Politics

23 Apr Join the Social Therapeutics Conversation

Posted at 17:30h in Community Organizing, Culture, Human Development, Philosophy, Politics, Postmodern Marxism, Psychology, Psychology of Becoming, Psychotherapy, Social Therapeutics, Social Therapy 2 Comments

April 23, 2013 A few years ago while doing some teaching in Brazil, I was interviewed (in English) for Internet radio on where social therapeutics comes from and where it’s going. The interview was rich and far-reaching, as I recall—radical therapy, social constructionism, politics, philosophy, culture, community...

01 Feb Ian Parker Back at Work

Posted at 01:03h in Politics, Psychology, Psychology of Becoming, Psychotherapy 2 Comments

January 31, 2013 For those of you who’ve been following my posts about the suspension of Ian Parker from Manchester Metropolitan University, I have good news! The suspension is over. Here is a message from Ian that was posted on Asylum, An International Magazine for Democratic Psychiatry, Psychology and Community Development: Dear all, I was...

10 Jan Vygotsky, Education and Revolution

Posted at 16:13h in Education, Human Development, Learning Environments, Politics, Psychology of Becoming, Vygotsky 1 Comment

January 10, 2013 I just received an unusual book in the mail: We Saved the Best for You—Letters of Hope, Imagination and Wisdom for 21st Century Educators. The book contains 52 letters written by scholars and practitioners. Most are in their own voices. But editors Tricia Kress and Robert Lake asked some...

04 Jan Being an Independent

Posted at 03:27h in Human Development, Politics, Psychology, Psychology of Becoming 0 Comments

January 3, 2013 Next month I’ll be attending the National Conference of Independents being held in NYC on February 16th. It’s a gathering of hundreds of independent voters from across the US sponsored by IndependentVoting.org, a national strategy, communications and organizing center working to develop a movement of independent voters for...

03 Nov Far Rockaway after Hurricane Sandy—No Longer Forgotten Thanks to Fulani

Posted at 22:25h in Community Organizing, Health Care, Human Development, Politics, Psychology of Becoming 2 Comments

November 3, 2012 Far Rockaway, Queens is one of the poorest, most isolated and forgotten neghborhoods of New York City, About 60,000 people live there on the Rockaway penisula jutting out into the Atlantic Ocean. More than 80% of them are Black and Latino, and the median income is under $28.000/year. Until...

26 Oct What Did Ian Parker Do? MMU, Please Tell Us!

Posted at 17:31h in Education, Politics, Psychology, Psychology of Becoming 0 Comments

October 26, 2012 Here is an update on the susension of Ian Parker from Manchester Metropolitan University (MMU)—asking us to call on MMU to at least make public what the charges being brought against Ian are. MMU has now decided that a disciplinary hearing will go ahead on the two charges that...

24 Oct The Suspension of Ian Parker and Academic and Political Freedom

Posted at 19:39h in Education, Politics, Psychology, Psychology of Becoming 0 Comments

October 24, 2012 On day about a month ago I was shocked by an email about the suspension from Manchester Metropolitan Univesity in the UK of my friend Ian Parker. I had just seen Ian over the summer at a Marxism and Psychology conference we both participated in in Morelia Mexico....

26 Sep Who Wants to Perform (with me and 499 Others)?

Posted at 01:27h in Applied Theatre, Clowning, Community Organizing, Creativity, Culture, Education, Health Care, Human Development, Outside of School, Performance Movement, Play, Politics, Psychology, Psychology of Becoming, Psychotherapy, Theatre, Youth Development 0 Comments

September 24, 2012 Today I’m going to do some more promotion for Performing the World 2012 (PTW 2012)—because I’m so excited about it! The opening reception on Thursday evening October 4 will be a community welcome to New York—featuring food prepared by dozens of New York City friends; greetings by myself and...

06 Sep Marxists and Psychologists in the World

Posted at 02:10h in Politics, Postmodern Marxism, Psychology, Psychology of Becoming, Psychotherapy, Social Therapeutics, Social Therapy 2 Comments

September 5, 2012 Ian Parker, a critical psychologist and practicing psychoanalyst, is professor of psychology at Manchester Metropolitan University in the UK. He’s also a long-time friend and colleague of mine and the East Side Institute. Ian and I have participated in many conferences and events together, along with the late...

15 Aug Marxism, Psychology, Activism and Academia

Posted at 02:46h in Critical psychiatry, Human Development, Philosophy, Politics, Postmodern Marxism, Psychology, Psychology of Becoming 4 Comments

[caption id="attachment_1319" align="aligncenter" width="300"] Opening Plenary Ceremony[/caption] August 14, 2012 The Second International Conference on Marxism and Psychology last week in Morelia Mexico was packed—about 700 participants, a good half of them Mexican university students and activists. It was challenging and fascinating to be part of the gathering of academics and activists,...