Marxist. Trade Unionist. Socialist-feminist. Author. Poet. Speaker. Tutor. RMT ex-Exec. Workers' Liberty. Autie. Bi. PUFC fan.
We need them. The right wing attacks them.
First, establish in the common consciousness that they are vermin,
A scourge on our civilised way of life.
Point out that jobs depend on it,
That the route of the hunt is the road to recovery.
Explain that the years without the hunt brought
A resurgence of uncontrolled, destructive, anti-social villainy.
Circulate reports of their most savage crimes:
Published in Solidarity 366, 3 June 2015
Janine Booth, RMT delegate and co-Chair, TUC Disabled Workers’ Committee
This article was published in Solidarity 360.
By Janine Booth, co-Chair, TUC Disabled Workers’ Committee (personal capacity)
Despite our crusade to screw the low-paid
And the jobless and sick in our midst
They're parading their crimes in our nursery rhymes
And in fairy tales told to our kids
We just can not pander to this vile propaganda
So my job as benefits minister
Is to go through each rhyme, taking one at a time
And eliminate anything sinister
Now sit up, pay attention
They're coming for our pension
I'm feeling apprehension
I don't trust their intention
It gives me hypertension
This isn't an invention
- that's your misapprehension
Consider this dimension:
For if it's their intention
to raid our hard-won pension
or cut down their subvention
They're going to face dissension
Report from the 2013 TUC Disabled Workers' Conference, published in Solidarity 287, 29 May 2013
This year's TUC Disabled Workers' Conference roundly condemned government attacks on disability rights, and pledged action against cuts in jobs and benefits.