Disabled People Against Cuts (DPAC) are at the forefront of anti-austerity direct action and below is the photo-essay featured in CITY’s Introduction to, and Interview with, Disabled People Against Cuts in the relaunch issue 24(1-2). In solidarity and remembrance: these photographs are from a memorial event held in Parliament Square in London in September 2013. by DPAC and WOW Petition to commemorate over 10,000 disabled people who died shortly after their Work Capability Assessments. The event was called ‘10,000 Cuts and Counting’ (Figures 3–7). Sadly people continue to die, so we need to keep remembering.
Many continue to lose their lives in one of the wealthiest countries in the world due to punitive austerity measures imposed by the UK Conservative government that left many disabled and others unable to feed themselves adequately, heat their homes or access necessary medical and social support. Covid-19 has brought new challenges, which DPAC have highlighted through a series of recorded collaborative events since March 2020 – seen the links below the photographs.
Posted by Debbie Humphry Sept 14, 2020.
