LOCAL Announcement :: Anarchism
New zine: Our Dark Passenger: Anarchists talk about mental illness and community support
Our Dark Passenger: Anarchists talk about mental illness and community support is now out, published by
Katipo Books. Weighing in at 34 pages, it is a collection of articles about living with mental illness by anarchists from around Aotearoa, and some writings from overseas.
Our Dark Passenger can be
purchased from Katipo Books (who will mail it anywhere in the world) for just NZ$2.00 + postage. You can also download the .pdf and print it yourself by
clicking here.
WARNING
Parts of this zine are likely to be triggering to those who have a history of self-harm or mental illness, so please use your own discretion when deciding to read.
If you think you are likely to be affected negatively by this zine, please DO NOT read it!
Contents
Page 1 - Front Cover
Page 2 - Contents
Page 3 - Introduction (Asher)
Page 4 - Bryden’s Story (Bryden)
Page 6 - Ending it all (Anonymous)
Page 7 - Cartoon (The Icarus Project)
Page 8 - Mental Illness: My Struggle (Asher)
Page 10 - Depression, police terrorism, and me (Anna-Claire)
Page 12 - Amy’s Poem, Drawing, Are we Falling? The war machine (Amy)
Page 14 - On Being Alone (Asher)
Page 16 - Places to look for help in Aotearoa / New Zealand
Page 17 - Activism and Depression (Bexxa)
Page 24 - Discussion Questions for Workshops and Groups (The Icarus Project)
Page 25 - How I Became a Thief (Jessica Max Stein)
Page 28 - The Spoon Theory (Christine Miserandino)
Page 32 - Also from Katipo Books
Page 34 - Back cover, 5 things to NOT say to someone suff ering from depression
The zine has no copyright, so feel free to print and distribute copies as you see fit (just don’t charge more than you need to cover costs). If you distribute it anywhere outside Aotearoa / New Zealand, I’d appreciate it if you emailed me at anarchiazine[at]gmail[dot]com and let me know, it’s always interesting to see how far things spread.
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Re: New zine: Our Dark Passenger: Anarchists talk about mental illness and community support
The cover is at anarchia.files.wordpress.com/2008/04/outside.pdf and the inside is at anarchia.files.wordpress.com/2008/04/inside.pdf