Disabled people aren’t your free labour force

In order to be listened to, respected and get paid for it, the many institutions of campaigning culture prefer those who are not “different”. When access needs are asked for, a lack of funds is immediately cited. When a more inclusive way of organising is asked for, empty promises ensue. And through all of this, disabled people are just expected to adapt or remove themselves from the space.

Our future is now. Reclaim the Commons!

Many contemporary political trends are focussed on the negative. That is, a fight to prevent neoliberal measure. The anti-austerity movement, for example, is focussed on fighting cuts to public services…

Is it all in Black & White?

It’s us against the world, the old rhetoric goes. Much of my experience in activist circles has been fighting old dualistic battles: rich versus poor; Keynes versus Hayek; and West…

We once were revolutionaries

We once were revolutionaries. We believed in a better world, a just world, a world where every person was never alone. We inked pages with dreams for that world. We…

I stand with ALL the protesters

On Saturday, I walked with over half a million people down Embankment. These people were workers, residents, families, students, and the unemployed. All in all, I was shocked at the…