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DPAC & UK Uncut hold ATOS Closing Ceremony - 31.08.2012
As the Grand Finale to a week-long national campaign of protests against French IT company ATOS Origin and its spinoff ATOS Healthcare which carries out the much-criticised Wirk Capability Assessments on behalf of the DWP, which has seen tens of thousands of severely sick and disabled people declared to be "Fit for Work" and thrown off their disability benefits, several hundred activists from DPAC (Disabled People Against Cuts), WinVisible, Disabled Activists' Network, UK Uncut, Right to Work Campaign, Unite the Union, the GMB Union, Occupy London and the National UNion of Students descended on ATOS' London headquarters to carry out what they had billed as the "ATOS Closing Ceremony" - a reference to ATOS' hugely derided sponsorship of the Paralympic Games which is, say the activists, an act of spectatular cynicism by a corporation which is currently contracted by the Cameron government to the tune of £100 million to conduct the much-feared medical assessments without any reference whatsoever to peoples' medical notes of histories.
For two hours the crowd chanted slogans, listened to oral testimonies from people whose lives have been badly affected by ATOS decisions, heard accounts of people driven into such despair by dealing with ATOS that they have comitted suicide, and also heard many accounts of seriously ill people thrown off their benefits by ATOS who have been forced to look for work - having been declared fit for work - and who have died shortly afterwards. The list of people irreperably harmed by ATOS' computer-driven tick-box assessment which cannot possibly take into account the huge range of physical and mental disabilities seems endless.
Following some dogged Freedom of Information requests by two Daily Mirror journalists earlier this year it is now known that an average of 32 sickness or disability benefit claimnants who have been thrown off their benefits by the DWP following an ATOS zero-point rating and placed in the Work-Related Activity Group or who have been put on Jobseeker's Allowance have died shortly afterwards. In many instances relatives of the deceased have claimed that the stress of being treated in such an inhumane way by ATOS contributed to their deaths.
During the protest at Triton Square the 500-strong crowd were entertained by a street theatre performance which saw a fraudulent "ATOS Miracle Cure" booth set up. The "ATOS Reverend" would lay hands on a disabled person and tell them that "by the power of ATOS you are no longer disabled", and sent them through the ATOS Miracle Cure arch, but sadly once through the arch the disabled people realised they had been tricked and they were still, of course, disabled... but worse was to come, as each disabled person was then confronted by an "ATOS Doctor" who stated that because they were now officially no longer disabled and were fit for work they could now be assigned to do their dream jobs, to which end the phoney doctor handed each person a sheet of paper on which was written "100 meter runner", "Bar Tender", "Mountain Climber" and other completely unsuitable job titles.
At around 2:30pm a section of the crowd took off and headed for Westminster where they picketed outside the Department for Work and Pensions, during which an over-agressive action by the police resulted in a disabled man's shoulder being broken as he was knocked off his wheelchair when police shoved protesters into him.
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About two thirds through my photo survey a security guard turned up in a little car. He checked some doors and nodded at me as he drove past.
I'm not sure if someone called him after seeing me poking around the place, or if he was just on his daily rounds.
Citing a shortage of people to write parking tickets for, mall security closely monitored us as usual. One of them patriotically saluted us with the middle finger. The police soon arrived. We had a variation on the usual exchange:
Cop: "Turn the horn off or you're going to jail."
Me: "Well, I'm going to keep using it because it's legal."
Cop: "It's not legal. Turn the horn off or you're going to jail."
Me: "I'm sorry but it is legal."
Cop: "Do it again and you're going to go to jail."
Me: "Oh, awesome!"
After this, the person detained in the back seat of the cop's car began laughing and I continued to use the megaphone in the cop's presence. An hour and a half later and no arrests had been made. You'd think that after 24 weeks of vigils, and threat after repeated false threat of arrest, they'd just stop. But you've got to admire their persistence.
After this, a man hung himself out the window, waving his middle finger wildly, yelling all sorts of profanities and gay slurs. We were told to "get the fuck out of the country" and much more. A small taint on a day otherwise filled with people laughing at the satirical speeches made on the megaphone and mostly positive responses.
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this is one of our mason security guards we have in front of our studios. real cool guy... asked him to come in the studio for a few minutes for a couple shots cause i was bored. went for more of a cartoony edit on this one.
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ab400 high behind jr's right shoulder.
