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History suggests apartheid ends not through appeals to conscience alone but through sustained economic and political pressure, says HUGH LANNING
'Fit For Work' - the truth of the tragedy
The government's cruel Work Capability Assessment scheme rolls on, leaving thousands of ruined lives in its wake. Disabled People Against Cuts' LINDA BURNIP says we have to keep fighting it
As the US marks 250 years since the Declaration of Independence, the People’s World Editorial Collective argues that the real legacy of 1776 lies not in official celebrations but in centuries of popular struggles to make democracy a reality for all
Once a source of national pride, Cuba’s healthcare system declines as energy shortages deepen crisis, writes ANDREA RODRIGUEZ
Socialists, feminists and trade unionists gathered in Manchester to launch a network committed to evidence-based activism with a renewed emphasis on class and collective struggle. ANNA BARRETT reports
By making it simpler to support workers in struggle, Strike Map’s new Solidarity Fund aims to strengthen strikes when they need it most, write ROBERT POOLE and HENRY FOWLER
Only an ambitious programme of state-led investment can restore growth and improve living standards, argues MICHAEL BURKE
Disabled People Against Cuts (DPAC) is pleased to be supporting this week's anti-Atos demos at up to 144 assessment centres around the country.
The protests are taking place against the backdrop of the floods, with David Cameron's admission that Britain is a rich nation and that money is no object when it comes to alleviating the misery of potential Tory voters.
We can only take this statement to mean that the austerity measures which have been used to push disabled people into a life of daily fear and poverty are, as we always thought, purely ideological policies - nothing to do with the money having run out.
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Labour will find increases in the state pension age are unacceptable, just as cuts to the Winter Fuel Allowance, personal independence payments and universal credit are — it needs to change direction immediately, writes PCS general secretary FRAN HEATHCOTE
A new report from the Citizens Advice destroys the government narrative about disabled people ‘choosing’ not to work, showing the £3,000 annual cuts will create a two-tiered system based on claim dates rather than needs, writes DYLAN MURPHY
