August 1, 2012 - Black Triangle Campaign

Cameron and Osborne's neoliberal agenda promised prosperity for all, but created a totalitarian capitalism that feeds on crisis

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Is MP Stephen Lloyd (LD) proud of what the Government has been doing on disability?

By Christina Patterson Wednesday, 1 August 2012 Last autumn, I spent a couple of days shadowing the Lib Dem MP Stephen […]

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on Aug 1

Review: ‘Disabled or Faking It?’ ~ Govt disability cuts campaign part of equally ludicrous campaign to “pay down the deficit” for the private banking cartel

‘This ludicrous campaign is all part of Prime Minister Cameron’s equally ludicrous campaign to “pay down the deficit”; it is […]

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‘Atos Healthcare and the Work Capability Assessment’: U.K. Parliament Adjournment Debate Announced for 4th September

At sittings in Westminster Hall on Tuesdays and Wednesdays there are two one-and-a-half hour debates and three half-hour debates. The […]

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on Aug 1

Letter to Ed Miliband by Sonia Poulton ~ PLEASE ADD YOUR NAMES ON THE LINK PROVIDED

Update from Sonia 1st August 2012 21.55 hrs The deadline for Ed Miliband letter has been extended until Friday midday […]

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Emails complain of 'tone' and 'negative comments' in official advice to people appealing against having benefit taken away

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on Aug 1

Man died 39 days after being found ‘fit for work’ by Government assessors

Published by Ross Macmillan for 24dash.com in Housing and also in Central Government, Communities, Local Government Asked about the 30% success rate in appeals, he (Grayling) added: […]

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‘Fear, Loathing and Disability in the Torygraph’ ~ by ‘Where’s the Benefit?’ Blog

TUESDAY, 31 JULY 2012 Fear, Loathing and Disability in the Torygraph It turns out yesterday’s attacks on us in […]

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on Aug 1

‘Tough love or tough luck: assessing disability benefits’ ~ Bureau of Investigative Journalism

July 31st, 2012 | by Maeve McClenaghan Last night there aired not one, but two documentaries about Atos and the […]

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on Aug 1

A gold medal for hypocrisy ~ Tory minister Grayling who grabbed £100,000 expenses now attacks ‘scroungers’

Posted: 4.51pm Tue 31 Jul 2012 Tory minister who grabbed £100,000 expenses now attacks ‘scroungers’ Chris Grayling, the Tory work […]

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on Aug 1

Atos hounds terminally ill people off benefits, says investigation

by Sam Bogg This article should be read after: A gold medal for hypocrisy “Why aren’t you dead then?” This was […]

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on Aug 1

As Panorama showed, the pressure on medical assessors to declare sickness benefits claimants fit for work is immense

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on Aug 1

Activists to protest against sponsorship of the Games by Atos, the private firm that carries out government fitness-for-work tests

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on Aug 1

Benefits and targets: Sickness and disability are not the same

By Kaliya Franklin Tuesday, 31 July 2012 at 3:05 pm “Do you have the potential to return to work?” states Chris Grayling, Minister […]

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Raising the curtain on Atos

By Amy Hall A cockroach, a tapeworm, herpes, a blood-sucking leech – just some of the terms used to describe Atos […]

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Fit to work benefits tests flawed, finds TV investigation ~ People Management

Claire Churchard 31 July 2012 Government advisor says assessment quality ‘patchy’ Work Capability Assessments (WCA) are passing people as ‘fit […]

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on Aug 1

Benefit tests that are not fit for purpose ~ Public Finance

31 July 2012 | Claudia Wood Recent media coverage has exposed the unfairness, inhumanity and high public cost of the government’s […]

