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Anger and frustration over Labour’s ‘disgraceful’ decision not to appoint Foxcroft as disability minister

By John Pring on 11th July 2024 Category: Politics

Anger and frustration over Labour’s ‘disgraceful’ decision not to appoint Foxcroft as disability minister
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The new government has yet to announce who will be Labour’s minister for disabled people, but the decision not to appoint Vicky Foxcroft to the post has set back relations with significant parts of the disabled people’s movement. Foxcroft, who has […]

Fresh plans to shut down protests ‘show government is running scared’

By John Pring on 19th January 2023 Category: Activism and Campaigning

Fresh plans to shut down protests ‘show government is running scared’
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Activists who have used direct action to draw attention to attacks on disabled people’s rights say plans to give the police yet more new powers to shut down demonstrations show the government is weak and “running scared”. The powers would allow […]

Public order bill will criminalise disabled protesters, says MP

By John Pring on 26th May 2022 Category: Politics

Public order bill will criminalise disabled protesters, says MP
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A disabled MP has accused the government of “playing with people’s lives” and warned that its new public order bill will criminalise disabled people and other minority groups. Marsha de Cordova, a former shadow minister for disabled people, told fellow MPs […]

DAN returns to London streets with message that ‘disabled people are not disposable’

By John Pring on 24th March 2022 Category: Activism and Campaigning

DAN returns to London streets with message that ‘disabled people are not disposable’
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Members of the Disabled People’s Direct Action Network (DAN) were back on the streets on Friday, delivering demands to the government and protesting at the ongoing “hostile environment” facing disabled people, more than 10 years after their last demonstration. At one […]

Katherine Araniello: Tributes to ‘force of nature’ and ‘creative genius’

By John Pring on 28th February 2019 Category: Arts, Culture and Sport

Katherine Araniello: Tributes to ‘force of nature’ and ‘creative genius’
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Disabled artists and activists are mourning the death of Katherine Araniello, a “force of nature” who leaves behind a “hugely significant” disability arts legacy. Araniello was a performance and video artist who used satire and subversive humour at the expense of […]

Tory conference police force admits sharing information on protesters with DWP

By John Pring on 14th February 2019 Category: Activism and Campaigning

Tory conference police force admits sharing information on protesters with DWP
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Disabled activists have demanded an inquiry after a police force that has patrolled four Conservative party conferences since 2010 admitted sharing information about protesters with the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP). Greater Manchester Police (GMP) has now become the second […]

Tory conference: Activists criticise ‘heavy-handed’ police action at tram protest

By John Pring on 5th October 2017 Category: Activism and Campaigning

Tory conference: Activists criticise ‘heavy-handed’ police action at tram protest
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Disabled activists have criticised “heavy-handed” police tactics at a direct action protest that blocked tram lines outside the Conservative party conference. A handful of activists from the Disabled People’s Direct Action Network (DAN) and Disabled People Against Cuts (DPAC) held up […]

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