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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 […]

Campaigners celebrate their Crossrail access win as line finally opens, eight years on

By John Pring on 26th May 2022 Category: Transport

Campaigners celebrate their Crossrail access win as line finally opens, eight years on
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Disabled campaigners were this week marking the long-awaited opening of London’s new Crossrail scheme by celebrating their historic success in forcing the authorities to provide step-free access to all 41 of its stations. But they have also warned that a proposed […]

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 […]

DPAC hopes to make some noise as it returns to the streets

By John Pring on 9th September 2021 Category: Activism and Campaigning

DPAC hopes to make some noise as it returns to the streets
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Disabled activists are hoping to make some noise when they raise concerns about imminent cuts to universal credit in their first direct action since the start of the pandemic. Disabled People Against Cuts (DPAC) is hoping its #AudioRiot protest in central […]

Anti-protest laws are an attempt to silence us… and we must resist, say disabled activists

By John Pring on 18th March 2021 Category: Activism and Campaigning

Anti-protest laws are an attempt to silence us… and we must resist, say disabled activists
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Proposed new anti-protest laws pose a threat to free speech and are an attempt to silence and control protesters, disabled activists have warned. Disabled people who have taken part in protests organised by Disabled People Against Cuts (DPAC) and the Extinction […]

Disabled Rebels call for ‘new blood’ as they prepare for Extinction Rebellion

By John Pring on 3rd October 2019 Category: Activism and Campaigning

Disabled Rebels call for ‘new blood’ as they prepare for Extinction Rebellion
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A group of “Disabled Rebels” who will take part in next week’s Extinction Rebellion protests in London are calling for other disabled people to join the action and take part in the worldwide attempts to highlight the impact of climate change. […]

Direct action pledge after DWP pays tabloid to air-brush universal credit

By John Pring on 16th May 2019 Category: Activism and Campaigning

Direct action pledge after DWP pays tabloid to air-brush universal credit
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Disabled activists are to target a tabloid newspaper with direct action after it signed an advertising deal with the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) to promote its “toxic” universal credit benefit system. A leaked DWP document – seen by Disability […]

Protest Power Tour holds out hope for activists who can’t leave home

By John Pring on 9th May 2019 Category: Activism and Campaigning

Protest Power Tour holds out hope for activists who can’t leave home
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A group of grassroots campaigners have taken fellow disabled activists on a tour of the sites of some of their most successful protests, without them needing to leave their own homes. Disabled People Against Cuts (DPAC) worked with German film-maker and […]

McDonnell promises DPAC ‘a seat at the heart of government’

By John Pring on 15th September 2016 Category: Activism and Campaigning

McDonnell promises DPAC ‘a seat at the heart of government’
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Disabled activists have been promised a seat “at the heart of government” if Jeremy Corbyn is re-elected as Labour leader and the party wins power at the next election. The pledge was made by shadow chancellor John McDonnell at an international […]

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