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Insurrection

2 weeks of art, music, poetry and discussion put on by Nerve Magazine at FACT from 31st March to 12th April.

“A child pushes the school bully to the floor, pointing his finger ‘this stops now’
A mother walks out of the door, her children at her side ‘we are never going back there’
A worker presses ‘send’ and the virus streams through the company’s computer network; ‘I have veins, blood, a heart, feelings and I can love, you are not making me feel I am no-one, nothing anymore.
Residents stand in the way of company trucks.
Workers throw their tools in the machines and take over the factory floor.
A city ousts its so-called elected leaders.
A country is tired of the same political parties, the same old tweedle de and tweedle dum.”

For two weeks in April the Nerve Centre was recreated in Fact as part of their Knowledge Lives Everywhere project. Displays from Nerve artists lined the walls and local campaigners made the space their own. We had music and drama, workshops and advice, films, discussions and poetry, massage and a kid’s corner. On the next few pages we review a few of these events. This was a practical experience on the way to getting a permanent ‘Nerve Centre’.

“All around us, in every town and city across the globe, people are saying ‘enough is enough’. We want food, we want life, we want love, and we want control. 
The insurrection is spreading like an electrical current, with sparks flying everywhere.”

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