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Professor Colin Barnes

History month launch hears disabled people ‘must keep fighting back’ on austerity

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

History month launch hears disabled people ‘must keep fighting back’ on austerity
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Disabled people must “keep fighting back” and “politicise” so they can battle the impact of a decade of austerity, a series of leading disabled figures have urged. They spoke about the importance of working together to fight back against the impact […]

Grassroots activism is the only way to end oppression, Barnes tells book launch

By John Pring on 18th June 2020 Category: Activism and Campaigning

Grassroots activism is the only way to end oppression, Barnes tells book launch
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Disabled people will only end the oppression they have experienced over the last decade by getting involved in grassroots activism, according to one of the most significant figures in the development of the social model of disability. Professor Colin Barnes, founder […]

University apologises after asking social model critic to deliver first ‘Finkelstein lecture’

By John Pring on 9th November 2017 Category: Activism and Campaigning

University apologises after asking social model critic to deliver first ‘Finkelstein lecture’
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A university has been forced to remove the name of a pioneer of the disabled people’s movement from an annual series of lectures, after it invited a leading critic of his work to deliver the first talk. The University of Leeds […]

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