Saturday 14 November 2020

Thirteen Years!


🎉!!! Happy 13th Anniversary to all East End Loonies!!! 🎉

It was November 2007 when a few of us embarked this spontaneous journey, on an Autumnal evening. Little did we know that 13 years later, a bit slower in action and functionality, we are still around and still true to the core of what brought us together in the first place. 

Massive thanks and love to co-founders Myra & David and the many of you that have joined, walked along us, over thick and thin,​ ​only passed by, often offering support even at a distance, over these years.

If we were to stop further action now (time is due!), I would be very pleased and proud of our accomplishments and work carried ​over the years.
After all these years of talking about psychiatry/antipsychiatry sometimes feels like ​talking about war, when we certainly want and need Peace. 

The fire in the belly is still burning, as some wounds are still bleeding, but it's ​surely ​safe, wise and healthy to turn the page and move on when the time comes.​ ​

W​e are ​blessed, grateful and grateful for all the inspir​ing work accomplished by our ​predecessors​, the Loonies that suffered and fought before us​, thankful to the​ present, local and​ international fellow activists, and​ send our blessings to those that are just starting​, or soon will be​, keeping the light of hope on, for those caught in the tunnel of darkness. Aho!​


As Alan Watts said, ​"​keep your cool, you mystic and crazy people​" youtu.be/ezDvxwrxq78
Been diagnosed with some weird label/s and feeling lost?www.youtube.com/watch?v=OPR3GlpQQJA

​A very sad news we have to share is the recent loss of our dear colleague Pete Coward. We would like to take this occasion​ to express our sincere condolences to ​Pete's ​loved ones friends-of-east-end-loonies.blogspot.com/2020/11/rip-dear-pete.html

From 5 Nov to 2 Dec a new lockdown was announced in the UK and some other countries (mostly the G7- G20 types). 
Meanwhile even Boris, among many doctors and scientists, publicly admitted that Covid tests only work on 7%, producing up to 93% false positives. No wonder that the numbers of positives have gone up. Meanwhile common flu seems to have disappeared​ this season​, same as many ​civic liberties, ​news and information that challenge the mainstream virus narrative​; big media platforms are censur​ing content more than ever; why is that? 
So many conspiracy theorists are trying to unmask the information terrorist.


We'll continue to operate, in a covid-secure manner, gathering for our monthly FEEL meeting, as we fit the "support bubble" criteria of exemptions.  

The meeting is taking place next Monday the 16th November at LARC from 6:30pm. Please join us if keen to do so. If feeling unwell/experiencing flu symptoms or are virus-phobic please stay at home.

In the meantime online events and engagement abounds, ​for those shielding and limiting social interactions.

Wishing everyone good health and happiness​ always, and Happy Diwali, might the light always stay bright within you.
Ad meliora et ad maiora semper!


NEWS & EVENTS


*Survivors Poetry Lounge Together! Thursday, 26 November 7pm 
Survivors’ Poetry hosts a special edition of their ‘Lockdown Lounge’, including guest poets and musicians from the Together! Pop-Up Poetry Club and Music Club. www.together2012.org.uk/together-2020-disability-history-month-festival/survivors-poetry-lounge-together-26-november-7pm

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Transforming Healthcare Together Virtual Conference 17-18 Nov, 9:30am - 5pm

NSUN Members' Event and AGM 2020, by National Survivor User Network,  24-25 Nov 2020, 10:30 am - 4pm
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Covid and Psychosis : Living in the long run
Tuesday 24th November 20:00-22:00 CET

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How Little We Really Know About Psychiatric Drugs, By Joanna Moncrieff

I'm With Her - A Drop the Disorder Film
youtu.be/IvB4SEGXYnw

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Peter Levine’s Self Holding Exercises for Sufferers of PTSD (part 1 + 2)

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Washington D.C. Decriminalizes Psychedelic Plants and Fungi
doubleblindmag.com/washington-d-c-decriminalize-nature-initiative-81

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BBC’s disabled-led ‘benefit cheat’ drama causes anger and disbelief

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Eugenics: Science greatest scandal

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No Purveyor of Unhealthy Products Wants the Public to Know the Truth
How Smoking in 1959 Is Like Eating in 2019
nutritionfacts.org/video/how-smoking-in-the-50s-is-like-eating-today

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Protest Royal College of Psychiatrists endorsing prison segregation units

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The Great Barrington Declaration
"As infectious disease epidemiologists and public health scientists we have grave concerns about the damaging physical and mental health impacts of the prevailing COVID-19 policies, and recommend an approach we call Focused Protection." Read/Sign the declaration here: gbdeclaration.org

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Behavioural Modification Psychology ​Docs​ 





F.E.E.L. - Friends of East End Loonies
Find us on the third Monday of each month 6.30 - 8.30 pm at
LARC 62 Fieldgate Street, Whitechapel, London  E1 1ES U.K.


www.facebook.com/feel.campaign

In need of immediate HELP? 

Looking for advice? 

Thinking of coming off meds?
Why coming off is being suggested: www.april.org.uk

Anyone willing to come off psychiatric medication please always seek for reliable info and help before starting.
We are not suggesting pill-shaming, only raising awareness on the serious dangers of medications since some of us have been severely harmed by them.

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