Back to index of Nerve 20 - Summer 2012

AGE HAS NO BOUNDARIES?

It is important that we have some reference points for opposition that people can turn to as the cuts start to bite. We like to think that Nerve is viewed as one of these.

This issue’s theme is age and the cuts. We have articles on home schooling, children’s telly and Sure Start - which is particularly apt as provision is wound down and Cameron proposes forcing the parents of three year olds into the labour market. We cover ‘Workfare’, looking at the exploitation of workers by companies making a packet. We need to combine the struggle of those being forced on to these schemes with that of protestors and union members if our resistance to the abuses of the Condem government is going to be successful and effective for everybody.

Over the coming months we have plans to increase our involvement in communities through:

Nerve Radio which will have news programmes and reports, features, art, music and discussions. All this on-line and keeping up-to-date with events.

Nerve Centres will be moving around Merseyside, bringing art and cultural activities into the community. Initially these will focus on the libraries with the aim of highlighting these vital resources.

To paraphrase Emma Goldman: “If I can’t dance then it’s not my revolution”. Nerve always supports local arts and music and connects it with social action. With Liverpool City Council’s new policy to curtail street performance or busking of any kind, even creative spontaneity on our streets is being crushed.

The next issue of Nerve will be a 2013 Calendar. We are putting the call out now for art and photographs. You know by now the sort of stuff we want: images that inspire, images of struggle and resistance.

Printer friendly page

Sorry Comments Closed

Comments are closed on this article