Spartacus Network – Black Triangle Campaign

Anne McGuire, Baroness Jane Campbell, Blog, Cheshire Centre for Independant Living (CCIL), Disability Discrimination, Disability Rights Commission (DRC, DRUK, EHRC, Equality Act, Human Rights, LIz Sayce, Motability, Motobility, Professor Tom Shakespeare, Sir Bert Massie, Spartacus Network

Sir Bert Massie: Tributes to ‘a life committed to disabled people’s liberation’

October 20, 2017 JJ

By John Pring Disability News Service October 19th 2017 Tributes have been paid to Sir Bert Massie, the chair of

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Blog, Conservatives, Damien Green, David Gawke, DPAC Disabled People Against Cuts, Spartacus Network

Tory conference: Silence on eligibility means WCA announcement is ‘meaningless’

October 5, 2017 JJ

By John Pring Disability News Service Oct5th 2017 Changes that mean some sick and disabled benefit claimants will no longer

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Action On Disability, DPAC Disabled People Against Cuts, DRUK, Hammersmith and Fulham Coalition Against Cuts (HAFCAC)., Inclusion London, LIz Sayce, Spartacus Network

DRUK’s new boss pledges better links with other DPOs and grassroots groups

July 22, 2017 JJ

By John Pring Disability News Service July 2017 The new boss of Disability Rights UK (DR UK) has pledged to

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Broken Britain, Centre for Welfare Reform, Dr Sarah Campbell, DRILL Disability Research into Independent Living and Learning, Inclusion London, ME Action, MInd, Shaping our Lives, Spartacus Network

Project aims for inclusion and a collective voice for ‘spoonies’

July 14, 2017July 14, 2017 JJ

By John Pring Disability News Service July 13th 2017 Disabled activists behind a pioneering new project are aiming to build

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#CripTheVoteUK, Black Triangle Campaign, Conservative Disability Group, Conservatives, CRIP The Vote UK, Debbie Abrahams, DPAC Disabled People Against Cuts, Equal Lives, Shaping our Lives, Spartacus Network, Tories, Tory, UKCRPD

Anger, resignation… and optimism in wake of general election result

June 15, 2017 JJ

By John Pring Disability News Service 14th June 2017 Disabled activists have reacted with a mixture of anger, resignation and

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Black Triangle News, Blog, Conservatives, Gail Ward, Labour Party, Mo Stewart, Psychologists Against Austerity, Shaping our Lives, Spartacus Network

Vote Labour England to uphold the rights of disabled people

May 20, 2017May 21, 2017 JJ

Re- Blogged By Gail Ward Black Triangle 20th May 2017 Black Triangle Campaign is a Scottish – based

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Black Triangle Campaign, Conservatives, Damien Green, Debbie Abrahams, DWP, Gail Ward, GMCDP Greater Manchester Coalition of Disabled People, Green Paper, Inclusion London, JCP, Maximus, Spartacus Network, Spectrum Centre for Independant Living

DWP presentation on ESA plans ‘confirms worst fears’ about green paper

March 30, 2017 JJ

By John Pring Disability News Service 30th March 2017 Ministers have been accused of ignoring a public consultation

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Baroness Bakewell, Conservatives, Damien Green, DPAC Disabled People Against Cuts, DRUK, DWP, Equal Lives, Green Party, Jeremy Corbyn, Jonathan Bartley, Labour Party, Lib Dems, LIz Sayce, MHRN, PIP, Shaping our Lives, Spartacus Network, SSAC

Billions of pounds of PIP cuts ‘will put lives at risk’

March 2, 2017 JJ

By John Pring Disability News Service 2nd March 2017 The announcement of billions of pounds of cuts

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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

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