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Analysis: Autism Is Not a Disease

Jodie Hare

Why is it still acceptable to treat autistic people as defective, forcing them to bend to society rather than changing society to be more inclusive? With misinformation rife, it’s time neurotypicals start making an effort, writes Jodie Hare.

Opinion: Priti Patel Is Right About One Thing: Our Asylum System Is Fundamentally Broken

Zoe Gardner

Without safe ways to come to the UK, migrants will keep drowning in the Channel, writes Zoe Gardner.

Report: How We Won: The Care Workers Who Struck for a Living Wage

James Greig

Workers at Sage - a small, independent care home in north London - have won a huge victory in their campaign for fair wages. James Greig reports on the win and the precedent it sets for a sector known for its poor pay and conditions - and in which strike action is all too rare.

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Analysis: Will the Tory Sleaze Scandal Finally Nix the Party’s Polling Lead?

Ell Folan

The past month has been one of the worst for the Tories to date. Ell Folan examines the polls to ask whether this is another passing storm, or something more serious.

Opinion: Deaf People Are Paying Thousands to Learn Their Own Language

Liam O'Dell

It’s 2021 and the UK still has no sign language GCSE. Deaf journalist Liam O'Dell asks: could the Tories care less about us?

Report: How We Won: The Local Activists That Took on Big Oil on the Isle of Wight

Florence Wildblood

Ending a six-year battle, a group of local activists successfully fought off an oil company’s plans to drill on the Isle of Wight. Florence Wildblood reports.

Opinion: Why I Was Wrong to Write Off Extinction Rebellion in 2018

Chris Saltmarsh

In 2018, Chris Saltmarsh penned a controversial column for Novara Media explaining why he wouldn’t be joining Extinction Rebellion. Three years later he reconsiders his view in light of progress made inside the organisation.

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Opinion: Sex Worker Rights Are Disability Rights

Sophie K Rosa

Tired debates about disability and sex work too often focus on the morality of a disabled man buying sex. Why aren’t we talking about disabled sex workers? Sophie K Rosa reports.

Report: Chile Was the Birthplace of Neoliberalism. This Election Could Bury It

Michael Chessum

An unprecedented social eruption rocked Chile’s post-Pinochet consensus in 2019. With a new constitution set to be drafted, the presidential election has polarised between far-left and resurgent fascism. Michael Chessum reports.

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Opinion: Disabled People Don’t Want the Right to Die – We Want the Right to Live

Penny Pepper

Assisted suicide bills like the one currently in parliament hinge on the idea of choice. But in our age of perma-austerity, we should question who gets to make what choices, writes disability rights activist Penny Pepper.

Opinion: How to Solve the Cost of Living Crisis? Pay Rises, Now!

James Meadway

With inflation in the UK hitting a ten-year high, a significant squeeze on living standards lies ahead, writes James Meadway. The most obvious way to stop this is to pay workers more.

Opinion: Britain’s Inhumane Benefits System Is Giving People PTSD

Jay Watts

The psychological violence of welfare applications is destroying our mental health - and an increasingly two-tier benefits system won’t help, writes clinical psychologist Jay Watts.

Opinion: The West Botched Cop26, Then Blamed China

Aaron Bastani

During Cop26 alone, the EU backed new oil and gas projects worth €13 bn. While Western commentators blame India and China for the conference failure, the West is the real climate culprit, argues Aaron Bastani.

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Opinion: In Keir Starmer’s Anti-Racist Universe, Palestinians Don’t Count

Barnaby Raine

The Labour leader’s anti-Palestinian racism is classic colonialism with a contemporary twist, argues Barnaby Raine.

Opinion: Yes, Mental Health Counts As Disability

Micha Frazer-Carroll

Even people who live with mental distress are often reluctant to recognise it as disability, writes Micha Frazer-Carroll. But doing so could help us understand that many of our problems are caused by the way in which society is constructed - and to organise together to change it.

Opinion: So What’s the Problem With Peter Singer?

