disability

MORTAR VOLUME 1

Revolutionary Journal of Common Cause Anarchist Organization

Mortar is the theoretical journal of Common Cause. It is a project of collective writing aimed at producing original contributions to anarchist theory and furthering our members' political development.

Remploy workers strike against factory closures

Submitted by Django on Jul 21 2012 17:22

Workers at Remploy factories struck on Thursday over government plans to close factories.

Constitution of the Union of the Physically Impaired Against Segregation

This constitution is is not just a record of the procedural form of a radical organisation but also a powerful political statement about both disability and the organisation of society more generally. British disability theory and activism has many of its roots in this organisation, and its constitution, written in 1974, contains insight and analysis that is useful to this day.

Beneficiary bashing targets the sick

Submitted by Anarchia on Jan 28 2012 00:37

The new National government is set to attack beneficiaries with a complete overhaul of how the social welfare system operates in New Zealand.

Man in coma loses benefits as he's classified "fit for work"

Submitted by Rob Ray on Jan 19 2012 17:26

The government's decision to crack down on the disabled took a bizarre turn this week after a man in a coma was stripped of his benefits - because he'd not handed his fitness-for-work questionnaire in.

Communism: The real movement to abolish disability

The following article is a tentative attempt to combine communist theory with the insights of disability activists and theorists in order to promote revolutionary approaches to understanding and overcoming the oppression of disabled people.