In this ninth episode of ‘Ways of Listening’, socially engaged artist and PhD researcher Alex Parry explores workshop practices in depth. Alex’s bio describes her long-term interest in ‘how things form communities’. She has a history of working in public spaces, creating events and objects that encourage collective experiences.

In a conversation with Hannah Kemp-Welch Alex describes her overlapping interests in collective organising with artistic practices, and how this led to a formative project, intervening in the structure of the seminar to disrupt the usual power dynamics. Alex questions - how do we respond to non-participation? Could there be richness in refusal? 

Together with Hannah, Alex discusses the tensions between the requirement or desire to plan a workshop, and creating space to really listen and respond to the room.

Alex Parry - Resisting the Plan

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Navigating the mental health system can be challenging and overwhelming. For many, it involves facing complex diagnoses, treatment plans, and medications. At the heart of this journey is an essential question: Do consumers have the legal right to choose their treatment path, including the option to stop medication? In this blog post, we will look closely at the legal rights of consumers in the mental health system, focusing on medication and personal choice in treatment.  Listen to more....

The Legal Rights of Consumers in the Mental Health System: Navigating Medication and Personal Choice

Tapering off medication refers to the gradual reduction of a drug dosage rather than an abrupt discontinuation. This process is typically used for medications that can cause withdrawal symptoms or a resurgence of the original condition if stopped suddenly, such as antipsychotics, antidepressants, and certain other psychiatric medications.
Key Aspects of Tapering Off Medication:  Listen for more...

The Art of Tapering: Navigating the Journey of Tapering -How to Taper Off Antipsychotics Safely?

How do we really resist? Not just complain or react—but truly push back in a way that leaves a mark.  

On Resistance, Refusal, Ridicule, Leeds-based collective Fold doesn’t just ask the question—they build an answer, layer by layer, beat by beat. The track isn’t a protest song in the traditional sense. It’s a weaponized groove, sharpened with repetition and loaded with purpose.  

Fold taps into the power of language itself, collaborating with political messaging strategist Anat Shenker-Osorio, whose voice leads much of the track. Her words aren’t just commentary—they’re the rhythm of resistance, anchoring the song with the kind of persuasive cadence that authoritarian regimes have long exploited. But here, it’s turned back on them.  

The song leans into the science of message-making: say something enough times, and it starts to feel true. It’s a psychological phenomenon that Shenker-Osorio explains with cool clarity. We’ve heard it before—“Government is wasteful.” Say it often enough, and even the most skeptical minds start to nod along. Fold flips that script. Instead of resignation, we get refusal. Instead of despair, defiance.  

And the message is clear: civil resistance isn’t just noble—it’s necessary. The track becomes a rallying cry, a looped invocation of the only force that’s ever truly toppled tyranny: the people, organized and unrelenting. Through basslines and breaks, through samples and speech, Fold reminds us that resistance isn’t just about shouting louder—it’s about showing up, again and again, until the lie breaks under the weight of the truth.  

This isn’t protest music for the background. It’s meant to be felt, internalized, repeated. Because as Shenker-Osorio reminds us, the future isn’t inevitable. It’s up for grabs.

Resistance, Refusal, Ridicule

This podcast discusses a determination from the Tax Appeals Commission regarding an appeal by an Appellant against the Revenue Commissioners' refusal to grant VAT registration. The Appellant, a multinational company, argued that it needed VAT registration to expand its operations in Ireland, citing an employee and invoices exceeding the VAT limit. However, the Respondent (Revenue Commissioners) maintained that the Appellant failed to provide sufficient evidence of being an accountable person or having an establishment in Ireland for VAT purposes, as defined by the VATCA 2010 and VAT Directive. Ultimately, the Commissioner upheld the refusal, noting the Appellant did not discharge its burden of proof by providing adequate documentary evidence, while also indicating the possibility for a new application with proper documentation.

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By incorporating a wide range of voices including MCs, poets, historical speakers and singers into their music, Fold aim to amplify humanitarian perspectives and critical reflections on today’s world. Through doing so they also hope to help keep spaces open for speaking freely and truthfully. Their sound is similarly wide-ranging, from jazz-funk through Brazilian, psyche, hip-hop and downtempo.

Starting in 2012 they’ve managed to cultivate a decent reputation in the underground British music scene. Their music is played on BBC Radio 1, BBC 6 Music, Radio X, Amazing Radio and stations across the world. Indie Shuffle are big fans and they’ve had features in The Times, The Guardian and The NME. They’ve played shows all over the UK including a live session for Lauren Laverne on BBC 6 Music.

Fold believe that the answers to a sustainable future lie in prioritising the value of life over profits in all decisions. They believe that the success of our species has not been driven by ‘survival of the fittest’ but instead by ‘survival of the most cooperative.’ Our ability to act cooperatively to our mutual benefit, facilitated by our loving natures, is the true foundation of society. These beliefs, are what they bring to every record and every performance.

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