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2 November 2016

We are all Daniel Blake: no more deaths from benefit cuts

Thousands of people have died since the implementation of 'work capability assessments'. This is what the new Ken Loach film 'I, Daniel Blake' is all about. Enough is enough with this inhumane system!

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14 September 2016

Socialist Party members join disability rights week of action

Disabled People Against the Cuts (DPAC) called a week of action, 4-10 of September to coincide with the beginning of the Paralympic Games.

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5 September 2012

Volunteering at the Games

Standing waiting for the first tube train at 6.30am on a Sunday morning I was surrounded by low-paid workers, writes a Paralympic volunteer.

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Remploy workers protest

29 August 2012

Paralympics, Atos scandal, Remploy closures... Con-Dems win gold for hypocrisy!

Millions are watching the 2012 Paralympics. The Games aim to inspire young disabled people to take up sport and compete at the highest level

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UK Uncut and Disabled People against Cuts protest against ATOS, the Paralympics sponsor, in Hartshead Square ,Sheffield, photo by Alistair Tice

29 August 2012

Sheffield's disabled join Paralympic protest

Disabled people put on a united front against the government's chosen Paralympics sponsor

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Leicester picket on the 21st strike day (22nd Feb) of around 7,000 British Gas engineers. They are fighting against 'fire and rehire' - designed to worsen terms and conditions. Photo by Steve Score, Leicester Socialist Party

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