Lucy Burke

The work of utilitarian philosopher Peter Singer contributes to a culture in which the value of disabled peoples’ lives is viewed as a matter for debate rather than a given. A failure to recognise this reflects a broader failure to engage meaningfully with disability activism, writes Lucy Burke.

Report: Our Toxic Work Culture Isn’t Just Harming Disabled People – It’s Harming Everyone

Sophie K Rosa

Resisting exploitative workplaces is crucial, but we need to go further - by challenging the obligation to work at all. Disabled activists can show us how. Sophie K Rosa reports.

Opinion: Disability Politics Are Anticapitalist Politics

Ellen Clifford

Impairments aren’t what make us disabled, our profit-driven society is, writes disabled activist Ellen Clifford.

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Analysis: Autism Is Not a Disease

Jodie Hare

Opinion: Priti Patel Is Right About One Thing: Our Asylum System Is Fundamentally Broken

Zoe Gardner

Analysis: Will the Tory Sleaze Scandal Finally Nix the Party’s Polling Lead?

Ell Folan

Opinion: Deaf People Are Paying Thousands to Learn Their Own Language

Liam O'Dell

Report: How We Won: The Local Activists That Took on Big Oil on the Isle of Wight

Florence Wildblood

Opinion: Why I Was Wrong to Write Off Extinction Rebellion in 2018

Chris Saltmarsh

Opinion: Sex Worker Rights Are Disability Rights

Sophie K Rosa

Report: Chile Was the Birthplace of Neoliberalism. This Election Could Bury It

Michael Chessum

Opinion: Disabled People Don’t Want the Right to Die – We Want the Right to Live

Penny Pepper

Opinion: How to Solve the Cost of Living Crisis? Pay Rises, Now!

James Meadway

Opinion: Britain’s Inhumane Benefits System Is Giving People PTSD

Jay Watts

Opinion: The West Botched Cop26, Then Blamed China

Aaron Bastani

Opinion: In Keir Starmer’s Anti-Racist Universe, Palestinians Don’t Count

Barnaby Raine

Opinion: So What’s the Problem With Peter Singer?

Lucy Burke

Report: Our Toxic Work Culture Isn’t Just Harming Disabled People – It’s Harming Everyone

Sophie K Rosa

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Analysis: Autism Is Not a Disease

Jodie Hare

Opinion: Priti Patel Is Right About One Thing: Our Asylum System Is Fundamentally Broken

Zoe Gardner

Report: How We Won: The Care Workers Who Struck for a Living Wage

James Greig

Analysis: Will the Tory Sleaze Scandal Finally Nix the Party’s Polling Lead?

Ell Folan

Opinion: Deaf People Are Paying Thousands to Learn Their Own Language

Liam O'Dell

Report: How We Won: The Local Activists That Took on Big Oil on the Isle of Wight

Florence Wildblood

Opinion: Why I Was Wrong to Write Off Extinction Rebellion in 2018

Chris Saltmarsh

Opinion: Sex Worker Rights Are Disability Rights

Sophie K Rosa

Report: Chile Was the Birthplace of Neoliberalism. This Election Could Bury It

Michael Chessum

Opinion: Disabled People Don’t Want the Right to Die – We Want the Right to Live

Penny Pepper

Opinion: How to Solve the Cost of Living Crisis? Pay Rises, Now!

James Meadway

Opinion: Britain’s Inhumane Benefits System Is Giving People PTSD

Jay Watts

Opinion: The West Botched Cop26, Then Blamed China

Aaron Bastani

Opinion: In Keir Starmer’s Anti-Racist Universe, Palestinians Don’t Count

Barnaby Raine

Opinion: Yes, Mental Health Counts As Disability

Micha Frazer-Carroll

Opinion: So What’s the Problem With Peter Singer?

Lucy Burke

Report: Our Toxic Work Culture Isn’t Just Harming Disabled People – It’s Harming Everyone

Sophie K Rosa

Opinion: Disability Politics Are Anticapitalist Politics

Ellen Clifford

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