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DWP figures on total cost of disabled people who cannot work are ‘chilling’ echo of ‘useless eaters’ propaganda

By John Pring on 20th March 2025 Category: Benefits and Poverty

DWP figures on total cost of disabled people who cannot work are ‘chilling’ echo of ‘useless eaters’ propaganda
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The decision of the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) to publish figures showing the total cost to the economy of disabled people who cannot work has been described as a “chilling” echo of the “useless eaters” propaganda of 1930s Germany. […]

BFI’s free film collection shows 100 years of disabled people on film

By John Pring on 24th January 2019 Category: Arts, Culture and Sport

BFI’s free film collection shows 100 years of disabled people on film
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Leading disabled actors and directors and key figures in the disability movement are featured in a new collection of free online content that shows how disabled people have been represented on film in Britain over the last century. The British Film […]

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

By John Pring on 20th November 2015 Category: Benefits and Poverty

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

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

By John Pring on 20th November 2015 Category: Arts, Culture and Sport

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 […]

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

By John Pring on 29th May 2015 Category: Arts, Culture and Sport

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 […]

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

By John Pring on 6th May 2015 Category: Activism and Campaigning

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 […]

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

By John Pring on 6th May 2015 Category: Arts, Culture and Sport

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 […]

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

By John Pring on 27th March 2015 Category: Arts, Culture and Sport

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 […]

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