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NERVE 10 Years on

This NERVE is our 21st since we started 10 years ago! It's our annual calendar edition, so there's plenty of space to celebrate actions and stunning images that people from our creative grassroots culture have contributed down the years.

As well as more wars, systemic corruption has brought big changes to society in the last ten years. Now it's time to look at where we've been and where we're headed. Things are set to change beyond recognition with savage cuts, Universal Credit and the privatisation of Health and Social Services still to come (not to mention Climate Change).

Liverpool's Mayor, Joe Anderson, has said "people will die - end of"* - disgraceful words when his council is doing the cutting. Labour leaders don't want to challenge the government because they don't see any alternative to the profit driven system. They want a 'Caring Capitalism', but this is a contradiction in terms, because Capitalism needs to destroy our social fabric and drive down our living standards if it's to survive.

So, it's up to us to stop the cuts and build alternatives!

Issue 22 of NERVE will be out in April 2013 with a focus on The Effects of Capitalism and Its Alternatives. We want to hear what the mainstream media isn't saying, and report on initiatives and ideas that will enable us to create a thriving community together - ideas that can banish inequality and transform our lives.

If you'd like to submit an article, a letter, comments, a 'to do' list, some art work, photographs, poetry, or even a tweet, based around the edition's theme, please do so by the end of February 2013.

*Liverpool Echo 25 Oct 2012

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