Rights not charity : protest textiles and disability activism / by Gill Crawshaw ; edited by Marisa Clements, Laura Moseley and Chris Shortt ; illustrated by Alice Bigsby-Bye.

Protest textiles and disability activism

[Norwich, Norfolk] : Common Threads Press, 2023.

33 pages, 11 unnumbered pages : colour illustrations ; 21 cm

To boldly go... -- Rights not charity -- Disabled people against cuts -- Justice not charity -- Trade unions -- Disability arts -- The art of protest banners -- DWP deaths make me sick -- The poor law -- Not dead yet -- BSL brings us together -- Nothing about us without us.

"Textiles have long been part of the fabric of disabled people's lives and history. In common with banners of the women's suffrage movement and trade unions, disabled activists have embraced banners as a form of protest and resistance, communicating messages about identity, pride, unity and justice. "Rights Not Charity" tells the stores of these banners. Curator Gill Crawshaw explores this history through the protest banners and political artwork of disabled people's right movements, taking in political responses to charity, accessibility, and government cuts, among other causes."