14/03/2024
There is a long history of collaboration between the LGBTQIA+ and disability rights movements. Indeed, many years ago when he was working for Aberystwyth's hospital radio broadcaster Radio Bronglais Terry interviewed an activist from gay direct action group OutRage! who said that the two movements were natural allies. This month, the anarchist newspaper Freedom reports that Disabled People Against Cuts, a grassroots protest network, joined with a coalition of disability and progressive organisations, including LGBTQIA+ activist groups, to "declare a united resistance of disability groups against the latest round of brutal welfare cuts". Freedom newspaper reports that a spokesperson for Disabled People Against Cuts said "“We have a proud history of resistance, and we’re now back on the streets fighting back. The austerity and welfare reforms that have been imposed since 2010 have had a devastating effect on disabled people in society. A 2020 report by Health Equity in England, which UCL commissioned, found that the combination of austerity and reforms has caused the deaths of over 150,000 elderly and disabled people. We will not be intimidated by this government or any of their new anti-protest laws.”
https://freedomnews.org.uk/2024/03/05/dpac-return-to-the-streets/
