DPAC hasn’t gone away you know!
We’re back doing what we do best – And this time we’re going to be louder than ever.
The government isn’t listening to what people are saying when we say Stop The Cuts to Universal Credit and give #20MoreForAll
So we need to start an #AudioRiot to make them hear us.
28th September at 11.30
Kings Cross Station
(Courtyard in front of station)
Euston Road
London
N1 9AL
Facebook event link https://www.facebook.com/events/4217877634970911/
Join our #AudioRiot and make some noise about the devastating changes to benefits which will have a huge impact on millions of peoples lives, including disabled people.
Bring everything you can that makes noise.
DPAC will be providing materials for you to take part too – but don’t let that stop you bringing:
Drums
Whistles
Cymbals
Bells
Klaxons
Loudspeakers
Everything you can!
Make some noise about the £20 cut to Universal Credit coming in September.
Make some noise about the reintroduction of sanctions and conditionality returning in October.
Make some noise about the discrimination against those on legacy benefits who never got the £20 to begin with.
Make some noise about the minimum income floor, the local area housing allowance and so much more
Make some noise about the disgraceful state of benefits in the UK overall.
Warning: We suggest that people joining in this action bring along ear protection such as ear plugs or ear defenders, it’s going to be extremely loud and it may damage your hearing without protection. We do will have some ear plugs to hand out to those who don’t have them but we only have a small number, so if you can, bring your own please.
DPAC is aware that many of us in our community are still isolated, shielding, or even just protecting themselves and their loved ones; and cautious about taking part in public activism.
This is no barrier to taking part!! There will be online actions you can take
However, as our collective experience through since Covid entered our lives has taught us – disabled people need to have a central role in the discussions about how we build a future for us all that has a place for us all. That begins with defending what we have and building on it.
We have seen under successive governments of all stripes that the only way we can have any chance to secure that central role is to oppose government policies in the streets. We have been demonised, targeted and brutalised by attacks to our rights , services, living standards & working conditions for decades.
It is only by mobilising our community and allies in the face of theses attacks that we have been able to raise awareness and resist them.
And, that will be how we will continue to progress from here. With a view to reshaping the world to meet our aspirations.
In the streets.
Messages from a Fledgling Dpac group and Unite the Union branch
We want to join you in some regional activity in support of the retention of the £20 uplift and its extension to legacy claimants
We are aware of the Virgil and would like to join you… but sadly not in London on Tuesday 28th sept
Hi John, there is also a day of action on the 25th that is being set up, if you email your details to mail@dpac.uk.net we can take it from there,
Clapham Junction is the nearest step free station to The Strand. You can enter and exit straight from the ticket barrier to the pavement.
Charing Cross not Clapham Junction. Brain fog.