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Tag: Disability
Disability cuts: Work isn’t the pull Sunak thinks it is
The recent welfare reform plans announced by Prime Minister Rishi Sunak have landed badly, and rightly so.
Disability and autonomy
Andy Greene of Disabled People Against Cuts writes on the ways in which anarchist and disabled interests and actions dovetail in the face of State oppression. Anarchism and independent living are two concepts that may not immediately seem related. But as many people reading this will know from personal experience, they share a common thread:
The exploitation of mental health advocacy during the pandemic: a retrospective
There seems to be a fairly obvious hole in mental health advocacy and awareness. Whilst there has been a welcome (if only recent) change in public attitude towards conditions like anxiety and depression, other conditions —from eating disorders, to psychotic illnesses, to personality disorders— have been largely ignored. Not only that, but the discourse around
Notes from the US: Oil and the law
Freedom Columnist Louis Further rounds up some lesser-known happenings on the other side of the Atlantic. Court win shuts down pipelines There was a judicial victory for environmentalists in the middle of last month. A district court judge in Minnesota ruled that he will allow oil pipeline protesters to present a “necessity defence” in response
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Only 31 councils still keep legal sites for travellers
Three decades after Criminal Justice Act took away legal duty, FOI requests reveal systemic racism across the UK ~ Lulu Smith ~ A newly-released report highlights the lack of transit provisions for Romany Gypsies, Irish Travellers and other travelling families across the UK.
What I love about Luigi
This killing, this individual act of war, would mean nothing, and get no support, if it wasn’t a shot fired in a war that was already ongoing ~ Madeline Silver ~ Imagine, if you will, a thought experiment, in Minecraft, many miles away.
Why do Hong Kongers have to give up Hong Kong?
Campaigners and artists remain quietly active despite China’s tightening control ~ Levon Kwok ~ On 19 October, 45 pro-democracy activists in Hong Kong were sentenced to prison for subversion.
Why I’m not clapping for Luigi Mangione
Guys like him shoot a CEO one day, and a lot of kids on another—they just hide their personal reasons behind “brutal honesty” ~ Sonia Muñoz Llort ~ The last days have been full of news about Luigi Mangione, the shooter of health insurance CEO Brian Thompson.
Report from Porto Alegre Anarchist bookfair
Keeping the flame of anarchist agitation alive and spreading throughout the city, meetings between anti-authoritarian individuals and those eager for change, and distributing books and publications—we gathered in the hall of the Acadêmicos da Orgia Samba School ~ Anarchist News Agency ~ On the walls and outside of the hall in Porto Alegre, Brazil, banners
