Health and happiness: confronting the waste of human life through the pursuit of joy An article exploring the impact of institutionalization and the barren conditions of medicine for…
On capitalism, queerness and living with HIV/Aids - The Expropriationist Notes from an anarchist communist from Houston, Texas living with HIV and Aids on living with the…
Dear Jamie Oliver... Response to celebrity chef Jamie Oliver's latest comments on the diets of the poor, how modern day poverty isn't real, and our f*cking massive…
1 in 2 and 77.7p - gender, disability, violence and pay gaps This post is the first in a series briefly looking at feminism and disability, analysing the impact…
Contemporary anarchist studies: an introductory anthology of anarchy in the academy This volume of collected essays by some of the most prominent academics studying anarchism bridges…
Mortar volume 1 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…
Remploy workers strike against factory closures 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 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" The government's decision to crack down on the disabled took a bizarre turn this week after a man 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…
Motler, Leonard Augustine, 1888-1967 A short biography of Leonard Motler, English anarchist, deaf mute and activist against the First World War.