A cool security guard at Fairway. We stood next to each other for nearly a half hour (me taking pictures) and didn't speak. Then he turned just enough for me to take his picture - so I did, but still, neither of us acknowledged the other. We each had jobs to do.
HDR shot of the historical Tian'anmen building (Gate of Heavenly Peace) with a proud Chinese security guard and the famous picture of Mao Zedong, Beijing, China
Pay Up! pickets Sainsbury's over employment poverty wages - London, 28.05.2012
Formed by activists from UK Uncut, Occupy, Unite the Union and community organisations, Pay Up!, which plans to go national as quickly as possible, chose Sainsbury's to launch their campaign against "employment poverty" which sees thousands of Sainsbury's shop-floor employees being paid only the UK minimum wage which amounts to £6.08p per hour for over-21s, £4.98p for 18-20s and £3.68p for 16-17 yrs old school leavers. These employees, say Pay Up, should be receiving the nationally recognised "Living Wage" of £7.20 per hour in the regions, and £8.30p in London.
Sainsbury's has seen profit's rise 299% over the past 7 years, whilst their workers on low pay have been forced to accept a pay freeze which, in the face of current inflation, is effectively a wage cut, and a huge number of Sainsbury's full and part-time staff are having to apply for housing benefits and other benefits just to survive, despite the retail grocery giant posting year-end profits for 2011 of £712 million - a 7% increase on 2010, despite the double-dip recession.
It is outrageous, say Pay Up, that some Sainsbury's employees are so badly paid that they are forced to drain the benefits system just to survive, whilst Sainsbury's are turning a huge profit and are planning to increase core spending in 2012-2013 to £1bn and also to increase payouts to their stockholders. The company boasted disingenuously last week that their employees "will receive on average a £600 bonus", which translates to as little as £49 for many employees who are denied enough working hours to sustain a basic living. The overwhelming bulk of the bonus pot will go to the already-well paid managers and directors.
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Pay Up! pickets Sainsbury's over employment poverty wages - London, 28.05.2012
Formed by activists from UK Uncut, Occupy, Unite the Union and community organisations, Pay Up!, which plans to go national as quickly as possible, chose Sainsbury's to launch their campaign against "employment poverty" which sees thousands of Sainsbury's shop-floor employees being paid only the UK minimum wage which amounts to £6.08p per hour for over-21s, £4.98p for 18-20s and £3.68p for 16-17 yrs old school leavers. These employees, say Pay Up, should be receiving the nationally recognised "Living Wage" of £7.20 per hour in the regions, and £8.30p in London.
Sainsbury's has seen profit's rise 299% over the past 7 years, whilst their workers on low pay have been forced to accept a pay freeze which, in the face of current inflation, is effectively a wage cut, and a huge number of Sainsbury's full and part-time staff are having to apply for housing benefits and other benefits just to survive, despite the retail grocery giant posting year-end profits for 2011 of £712 million - a 7% increase on 2010, despite the double-dip recession.
It is outrageous, say Pay Up, that some Sainsbury's employees are so badly paid that they are forced to drain the benefits system just to survive, whilst Sainsbury's are turning a huge profit and are planning to increase core spending in 2012-2013 to £1bn and also to increase payouts to their stockholders. The company boasted disingenuously last week that their employees "will receive on average a £600 bonus", which translates to as little as £49 for many employees who are denied enough working hours to sustain a basic living. The overwhelming bulk of the bonus pot will go to the already-well paid managers and directors.
Media buyers should view this story on Demotix, or you can email me directly.
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About two thirds through my photo survey a security guard turned up in a little car. He checked some doors and nodded at me as he drove past.
I'm not sure if someone called him after seeing me poking around the place, or if he was just on his daily rounds.
Political artist Kaya Mar lampoons George Osborne on the Treasury Steps - London
On 04/10/2011 Political anti-War and anti-Cuts artist Kaya Mar displayed one of his many politically satirical oil on canvas caricatures lampooning dictators, war-mongers and heads of state - in this instance a naked George Gideon Osborne, (Chancellor of the Exchequer, architect of the swingeing austerity cuts to public services) naked, exposed, with one foot clumsily jammed in a large mop bucket as he claims to be cleaning up someone else's mess - as he held a brief one-man vigil on the steps of The Treasury, hoping that George Osborne might exit the building, catch sight of the painting and throw in the towel.
