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I am not sure how the field has evolved since, but I found this study fascinating! Physical warmth - as a loving touch or cup of tea - helps...

I am not sure how the field has evolved since, but I found this study fascinating! Physical warmth - as a loving touch or cup of tea - helps repair feelings of exclusion, and skin temperature literally decreases in times of social exclusion. Good social relationships keep us warm, literally and figuratively!

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/22717422/

https://performingborders.live/ejournal/hevalti-revolutionary-friendship-as-radical-care/"For this reason we believe there is much to...

https://performingborders.live/ejournal/hevalti-revolutionary-friendship-as-radical-care/

"For this reason we believe there is much to learn from hevaltî as a revolutionary method of radical care. The liberal notion of ‘tolerance’ that “we don’t have to like each other, we just have to be able to get the work done” is a damaging one that opens up communities to infiltration and attacks from the state. Of course, no method or mechanism is inherently impenetrable – but we wonder whether community and organising structures were based on an understanding that “if we are fighting together, we need to try and like, in fact, love each other, too”, they would be safer and more sustainable.

This is not a naivety about human behaviour in our current world, especially considering that people bring individualistic, patriarchal, capitalist mentalities to the collective. Rather, it means that we treat each other with a base level of humanity and trust in everyone’s potential ability to transform, and, if all else fails, we have autonomous accountability mechanisms. "

15 months prison for blocking a lane (1 out of 5!) “This is totally disproportionate, it’s done to deter other protesters, in effect...

15 months prison for blocking a lane (1 out of 5!) “This is totally disproportionate, it’s done to deter other protesters, in effect it’s sending a message”
It also sends a message about the power of activism-it works and scares those in power wanting to preserve the status quo

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2022/dec/02/climate-activist-who-blocked-traffic-on-sydney-harbour-bridge-jailed-for-at-least-eight-months