Rights for disabled people
This document on disability and struggles by disabled people was prepared for discussion at Workers’ Liberty’s annual conference on 21-22 November. The Tory-led governments since 2010 have launched a sustained and vicious assault on the living standards and rights of disabled people. Some of the ground for this — for example, the introduction of Work Capability Assessments — was laid by the previous “New Labour” government, but the Tories have cranked it up to an unprecedented degree of cruelty. These attacks have been backed up by media hysteria and portrayal of disabled people as idlers and...