Mr. Mar's presence caused a bit of a panic and a flap amongst Treasury staff who were clearly alarmed that his painting could rapidly bring down the entire government, so he was told to get off the steps and stand on the pavement instead, thus safeguarding Her majesty's Brittanic Government from satirical peril.
There were no arrests, although a passing elderly American tourist muttered "Oh my, now THAT's disrespectful", before taking a photo of the painting, with a big grin on her face. Another man muttered something darkly about abolishing all money and waved a pamphlet around before vanishing across the road and into St. James' Park, but despite this flagrant act of sedition there was still no sign of a police van.
Kaya's work can be seen at www.kayamar.co.uk, which is in the process of being re-designed - and is on permanent display at the Museum of London and the Imperial War Museum.
London, United Kingdom. 04/10/2011
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Pay Up! pickets Sainsbury's over employment poverty wages - London, 28.05.2012
Formed by activists from UK Uncut, Occupy, Unite the Union and community organisations, Pay Up!, which plans to go national as quickly as possible, chose Sainsbury's to launch their campaign against "employment poverty" which sees thousands of Sainsbury's shop-floor employees being paid only the UK minimum wage which amounts to £6.08p per hour for over-21s, £4.98p for 18-20s and £3.68p for 16-17 yrs old school leavers. These employees, say Pay Up, should be receiving the nationally recognised "Living Wage" of £7.20 per hour in the regions, and £8.30p in London.
Sainsbury's has seen profit's rise 299% over the past 7 years, whilst their workers on low pay have been forced to accept a pay freeze which, in the face of current inflation, is effectively a wage cut, and a huge number of Sainsbury's full and part-time staff are having to apply for housing benefits and other benefits just to survive, despite the retail grocery giant posting year-end profits for 2011 of £712 million - a 7% increase on 2010, despite the double-dip recession.
It is outrageous, say Pay Up, that some Sainsbury's employees are so badly paid that they are forced to drain the benefits system just to survive, whilst Sainsbury's are turning a huge profit and are planning to increase core spending in 2012-2013 to £1bn and also to increase payouts to their stockholders. The company boasted disingenuously last week that their employees "will receive on average a £600 bonus", which translates to as little as £49 for many employees who are denied enough working hours to sustain a basic living. The overwhelming bulk of the bonus pot will go to the already-well paid managers and directors.
Media buyers should view this story on Demotix, or you can email me directly.
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DPAC & UK Uncut hold ATOS Closing Ceremony - 31.08.2012
As the Grand Finale to a week-long national campaign of protests against French IT company ATOS Origin and its spinoff ATOS Healthcare which carries out the much-criticised Wirk Capability Assessments on behalf of the DWP, which has seen tens of thousands of severely sick and disabled people declared to be "Fit for Work" and thrown off their disability benefits, several hundred activists from DPAC (Disabled People Against Cuts), WinVisible, Disabled Activists' Network, UK Uncut, Right to Work Campaign, Unite the Union, the GMB Union, Occupy London and the National UNion of Students descended on ATOS' London headquarters to carry out what they had billed as the "ATOS Closing Ceremony" - a reference to ATOS' hugely derided sponsorship of the Paralympic Games which is, say the activists, an act of spectatular cynicism by a corporation which is currently contracted by the Cameron government to the tune of £100 million to conduct the much-feared medical assessments without any reference whatsoever to peoples' medical notes of histories.
For two hours the crowd chanted slogans, listened to oral testimonies from people whose lives have been badly affected by ATOS decisions, heard accounts of people driven into such despair by dealing with ATOS that they have comitted suicide, and also heard many accounts of seriously ill people thrown off their benefits by ATOS who have been forced to look for work - having been declared fit for work - and who have died shortly afterwards. The list of people irreperably harmed by ATOS' computer-driven tick-box assessment which cannot possibly take into account the huge range of physical and mental disabilities seems endless.
Following some dogged Freedom of Information requests by two Daily Mirror journalists earlier this year it is now known that an average of 32 sickness or disability benefit claimnants who have been thrown off their benefits by the DWP following an ATOS zero-point rating and placed in the Work-Related Activity Group or who have been put on Jobseeker's Allowance have died shortly afterwards. In many instances relatives of the deceased have claimed that the stress of being treated in such an inhumane way by ATOS contributed to their deaths.
