded themselves into the Carbosulcis mine overnight, with 350kg of company explosives. The occupation comes ahead of a government meeting to decide the future of the pit.
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