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Peter Beresford

@peterberesford.bsky.social

Activist, writer, researcher UK interested in disability, mental wellbeing, sustainability and welfare state, wants to see a better more sharing, kind and cooperative world

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The Antidote The Antidote - How People-Powered Movements Can Renew Politics, Policy and Practice; The Antidote explores what we can learn from the equalisation of personal roles and relationships to make possible ...

a handbook for Jake and the greens if you are serious about getting rid of neoliberalism
@policypress
@greenparty
policy.bristoluniversitypress.co.uk/the-antidote

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Jimmy Cliff obituary One of the greatest stars of Jamaican reggae known for his 1969 hit Many Rivers to Cross and the film The Harder They Come

great musician and songwriter
Jimmy Cliff RIP

www.theguardian.com/music/2025/n...

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The Antidote The Antidote - How People-Powered Movements Can Renew Politics, Policy and Practice; The Antidote explores what we can learn from the equalisation of personal roles and relationships to make possible ...

a handbook for Jake and the greens if you are serious about getting rid of neoliberalism
@policypress
@greenparty
policy.bristoluniversitypress.co.uk/the-antidote

23.11.2025 08:23 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

what we need is The Antidote
Amazon review
Its a timely critique of neoliberalism and an inspiring call for a different politics people can engage with. It offers diagnosis & direction, inviting readers to imagine & participate in more equitable, democratic & caring forms of social organisation.

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If only there was accountability.

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conclusion of official report on Covid disaster

too little too late
and when will heads roll???

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The Antidote: How People-Powered Movements Can Renew Politics, Policy and Practice The Antidote: How People-Powered Movements Can Renew Politics, Policy and Practice : Beresford, Peter: Amazon.co.uk: Books

read this review to see why you need to read this
www.amazon.co.uk/Antidote-Peo...

20.11.2025 07:08 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

see this Amazon review of The Antidote

provides a framework thats intellectually rigorous politically grounded & deeply humane making The Antidote a significant & encouraging contribution to contemporary debates about democracy social justice & our everyday choices about the future of public life

19.11.2025 09:54 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

We can name a thing without ever capturing its essence. Yet the words we choose still enter the world and take on a reality of their own.

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Read how this Brill bike racer transed and how this bike mag gave respect to them
Cheered me up

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We tried to place this story - very expensive polling, the first of its kind, strong quantitative data about what trans people feel about Britain: bluntly there is no better way to tell the story - with the BBC but it said it was "too weak".

But it will pick up any old piece of transhating garbage.

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Picture of Lake Tahoe

Picture of Lake Tahoe

My new essay in Please See Me explores the shadow side of a mental health diagnosisβ€”the parts our diagnostic tools can’t hold and the slow work of finding language that truly fits.

#Nonfiction #NarrativeEthics #LivedExperience #MentalHealth #NarrativeMedicine

pleaseseeme.com/issue-17-fre...

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Queen - These Are The Days Of Our Lives - Official Music Video (Disney Version) (High Quality)
YouTube video by Chinwonder2 Queen - These Are The Days Of Our Lives - Official Music Video (Disney Version) (High Quality)

those were the days of our lives
with my favourite video

www.youtube.com/watch?v=kdCo...

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Reassessing β€˜recovery’ in the light of Mad Studies: a survivor perspective | Irish Journal of Psychological Medicine | Cambridge Core Reassessing β€˜recovery’ in the light of Mad Studies: a survivor perspective

a Mad Studies view on 'recovery'
out today open access

please share thanks

doi.org/10.1017/ipm....

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the worries about the UK i have
housing prices, conditions for renters, crisis in NHS, failure of social care etc
the worry i don't have
making up for our relatively low birth rate with new migrants to our country

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How lived experience can influence politics, policy and practice The Antidote - How People-Powered Movements Can Renew Politics, Policy and Practice by Peter Beresford OBE draws on multidisciplinary research evidence and first-hand experience to understand how live...

check out your vaccination against our present politics here!
arc-eoe.nihr.ac.uk/news-blogs/n...

17.11.2025 07:40 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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check this out too friends

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How lived experience can influence politics, policy and practice The Antidote - How People-Powered Movements Can Renew Politics, Policy and Practice by Peter Beresford OBE draws on multidisciplinary research evidence and first-hand experience to understand how live...

check out your vaccination against our present politics here!
arc-eoe.nihr.ac.uk/news-blogs/n...

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Sir Geoffrey Bindman obituary Human rights lawyer who helped to expand Britain’s Race Relations Act and investigated apartheid in South Africa

a great loss
RIP a hero of human rights
Geoffrey Bindman
www.theguardian.com/law/2025/nov...

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Fatboy Slim - Praise You (Official Audio)
YouTube video by Fatboy Slim Fatboy Slim - Praise You (Official Audio)

dontcha just love this

www.youtube.com/watch?v=1BoX...

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This fella is my social studies brain. Never ignore a large brain however distracting you find views or words. That's my lesson for the day. So far. May it be yours too.

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Redirecting...

here' s a chance to spread the word for Mad Studies internationally

please share as much as you can

www.facebook.com/share/p/1GPN...

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Building on the evidence for a sustainable future for social care The Future of Social Care by Peter Beresford OBE and Colin Slasberg explores the complexities around social care and the ever-changing public and government perceptions of health care and social care....

check this out to access your FREE copy

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The Antidote: How People-Powered Movements Can Renew Politics, Policy and Practice : Beresford, Peter: Amazon.co.uk: Books The Antidote: How People-Powered Movements Can Renew Politics, Policy and Practice : Beresford, Peter: Amazon.co.uk: Books

check this out if you want to challenge the neoliberal song book, latest expression trying to destroy the BBC

www.amazon.co.uk/Antidote-Peo...

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The Antidote: How People-Powered Movements Can Renew Politics, Policy and Practice : Beresford, Peter: Amazon.co.uk: Books The Antidote: How People-Powered Movements Can Renew Politics, Policy and Practice : Beresford, Peter: Amazon.co.uk: Books

check this out if you want to challenge the neoliberal song book, latest expression trying to destroy the BBC

www.amazon.co.uk/Antidote-Peo...

11.11.2025 08:25 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
The Antidote: How People-Powered Movements Can Renew Politics, Policy and Practice : Beresford, Peter: Amazon.co.uk: Books The Antidote: How People-Powered Movements Can Renew Politics, Policy and Practice : Beresford, Peter: Amazon.co.uk: Books

if you have found this book helpful please write a review and spread the word in an unequal society

www.amazon.co.uk/Antidote-Peo...

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The Antidote: How People-Powered Movements Can Renew Politics, Policy and Practice : Beresford, Peter: Amazon.co.uk: Books The Antidote: How People-Powered Movements Can Renew Politics, Policy and Practice : Beresford, Peter: Amazon.co.uk: Books

as our politics get worse and worse
check this out for change
www.amazon.co.uk/Antidote-Peo...

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Starmer needs to change or go else we can only expect even worse from other parties

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How lived experience can influence politics, policy and practice The Antidote - How People-Powered Movements Can Renew Politics, Policy and Practice by Peter Beresford OBE draws on multidisciplinary research evidence and first-hand experience to understand how live...

for a handy guide?

arc-eoe.nihr.ac.uk/news-blogs/n...

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At the Heart of a Mad Movement: The Life and Work of Peter Campbell, Psychiatric System Pioneer This book showcases and celebrates the writings of Peter Campbell, an activist, writer, educator, and a veteran survivor of the mental health system, conveying the variety and vitality of Campbell's a...

out in a week's time, hope you can help spread the word.

www.routledge.com/At-the-Heart...

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