During the protest at Triton Square the 500-strong crowd were entertained by a street theatre performance which saw a fraudulent "ATOS Miracle Cure" booth set up. The "ATOS Reverend" would lay hands on a disabled person and tell them that "by the power of ATOS you are no longer disabled", and sent them through the ATOS Miracle Cure arch, but sadly once through the arch the disabled people realised they had been tricked and they were still, of course, disabled... but worse was to come, as each disabled person was then confronted by an "ATOS Doctor" who stated that because they were now officially no longer disabled and were fit for work they could now be assigned to do their dream jobs, to which end the phoney doctor handed each person a sheet of paper on which was written "100 meter runner", "Bar Tender", "Mountain Climber" and other completely unsuitable job titles.
At around 2:30pm a section of the crowd took off and headed for Westminster where they picketed outside the Department for Work and Pensions, during which an over-agressive action by the police resulted in a disabled man's shoulder being broken as he was knocked off his wheelchair when police shoved protesters into him.
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"I'm going to put you on the internet, for fun." I said.
I'm going to put it on the internet, because that's what I do for fun. It is one of the ranges of expression that I deem to be part of my public life. I enjoy it, it is one of the ways that I engage with the world. You've just told me I'm not allowed to take pictures in the Brunswick Centre. Not without permission of the Centre Manager, whom I have since emailed and received no reply. Perhaps you think I might steal the Brunswick Centre's soul? Or perhaps the tiny lens of my silly vintage camera might wear out the brutalist concrete of the superstructure? Or perhaps it is because the people that pay you and make you do what you do for not much money deem they can create private places and pretend that they are public, and then boss us about like a dinner lady at lunchtime.
You, dear fellow, were charm personified, although you thought I was insane and weird for taking photos of some fire bells. But I think the people that pay you are insidious and misguided. Where does telling us what we can and can't do in the playground stop? Perhaps we shouldn't be able to talk loudly, or sit on benches while slouching, or complain, talk politics, carry Tesco's bags instead of Waitrose ones. Maybe you have similar constraints on the tenants and leaseholders of the flats above. Lights out at 9pm, no canoodling, pop music or watching ITV.
This is on top of the fact that you just don't know how the world works anymore and what this sort of thing, this internet thing, means. You are quite astoundingly clueless about how information now travels around the world and this city. I didn't even know your pleasingly ugly lump of 80s concrete with the subtlety of a Vogon Destructor Fleet existed until I had to walk home from St Pancras in a tube strike. You were hidden away from most of London, squatting there amongst the interesting stuff. I knew about the Barbican, and the South Bank - your ugly sisters, but not you. I've never been told off in the South Bank, or chided in the Barbican? Maybe you'd be able to charge higher rent if instead of telling us the rules of what we can and cannot do, you engaged with us like adults and acted like the public space you are pretending to be.
[Unlike everything else on my photostream this photo and the essay are © All Rights Reserved]
”Princess Diana's” Cadillac Fleetwood Limousine, with filmcrew shielding 'Diana' (played by Emma Corrin) from the public gaze, with large umbrellas.
I found it quite amusing and rather pointless, and somewhat ironic that the actress playing the part of Diana was being afforded more privacy than HRH Diana herself in real life...
Stevenson Square in Manchester's Northern Quarter has been transformed into a New York Street Scene...
East 22nd Street and Gt Compton St for the next season of "The Crown" on Netflix Productions.
From yellow cabs to Limousines, and pick-up trucks to cars and a Greyhound bus.
More photos to follow.
After watching a camera in hand, he willingly came forward to talk with me. He thought I was some kind of journalist and he wanted to inform me about some incidents going on in the neighborhood under the influence of the powerholders. He was ashamed for not being able to do something against those activities. And I am ashamed too for I also fear for my life. That is why I am not including the stuffs he actually told me.
Lastly, He also mentioned that he worked as a dubbing artist in Bangladeshi motion film industry. A versatile person for sure...
And I forgot his name. :(
Pay Up! pickets Sainsbury's over employment poverty wages - London, 28.05.2012
Formed by activists from UK Uncut, Occupy, Unite the Union and community organisations, Pay Up!, which plans to go national as quickly as possible, chose Sainsbury's to launch their campaign against "employment poverty" which sees thousands of Sainsbury's shop-floor employees being paid only the UK minimum wage which amounts to £6.08p per hour for over-21s, £4.98p for 18-20s and £3.68p for 16-17 yrs old school leavers. These employees, say Pay Up, should be receiving the nationally recognised "Living Wage" of £7.20 per hour in the regions, and £8.30p in London.
