oppositional defiance

oppositional defiance is dedicated to all people who have been oppressed by authoritarian, corporate-contolled psychiatry. to all the people who have been labeled for being different or in pain, locked away from the world, electroshocked, lobotomized, sterilized, tortured, humiliated, raped, murdered--all in the name of help. to those who have endured the misery of solitary confinement in “quiet rooms,” of being restrained and shot up full of mind-numbing psychiatric drugs. and especially to youth who do time in mental institutions, “boot camps,” “wilderness camps,” and other “behavior modification” programs. to all the kids I was incarcerated with in the late 80s—how many of us survived? to all the children behind bars and in back wards. to all the people who didn’t make it—those who chose death over life in the institutions. to all those who struggle on the inside to hold on to human dignity and hope when there is none. to those who survived, and went on to speak out and organize against psychiatric oppression. to all those who fight the institutions that control, dominate, and hurt us,
and who actively imagine the possibilities for a different kind of future.