JJ, Author at Black Triangle Campaign

Q: When is a target not a target? A: When its a statistical norm #C4Dispatches #OnTheSick ~ Benefit Scrounging Scum

On the DWP’s commodification and quantification of sick and/or disabled people for purposes of laying down performance-driven statistical benchmarks for […]

by JJ

on Jul 27

Dorset family man whose leg was obliterated by heavy machinery in outcry against cut off of his disability benefit

Published in The Western Gazette – West Dorset, Thursday, July 26, 2012 A SELF-EMPLOYED lorry driver from Crewkerne whose leg […]

by JJ

on Jul 27

ConDem cuts to ESA benefits for the disabled hit vulnerable hardest ~ Daily Mirror

Debt charities see surge in calls as the vulnerable face a £100-a-week cut The ConDems are hitting the most vulnerable […]

by JJ

on Jul 27

THE POLITICS FILE: Benefits reforms – for better or for worse? ~ South Wales Argus

By David Deans, Political reporter Thursday 26th July 2012 FOR many years if you could not work because of […]

by JJ

on Jul 27

Schizophrenic Kevin Bennett lay dead in Watford flat for ‘several months’

It’s a mad, mad, world where ‘society’ can permit these tragedies to happen – unnoticed by anyone. Is this the […]

by JJ

on Jul 27

GP applied for job with Atos assessing whether benefit applicants were fit for work, and secretly filmed his training

by JJ

on Jul 27

Dr Steven Bick alleges DWP gives AtoS ‘Disability Assessors’ a target for 7 out of 8 patients to be reclassified as ‘eligible for work’

Dr Steven Bick said experts testing Incapacity Benefit claimants were told they should rate only about one in eight as […]

by JJ

on Jul 27

PERMISSION GRANTED! ‏Mental Health Resistance Network Application for Judicial review of the DWP/AtoS Work Capability Assessment

Black Triangle is delighted to be able to announce that the Mental Health Resistance Network’s application for judicial review has […]

by JJ

on Jul 26

If given half a chance, the Tories would bring this sweatshop mentality of poor working conditions and low pay from China to Britain

When reading the report below about the conditions in Apples factories in China, do not be fooled into believing these appalling working conditions […]

by JJ

on Jul 25

PLEASE Join Remploy Workers on the Picket Lines Tomorrow in Solidarity ~ Thursday 26th July 2012 ~ Here’s How

Hi Everyone, Our Remploy members have been overwhelmed by the messages of support they have received following the shameful announcement […]

by JJ

on Jul 25

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)

Link: Using the Law to Fight Cuts to Disabled People’s Services A practical guide for campaigners – disabled people […]

by JJ

on Jul 25

Illness as ‘Deviance’, Work as Glittering Salvation and the ‘Psyching-up’ of the Medical Model: Strategies for Getting The Sick ‘Back To Work’.

“The one thing I am absolutely unreservedly and implacably opposed to in all of this is a real world test.” […]

by JJ

on Jul 25

Clegg tells C4 News: “Even if people don’t agree with the AtoS decision …everybody at least accepts that it has been taken in a coherent way”

Very disappointed in Channel Four News tonight for allowing Clegg to use the programme as a platform to spout sheer […]

by JJ

on Jul 25

Ed’s latest ‘vision’ for the future should inspire everybody: To rise up for A REAL alternative to neoliberal cuts and austerity!

Cartoon by Steve Bell “We have got to win back people’s trust and reassure them about fiscal credibility; show we […]

by JJ

on Jul 24

Blair, Olympic deals and why another world is possible

The criminality of Tony Blair, rehabilitated by Ed Miliband, remains umentionable, writes John Pliger … John Pilger, renowned investigative journalist and […]

by JJ

on Jul 24

Iceland Jails Bankers, Erases Citizens’ Debt; Recovers Strongly

‘Seriously, the most advanced place on Earth’ Posted by Jacob Sloan, 19th July, 2012 Bloomberg reports: Icelanders who pelted parliament with rocks […]

by JJ

on Jul 24

‘Cash-in-Hand’ Tax Dodge – Hypocrite David Gauke (Con) has left the Tories looking even more idiotic

With his declaration that it is “morally wrong” to pay tradesmen “cash-in-hand”, Treasury minister David Gauke has managed to […]

by JJ

on Jul 24

Help us to expose the shambolic cruelty of the DWP/AtoS Work Capability Assessments

