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Rights not Charity! - Protest brings traffic to a standstill

DPAC | 19.04.2012 07:02 | Workfare | Policing | Public sector cuts

Yesterday ,disabled people came from different parts of the country and assembled at Leicester

Square and moved off towards Trafalgar Square. It started raining intermittently. Police accompanied us and were not happy that we were on the road. They tried to get information and we heard them asking what were our plans but none of us spoke to them.

Arriving at Trafalgar Square, 2 groups of wheelchair users split up and block up two junctions. Police tried to get us off the street while activists chanted and voiced their protests.

Starting at Leicester Sq
Starting at Leicester Sq


drummers
drummers

the Scottish contingent
the Scottish contingent


In the pouring rain the activists stayed put inspite of the police trying to move us on and the drummers kept spirits up while we chatted and handed out post cards to passer bys.

Time went by very quicky and we decided to finish at 4pm and ended then. Thank you everybody for making it such a success! Rights not Charity!

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thinking caps on

19.04.2012 19:13

When you have a "right" to some one else's labour or effects, you have a slave. Are they pro slavery?

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