workingclasshistory: On this day, 21 March 1973, the Mental Patients Union was founded in London by
workingclasshistory: On this day, 21 March 1973, the Mental Patients Union was founded in London by a small group of mental health patients and supporters. They argued that psychiatry was a form of control of the working class under capitalism, and so in the same way that workers organised themselves, so too must mental health patients. More info here: https://libcom.org/history/mental-patients-union-1973 https://www.facebook.com/workingclasshistory/photos/a.296224173896073/1677447322440411/?type=3 -- source link