6/7/06
I went to the first SWAN protest in Sheffield on Saturday. It cost me nearly
£30 to travel from Bridlington to Sheffield by train and that is nearly all
my disability welfare benefits taken up in one trip. It's only £25 to get
to London KingsX with these advanced saver tickets. So why is it more
expensive to travel from E.Yorksdhire to S.Yorkshire by train?
Anyway, There was not a big turn-out at all at this protest by disabled
people and their allies. Mike Higgins and Linda was there and also Janet
Taylor and her friend from DANDA from Manchester.
I would be interested to hear all there veiws on this protest.
The media was there and I spoke about the history of the disabled people's
movement and about DAN too.
I feel very angry to see that the where no allies from the 'left-wing'
political parties supporting this cause and when I arrived at Sheffield Town
Hall at 12.30pm there was the SWP and RESPECT doing Anti War protest and
also I was given a leaflet by a Palestine protest group about the unlawful
'wall' being built in Isarel.
SWP and RESPECT if they was support the SWAN protest and they said they
would be joining our Incapacity Benefits Reforms protest, but when everyone
from SWAN arrived, then the SWP and RESPECT disappeared. Can anyone tell me
why?
Anyway, I would like to thanks all those who turned-out on Saturday in
Sheffield, including the 'GREEN' party. Thanks for all your efforts and for
Dave and other within SWAN for organising and doing someting and making
things happen.
I hope to keep in touch with you all in the future.
I did get to do an interview with a magazine called 'FREEDOM', who ever they
are?
SWAN is a non-political group, but does allie with other groups.
I will state that these incapacity reforms will impact on all disabled
people and we all need to get our 'voices' across with our allies within the
disabled, survivors, independent and inclusive living movements and give our
full backing and support to SWAN.
I am not political on the left(far) or right(far) and have 'no-allegiance'
to any political party in ther UK and globally and am just an 'independent'
neurodiverse disabled person who is concerned about the continued basic
human and civil rights abuses and a violations in the UK and globally and I
will continue to 'protest' and 'focus' all my energies within the disabled,
survivors, independent and inclusive living movements on issues like this.
'Our' voices are usually on the 'fringes' of society and the issues that
impact on 'us' should be a concern to all humanity and be a more
'central-concern', because any human being may become 'incapacitated' within
their lifecourse, then the rest of society will then know how we feel,
including all those political parties who are trying to 'exclude' the
disabled people's movement 'voices'.
'SHAME-ON-YOU'
FREEOURPEOPLE
Yours
Colin Revell, E. Yorkshire, UK
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