Meals on wheels? Eat the rich!
Well, not literally.
PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE sign this petition. This situation is just getting appalling: http://www.avaaz.org/en/petition/Stop_stealing_disabled_peoples_benefits/
The title to this video is copied from a sign that I saw at a protest I went on about the govt cutting disabled people’s benefits.
Here’s Disabled People Against Cuts’ site: http://www.dpac.uk.net/
Targeting the most vulnerable is NOT how you sort out this country’s economics, Cameron.
We’re all in this together
My lighting tactic for this video was apparently to shine a lamp AT MY FACE.
Apologies for lateness again. Unfortunately Holly’s internet is down too so you just get my late-face today instead.
Links:
Women and the Cuts Toolkit for campaigners: http://www2.warwick.ac.uk/fac/soc/sociology/rsw/research_centres/gender/women…
False Economy on how UK cuts are reversing women’s equality:http://falseeconomy.org.uk/blog/dont-let-the-cuts-turn-back-time-on-womens-equality
The Fawcett Society on ‘The Triple Jeopardy’ women face from austerity measures: http://www.fawcettsociety.org.uk/index.asp?PageID=1208
More on ‘The Triple Jeopardy’: http://www.guardian.co.uk/lifeandstyle/2012/mar/18/public-sector-cuts-hit-pru…
How cuts are forcing domestic violence refuges to turn victims away: http://www.guardian.co.uk/society/2012/jan/31/domestic-violence-victims-risk-…
Female unemployment at the highest it’s been in 25 years: http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/2012/04/18/uk-unemployment-women-out-of-work-…
I hate linking to them but even the Daily Mail thinks things are bad: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2123167/Coalition-spending-cuts-hitti…
Unemployment for young black Britons more than double that of whites: http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2012/mar/05/young-black-unemployed-tr…
Disabled people face unlimited unpaid work or cuts in benefit: http://www.guardian.co.uk/society/2012/feb/16/disabled-unpaid-work-benefit-cuts
How the Welfare Reform Bill will directly affect the most vulnerable families: http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2012/jan/16/welfare-reform-terrified-…
How the Welfare Reform Bill ‘penalises cancer patients’: http://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/2011/mar/09/welfare-bill-cancer-patients
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