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Bob-a-Job
AWoL
An overdue exposé of the privatisation of the Welfare system in the UK, and the involvement of PPPs in forcing people into low paid work. AWoL exposes the underlying intimidation and bullying in WorkingLinks’ profiteering from the poverty of others.
If you are a claimant, you must read this!
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illustrations by Paul Bommer
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Poverty, Inequality & Minimum Income
Donnie Nicolson
Nicolson attacks the Blairite rhetoric on poverty, exposing new Labour’s failure to genuinely get people out of poverty and low levels of income, especially the young.
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Putting Paid to War
Variant interviews 'At Ease' -- the independent, confidential advice and counselling service to members of the UK armed forces -- on the issues of conscientious objection, recruitment of ethnic minorities, bonded servitude and human rights.
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I am a cliché
David Adam
A personal account of the abhorrent changes to incapacity benefit and how it is affecting those with mental health issues -- the imposition of compulsory medical questionnaire forms and medical examinations, and the shift from therapy to work.
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Supplement: Document 1
International Human Rights Documentary Film Festival
19–22nd September 2003 • UGC, Glasgow
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