Liz Crow

Benefits and Poverty

November 20, 2015

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‘Damning’ research on WCA deaths is ‘timely’ reminder of government’s shame

Disabled activists say government-funded research, which concludes that the programme to reassess people on incapacity benefit through the work capability assessment (WCA) was linked to 590 suicides in just three years, is both “damning” and “timely”. Campaigners, doctors and psychiatrists have been warning for several years of strong anecdotal evidence that the programme to

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Aaron Williamson working on one of his exhibits

November 20, 2015

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Exhibition proves disabled artists ‘still mine a rich seam of oppression’

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A new disability arts exhibition is a “colourful reminder” of the battles disabled people have fought – and continue to fight – for their rights, say activists. The exhibition is being held to launch a new gallery space for contemporary art at Leicester’s Attenborough Arts Centre. The Art, Life Activism exhibition features work by

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Liz Crow's hands scattering the remains over the side of he boat

May 29, 2015

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Scattering of remains of Crow’s Figures is ‘a mark in the sand’ on austerity

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A disabled artist-activist has scattered the ground-up remains of 650 clay human figures into the Bristol Channel, in the last stage of a project to demonstrate the real-life impact of austerity. Liz Crow said this final stage of the We Are Figures project, which coincided with the state opening of parliament, was “a distress

Activism and Campaigning

May 6, 2015

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ELECTION 2015: Artist will broadcast her 650 austerity stories on eve of election

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In the last hours before election day, a disabled artist-activist will highlight the impact of government cuts, with a six-hour performance in which the stories of 650 people at austerity’s “sharp end” will be broadcast over the internet. The performance will take place tonight (Wednesday) at low tide on the foreshore of Ladye Bay,

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Lorry with stairs leading up to it, and Vote Cameron poster on wall of building behind

May 6, 2015

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ELECTION 2015: Cameron’s visit from ‘human cost of austerity’ project

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A disabled artist-activist’s project to “make visible the human cost of austerity” in the run-up to tomorrow’s general election has visited the prime minister’s constituency, home to one of the most high-profile victims of his government’s austerity programme. Liz Crow’s We Are Figures project has seen her sculpt 650 figures out of river mud, one

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March 27, 2015

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Crow’s mud figures will make visible the human cost of austerity

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A disabled artist-activist is about to begin sculpting 650 figures out of river mud, in a bid to “make visible the human cost of austerity” in the run-up to the general election. Liz Crow’s We Are Figures project will see her create one figure for every UK constituency, each one representing “an individual at

Browsing: Liz Crow

‘Damning’ research on WCA deaths is ‘timely’ reminder of government’s shame

Exhibition proves disabled artists ‘still mine a rich seam of oppression’

Scattering of remains of Crow’s Figures is ‘a mark in the sand’ on austerity

ELECTION 2015: Artist will broadcast her 650 austerity stories on eve of election

ELECTION 2015: Cameron’s visit from ‘human cost of austerity’ project

Crow’s mud figures will make visible the human cost of austerity