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'Down With All That' In-depth background reading on the shambles of the (rapidly disappearing) welfare state
Aktion T4 The T4 Program was responsible for the murder of over 100,000 German citizens…babies, children, adults, and elderly…who had physical and mental disabilities. Developed in 1938 and carried out at six different sites throughout Germany and Austria, the T4 P
AtoS Healthcare User Group (Closed Group – Request to Join) “How do you feel about the Government’s move in scrapping Income Support and Disability Living Allowance and the organisation calling itself AtoS ‘HEALTHCARE’ ?”
Atos Miracles Find out where your nearest Atos Miracle Cure Center is on this fantastic web site.
Atos Miracles A place for the sick and disabled to share stories of how ATOS have cured them. Many sites on this subject have been threatened with legal action by the company and this is a place of satire – which we are hoping is not yet outlawed in the UK.
ATOS VICTIMS GROUP “Telling it How it IS” – Staunch alllies and fighters against the UK’s genocidal so-called welfare ‘reform’ programme
Benefits Claimants Fight Back
Boycott Workfare Workfare – compulsory work for benefits – is being rolled-out across the country. We call on public sector bodies, voluntary organisations and businesses being offered these placements as well as union branches to join others in signing a pledge to boycot
Crippen Cartoons The website of David Luton-Crippen, renown disabled cartoonist and a member of The Black Triangle
Crippen Cartoons Blog David Luton-Crippen’s blog
Diary of a Benefits Scrounger Sue Marshes excellent blog that shares information on Welfare cuts, illness, disability and general, current, political thought.
Disability Arts Online A ‘must read’! Not to be missed.
Disability History Month Scotland The official website of Disability History Month Scotland – 22nd November to 22nd December 2011
Disability History Month Scotland Held annually in the Autumn to celebrate our history of struggle and to build for a better future
Disabled People Against Cuts DPAC is about disabled people and their allies. DPAC is UK based but we know that disabled people in other countries are suffering from austerity cuts and a lack of fundamental rights. We welcome all to join us in fighting for justice and human rights for
Double Karma Ania Waterman’s blog on everything to do with disabled people’s activism
Down With All That Bigleyma’s excellent blog that chronicles the farce that the WCA assessments are and the major players involved in it’s execution.
DWP Examinations Forum A friendly online community for those undergoing an Atos Medical Assessment or appeal full of loads of information and valuable advice.
Edinburgh Coalition Against Poverty Practical advice and solidarity for all those facing benefit difficulties and hardship. Excellent campaigning organisation
Good Advice Matters Guides that haven been produced in an effort to simplify the various processes involved when trying to claim benefits.
Inspired By Atos Origin A Facebook Group for people to post their artwork that is inspired by Atos Origin.
Ouch Too A disability support forum founded from the ashes of the BBC’s Ouch Board after they closed it.
Paralympics 2012 Boycott Website Dedicated to exposing AtoS’s hypocrisy as disability deniers and sponsors of the Paralympic Games! Paralympians: SPEAK OUT AND PROTEST!!!
Rolling with the Punches Blog “33 year old with lupus since 17 and a variety of other weird awkward symptoms!” Campaigner who co-authored the Spartacus Report
soiniciulacht – 'Taking the fight to this Morally Disabled Government' Cuts right to the heart of all that’s wrong with the neoliberal tyranny we endure today …
Solidarity Federation Advice on what to do if you ‘fail’ your DWP/ATOS Work Capability Assessment
The Broken of Britain Non-partisan UK-based Disability campaign. Advocacy for people with invisible illness and/or physical & mental health conditions. Also Carers, their Families and Friends. Our individual voices are too quiet to be heard, but collectively we can shout
The Dawn Willis Blog Dawn Willis sharing the news & views of the “Mentally Wealthy”
The New Republic The daily tabloid of the “Age of Austerity”
The Void Narking off the state since 2005
Unum Insurance Blog An excellent website that exposes advisor to the UK Government on welfare reform, Unum, for what they are.
Using the Law to Fight Cuts to Disabled People’s Services A practical guide for campaigners – disabled people and their families; carers and local groups (Updated July 2012)
Victims of Atos Corrupton They tried to silence Atos Register of Shame and it back as Victims of Atos Corruption.
Where's the Benefit A blog on all things that affect sick and/or disabled people under the ConDem jackboot
Why Wait Forever – DWP ATOS Veterans An amazing website containing interesting detailed research carried out by Mo Stewart into Atos & Unum Insurance
YOUR CALL – National Freephone Telephone Counselling Service for Disabled People in Scotland This is the first service of its kind in the UK. The service takes calls to its appointment line from 11am until 3 pm Mondays to Thursdays. Calls are free from a home telephone, and from most mobile networks(including T-Mobile, Vodaphone, O2, 3, Orange a

Is MP Stephen Lloyd (LD) proud of what the Government has been doing on disability?

Review: ‘Disabled or Faking It?’ ~ Govt disability cuts campaign part of equally ludicrous campaign to “pay down the deficit” for the private banking cartel

‘Atos Healthcare and the Work Capability Assessment’: U.K. Parliament Adjournment Debate Announced for 4th September

Letter to Ed Miliband by Sonia Poulton ~ PLEASE ADD YOUR NAMES ON THE LINK PROVIDED

Man died 39 days after being found ‘fit for work’ by Government assessors

‘Fear, Loathing and Disability in the Torygraph’ ~ by ‘Where’s the Benefit?’ Blog

‘Tough love or tough luck: assessing disability benefits’ ~ Bureau of Investigative Journalism

A gold medal for hypocrisy ~ Tory minister Grayling who grabbed £100,000 expenses now attacks ‘scroungers’

Atos hounds terminally ill people off benefits, says investigation

Benefits and targets: Sickness and disability are not the same

Raising the curtain on Atos

Fit to work benefits tests flawed, finds TV investigation ~ People Management

Benefit tests that are not fit for purpose ~ Public Finance

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Is MP Stephen Lloyd (LD) proud of what the Government has been doing on disability?

Review: ‘Disabled or Faking It?’ ~ Govt disability cuts campaign part of equally ludicrous campaign to “pay down the deficit” for the private banking cartel

‘Atos Healthcare and the Work Capability Assessment’: U.K. Parliament Adjournment Debate Announced for 4th September

Letter to Ed Miliband by Sonia Poulton ~ PLEASE ADD YOUR NAMES ON THE LINK PROVIDED

Man died 39 days after being found ‘fit for work’ by Government assessors

‘Fear, Loathing and Disability in the Torygraph’ ~ by ‘Where’s the Benefit?’ Blog

‘Tough love or tough luck: assessing disability benefits’ ~ Bureau of Investigative Journalism

A gold medal for hypocrisy ~ Tory minister Grayling who grabbed £100,000 expenses now attacks ‘scroungers’

Atos hounds terminally ill people off benefits, says investigation

Benefits and targets: Sickness and disability are not the same

Raising the curtain on Atos

Fit to work benefits tests flawed, finds TV investigation ~ People Management

Benefit tests that are not fit for purpose ~ Public Finance

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