Stuff the DWP! (doesn’t want you to know)
Full text for a flyer I wrote re our basic rights on Universal Credit. Please use this as a tool for organising and to help people on benefits (please let me know when you use it! I need the encouragement to keep writing!). This was all correct and checked as of 2022, but nothing has […]
Class and Oppression – an injury to one is an injury to all!
Most people face other kinds of exploitation than just class. For example women get paid less, and do far more unpaid work as well. [1][2] Black people are often “last hired, first fired” and face racist bullying and harassment at work. [3] This isn’t just about prejudice or people being mean. It’s economic – some […]
We Fought NHS Cuts to ADHD and Autism Services… and we WON
In 2018 Livewell Southwest, the private company who run mental health services in Plymouth, stopped ALL assessments for adult ADHD and autism. There was no announcement, and the Devon Clinical Commissioning Group helped to cover it up – ignoring questions and refusing Freedom of Information requests. However, in October last year, we finally beat them! […]
ADHD, Capitalism, and Disability Activism
It seems like every couple months, the ADHD community on twitter has another phase debating capitalism and ADHD. How many of our problems are caused by capitalism, and how many are just a medical condition that will never go away? This tends to end badly, with polarisation and over-simplification on all sides. But if we […]
An attack on benefit claimants is an attack on ALL of us!
“I would have quit this job months ago, but I’d be sanctioned by the Jobcentre”. That’s what one person told me after working unpaid overtime every evening that week, on low pay that barely covered bills and rent. It’s a dilemma faced by everyone working in unsafe or illegal conditions. If you are fired then […]