Anti-Defamation Campaign in Defence of Disability Rights
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“My message to Hunt is unequivocal: Scotland rejects your politics, your attack on staff and your desire to destroy the real NHS” ~ Alex Neil … Continue readingThe only way we can guarantee NHS Scotland’s future is to vote Yes to independence Alex Neil tells conference
Within the confines of devolution and against the constraints of a Westminster government that does not share our vision … We go the extra mile to pick up the pieces from bad Westminster decisions: Never has that been more the case than on the welfare reform programme ~ John Swinney … Continue reading“We go the extra mile to pick up the pieces from bad Westminster decisions: Never has that been more the case than on the welfare reform programme” ~ John Swinney
The vulnerable and disabled are paying the price of things as they are now. A No vote will guarantee that that will continue as the welfare state will be dismantled in Scotland ~ Nicola Sturgeon tells conference … Continue reading“Do not ever let anyone pull the wool over your eyes about the consequences of a No vote: Scotland’s social security system will be dismantled.”
Dick Gaughan: “There is nothing about solidarity which implies any necessity for political or cultural union” … Continue reading‘Both Sides of the Tweed’ ~ Dick Gaughan on the struggle for Scottish independence and Solidarity with the rest of the UK
Sunshine on Maryhill ~ How I Learned to Stop Detesting Poor People … Continue reading‘Sunshine on Maryhill’ : How I Learned to Stop Detesting Poor People and Refocus My Rancour Where it Truly Belongs
The YES Scotland campaign can turn the debate around by focusing on the dismantling of the welfare state south of the border … Continue readingHow the SNP can still win the vote for an independent Scotland: The Yes camp can turn the debate around by focusing on the dismantling of the welfare state south of the border
Britain’s Disabled People are facing a Holocaust of Cuts … Continue readingCONDEMED: Britain’s Disabled People are facing a Holocaust of Cuts ~ We are set to lose £28.3bn of support under this cruel, heartless and unconscionable regime
‘Genetically poor’ folk are returning food from the foodbank because they cannot afford to heat it up … Continue readingIt’s immoral to have food banks in one of the world’s richest countries: “These ‘genetically poor’ folk are returning food because they cannot afford to heat it up”
By Will Heaven October 16th, 2013 ‘When I interviewed the Bolsover MP for Sky
Labour Shadow DWP Rachel Reeves is clear: Labour would set the struggling against the poorest … Continue readingNew Labour Shadow DWP Rachel Reeves is clear: Labour would set the struggling against the poorest
The current union is in trouble. Perhaps a way forward would be for the United Kingdom to re-organise … … Continue readingHow to build a successful United Kingdom
Notice to Politicians of All Stripes: Welfare is not a contract between the state and the people, it is a contract between the people themselves. This is not your welfare state to give or take away. … Continue readingPoliticians pay heed! Social Security is not a contract between the state and the people, it is a contract between the people themselves. This is not your welfare state to give or take away.
New Minister “for” Disabled People Mike Penning defends the Government DWP-ATOS Work Capability Assessment régime … Continue readingWATCH: New Minister “for” Disabled People Mike Penning defends the Government’s Work Capability Assessments
With an election not far away, it doesn’t matter if policies work – only that they come down hard on “malingerers” and migrants, writes John Harris … Continue reading‘The Tories are creating a hostile environment – not just for migrants’ : It doesn’t matter if policies work – only that they come down hard on “malingerers” and migrants
Rather than challenge the myths and lies propagated by the tabloid media UK Labour are keen to try to outflank IDS and the Tories on the Right. How can the victims of the financial crisis and disabled people support this travesty of a party? … Continue readingNote to New Labour Shadow DWP Rachel Reeves: ‘Sort out the tax dodgers, Labour, then the benefit bill won’t be a problem’ ~ Vox Political
Labour will be tougher than IDS on benefits Labour’s new Shadow DWP Rachel Reeves promises … Continue readingLabour will be tougher than IDS on benefits, promises party’s new welfare chief Rachel Reeves
Mr Jacques was told his benefits of £90-a-week would be stopped on September 18 last year, the same day he took to social networking site Facebook to vent his frustration at Prime Minister David Cameron and Atos … Continue readingDisabled Nottingham man killed himself after his benefits were stopped by DWP-Atos ~ H.M. Coroner
First Published on Sep 29, 2013 Joe Bongiovanni discusses our monetary system and why fixing it is
A view from America by Chris Hedges www.truthdig.com September 30th, 2013 The Sparks of Rebellion I am
Continue readingWhat Do You Need To Build A Successful Movement?
Living in the real world Trying to find time and energy to be a radical woman Why the