From Anguish to Activism ~ ‘Able to fight’ : How disabled people are taking on the Tories
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Government wants to increase penalties for sick and disabled claimants who fail to adhere to back-to-work agreements … Continue reading
Despite denials of a ParalympicsGB protest at sponsor Atos, many athletes have robust views on rights and welfare reform … Continue reading
Athletes say that coalition proposals to replace benefit could threaten their independence and undermine key Games legacy … Continue reading
By Political Scrapbook This is probably not what George wants, as David Cameron is conducting a reshuffle and polls show half
“Oh dear. Seems their disabled Superhumans propaganda isn’t having the desired effect.” ~ Sharan Robertson, Fraserburgh, Aberdeenshire When the Prime Minister was
Continue readingBoos brothers: Cameron and Osborne jeered by capacity crowds at Paralympic events
Disabled People are not alone in struggle! We SHALL OVERCOME! The protesters then traveled on to the DWP’s HQ at
Continue readingSome film footage of the Closing Atos Games by Chris Gare
SKWALKER1964 BLOG 02/09/2012 · by skwalker1964 · Bookmark the permalink. · A week ago, before the Paralympics had started, I warned that David Cameron’s Tories were
Continue reading‘And so begins demonisation’s subtle new post-paralympic form’ ~ SKWALKER1964 Blog
More than 700 activists demonstrated outside Atos HQ calling for the Work Capability Assessments to be scrapped. Two hundred of those
Continue reading‘Anti-Atos Protesters Stand Up To Police Thugs’ ~ Right to Work Campaign
September 2, 2012 (Poor translation but intelligible nonetheless!) Worldwide, there are more than one billion people with disabilities
Continue readingThe Paradox of the Paralympics ~ L’Unita (Italy)
‘Paralympics welfare cuts propaganda’ Disabled campaigners say British Prime Minister David Cameron is exploiting the 2012 Paralympics as “propaganda” to
Continue reading‘Paralympics welfare cuts propaganda’ ~ Press TV
‘This Government’s ruthless ideology must be challenged. Its interests lie in keeping Britain one of the most unequal societies in
Continue readingFrancesca Martinez: Empty words don’t fund a full life for disabled people
TAGS: Health, London2012, Paralympics A company accused of forcing physically impaired people off their health benefits is nevertheless enjoying its sponsor status at
Continue readingSponsorship scandal mars Paralympics ~ Russia Today
Black Triangle comment courtesy of the fantastic Mr. Martin Rowson exclusively for Black Triangle and our sister organisation Disabled People Against
Coalition praises athletes but overlooks others, says survey By MATT CHORLEY and MEGAN ARCHER SUNDAY 02 SEPTEMBER 2012 Four in 10 people believe
‘As they attempted to highlight the disjunction between the public feting of the Paralympians and the private humiliation of those
By EDDIE BARNES Published on Sunday 2 September
Continue readingParalympics propaganda for welfare cuts, claim disabled people ~ Scotland on Sunday
Published in Business on Saturday 1 September 2012 19:35 By Jeff Salway The government did its best to exploit the feel-good
Report at 8m 10sec until 11m 20s in: http://www.channel4.com/programmes/channel-4-news/4od/player/3399542