“What is Genocide?” Music Video Premieres

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“What is Genocide?” Music Video Premieres

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Washington, D.C. | June 28, 2025 – Today marked another day of inaction from the United Nations as American psychiatric survivor laureate Jim Flannery shared the music video for “What is Genocide?” off his upcoming album One Sunny Day. While the UN remains silent on the issue of whether the United States’ mental health laws are, by the UN’s definition, perpetuating a genocide against people who hear voices, Flannery is not:

Technically, it’s not the United States’ mental health laws. It’s the states of the United States. Or, you might say, the lowercase united states. The mental health laws causing this genocide are not federal laws at all; they are state laws. Every single state. And they can all go —

Are we not all so impressed by our little laureate-in-training for managing to make it through this press release without cursing or singling out his home state of Connecticut? I know this reporter couldn’t be more proud.

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