DPAC and Black Triangle have been working with a TV company to make a really hard-hitting documentary exposing the WCA […]

by JJ

on Jul 24

Sick to Death ~ DISABLED West Fife man has said he would rather die than jump through any more Government hoops to keep sickness benefits

Published 23 Jul 2012 1 Comment A DISABLED West Fife man has said he would rather die than wade through […]

by JJ

on Jul 24

Double suicide draws further tragic attention to ‘fit for work’ test

By John Pring, Monday, 23 July 2012 09:01 The death of a young woman who killed herself after being found “fit […]

by JJ

on Jul 24

'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

Q: When is a target not a target? A: When its a statistical norm #C4Dispatches #OnTheSick ~ Benefit Scrounging Scum

Dorset family man whose leg was obliterated by heavy machinery in outcry against cut off of his disability benefit

ConDem cuts to ESA benefits for the disabled hit vulnerable hardest ~ Daily Mirror

THE POLITICS FILE: Benefits reforms – for better or for worse? ~ South Wales Argus

Schizophrenic Kevin Bennett lay dead in Watford flat for ‘several months’

Dr Steven Bick alleges DWP gives AtoS ‘Disability Assessors’ a target for 7 out of 8 patients to be reclassified as ‘eligible for work’

PERMISSION GRANTED! ‏Mental Health Resistance Network Application for Judicial review of the DWP/AtoS Work Capability Assessment

If given half a chance, the Tories would bring this sweatshop mentality of poor working conditions and low pay from China to Britain

PLEASE Join Remploy Workers on the Picket Lines Tomorrow in Solidarity ~ Thursday 26th July 2012 ~ Here’s How

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)

Illness as ‘Deviance’, Work as Glittering Salvation and the ‘Psyching-up’ of the Medical Model: Strategies for Getting The Sick ‘Back To Work’.

Clegg tells C4 News: “Even if people don’t agree with the AtoS decision …everybody at least accepts that it has been taken in a coherent way”

Ed’s latest ‘vision’ for the future should inspire everybody: To rise up for A REAL alternative to neoliberal cuts and austerity!

Blair, Olympic deals and why another world is possible

Iceland Jails Bankers, Erases Citizens’ Debt; Recovers Strongly

‘Cash-in-Hand’ Tax Dodge – Hypocrite David Gauke (Con) has left the Tories looking even more idiotic

Help us to expose the shambolic cruelty of the DWP/AtoS Work Capability Assessments

Sick to Death ~ DISABLED West Fife man has said he would rather die than jump through any more Government hoops to keep sickness benefits

Double suicide draws further tragic attention to ‘fit for work’ test

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Q: When is a target not a target? A: When its a statistical norm #C4Dispatches #OnTheSick ~ Benefit Scrounging Scum

Dorset family man whose leg was obliterated by heavy machinery in outcry against cut off of his disability benefit

ConDem cuts to ESA benefits for the disabled hit vulnerable hardest ~ Daily Mirror

THE POLITICS FILE: Benefits reforms – for better or for worse? ~ South Wales Argus

Schizophrenic Kevin Bennett lay dead in Watford flat for ‘several months’

Dr Steven Bick alleges DWP gives AtoS ‘Disability Assessors’ a target for 7 out of 8 patients to be reclassified as ‘eligible for work’

PERMISSION GRANTED! ‏Mental Health Resistance Network Application for Judicial review of the DWP/AtoS Work Capability Assessment

If given half a chance, the Tories would bring this sweatshop mentality of poor working conditions and low pay from China to Britain

PLEASE Join Remploy Workers on the Picket Lines Tomorrow in Solidarity ~ Thursday 26th July 2012 ~ Here’s How

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)

Illness as ‘Deviance’, Work as Glittering Salvation and the ‘Psyching-up’ of the Medical Model: Strategies for Getting The Sick ‘Back To Work’.

Clegg tells C4 News: “Even if people don’t agree with the AtoS decision …everybody at least accepts that it has been taken in a coherent way”

Ed’s latest ‘vision’ for the future should inspire everybody: To rise up for A REAL alternative to neoliberal cuts and austerity!

Blair, Olympic deals and why another world is possible

Iceland Jails Bankers, Erases Citizens’ Debt; Recovers Strongly

‘Cash-in-Hand’ Tax Dodge – Hypocrite David Gauke (Con) has left the Tories looking even more idiotic

Help us to expose the shambolic cruelty of the DWP/AtoS Work Capability Assessments

Sick to Death ~ DISABLED West Fife man has said he would rather die than jump through any more Government hoops to keep sickness benefits

Double suicide draws further tragic attention to ‘fit for work’ test

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