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In support of Trans Lives: Open Letter Regarding the Inclusion of David Bell in the CFS–IPTAR Event on “Terror, Persecution and Dread
Here is a fragment of the letter: “Bell is a key anti-transgender voice in the psychoanalytic canon. He first published his anti-trans positions that providing gender affirming care amounts to harming children in the International Journal of Psychoanalysis in 2020 (Bell 2020). This rhetoric has since been picked up by the far right to call… Read more
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Psychoanalysis and Revolution: Critical Psychology for Liberation Movements
A manifesto by Ian Parker and David Pavón-Cuéllar What is revolutionary about psychoanalysis, and why should those of us concerned with political praxis take it seriously? This manifesto is an argument for connecting social transformation with personal liberation, showing that the two aspects of profound change can be intimately linked together using psychoanalysis. The manifesto… Read more
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March 4, from 10am to 11:30am GMT-3 online: The coloniality of sexual violence
Overview Professor Alison Phipps will discuss key insights from her new book ‘Sexual Violence in Racial Capitalism’. Please join us – all welcome. The coloniality of sexual violence Professor Alison Phipps The weaponisation of women’s rights by reactionary projects has been termed colonial feminism (Ahmed 1992), imperial feminism (Amos and Parmar 1984), and femonationalism (Farris… Read more
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The Political Engagement of Psychoanalysis: Nic Waal and the Edith Jacobson Case. Lunchtime Talk with Dr. Lene Auestad. Wed 18 Feb 2026 1:00 PM – 2:30 PM GM via Zoom.
Lunchtime Talk with Dr Lene Auestad, author and philosopher, University of Oslo: stories, psychoanalysis and politics On October 24th 1935 the Berlin analyst Edith Jacobson was arrested by the Gestapo. She was part of the socialist group New Beginning. The Norwegian analyst Nic Waal, who had trained in Berlin, was chosen by Ernest Jones to… Read more
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Book Launch: From the Clinic to the Streets: Psychoanalysis for Revolutionary Futures
Sat 11 Apr 2026 4:00 PM – 5:30 PM BST – Online, Zoom “Violence is arrayed against me because I’m Black, or female, or queer, or undocumented. There is no rescue team coming for us. With that knowledge, we need a different operational base to recreate the world. It is not going to be a… Read more
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New Book:Selective Empathy : The West through the Gaze of Gaza, by Roberto De Vogli.
In Selective Empathy: The West Through the Gaze of Gaza, Roberto De Vogli takes you deep into the greatest moral crisis of our time: the Gaza genocide. Blending sharp political critique with psychological insight, and filled with haunting testimonies, suppressed facts, and fearless indictments of Western leaders, journalists, and intellectuals, this book reveals a civilization that… Read more
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