Sainsbury's has seen profit's rise 299% over the past 7 years, whilst their workers on low pay have been forced to accept a pay freeze which, in the face of current inflation, is effectively a wage cut, and a huge number of Sainsbury's full and part-time staff are having to apply for housing benefits and other benefits just to survive, despite the retail grocery giant posting year-end profits for 2011 of £712 million - a 7% increase on 2010, despite the double-dip recession.
It is outrageous, say Pay Up, that some Sainsbury's employees are so badly paid that they are forced to drain the benefits system just to survive, whilst Sainsbury's are turning a huge profit and are planning to increase core spending in 2012-2013 to £1bn and also to increase payouts to their stockholders. The company boasted disingenuously last week that their employees "will receive on average a £600 bonus", which translates to as little as £49 for many employees who are denied enough working hours to sustain a basic living. The overwhelming bulk of the bonus pot will go to the already-well paid managers and directors.
Media buyers should view this story on Demotix, or you can email me directly.
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Another security guard of the Gas Company Tower, gets frustrated at our "lack of understanding."
Shawn is crouched for wide angle photos of the building, and some people passing by stop to listen briefly.
Los Angeles, CA
Detailed post at All Narfed Up.
I discovered this location while driving to the franco-cypriot school in Nicosia, Cyprus. These are governmental buildings next to the police academy. The complex is to be destroyed in the near future. I was interested in catching the effects of time on official government owned buildings.
Handheld, facing west, just after sunset. This was way too cute a shot to pass up. Papa dozer, mama TLB, and petite bebe dozer, parked side by side and angled perfectly. It looked like a John Deere commercial (except Dad is a Volvo...it's a mixed-brand family. Ventura is a liberal town.).
County hospital construction is building a 5 story outpatient facility. Some of the neighbors are up in arms and suing to stop construction. I've received notices of some of the community meetings (pitchforks optional). I can understand how some people WOULD be upset. Certainly the daily noise and smells are shocking to the quiet community, but worse for some: the new building will block their view of the ocean, and I'd guess will reduce their resale value by a sizable chunk.
Immediately after I shot this, a young, very serious, female security guard approached me. From 20 yards away she asked, " MAY I help you?!" I replied, "No, I'm doing okay," thinking even if she was into photography, she was working and probably couldn't take the time to chat just then. As she walked up to me, I could see her official grey, security officer shirt was perfectly creased in all the right places and there seemed not to be a single wrinkle. Her black hair was pulled straight back and tied behind her head. When she was about 6 feet from me she stopped and reiterated, "MAY I help you?" I told her I lived just up the hill and I walked past there just about every day. She said, "WE haven't noticed you here before." I replied, "I've been shooting the construction here for weeks. It's really interesting." She replied, " WE can't have you doing that. You may sell your pictures to a magazine."
Ooooooooooh, THAT explains your concern, I thought.
She then told me that unless I was a patient or was visiting a patient, I needed to stay off the county hospital property.
Okay. I was back there tonight. (and I'm pretty sure the security clowns are not armed).
Pay Up! pickets Sainsbury's over employment poverty wages - London, 28.05.2012
Formed by activists from UK Uncut, Occupy, Unite the Union and community organisations, Pay Up!, which plans to go national as quickly as possible, chose Sainsbury's to launch their campaign against "employment poverty" which sees thousands of Sainsbury's shop-floor employees being paid only the UK minimum wage which amounts to £6.08p per hour for over-21s, £4.98p for 18-20s and £3.68p for 16-17 yrs old school leavers. These employees, say Pay Up, should be receiving the nationally recognised "Living Wage" of £7.20 per hour in the regions, and £8.30p in London.
Sainsbury's has seen profit's rise 299% over the past 7 years, whilst their workers on low pay have been forced to accept a pay freeze which, in the face of current inflation, is effectively a wage cut, and a huge number of Sainsbury's full and part-time staff are having to apply for housing benefits and other benefits just to survive, despite the retail grocery giant posting year-end profits for 2011 of £712 million - a 7% increase on 2010, despite the double-dip recession.
It is outrageous, say Pay Up, that some Sainsbury's employees are so badly paid that they are forced to drain the benefits system just to survive, whilst Sainsbury's are turning a huge profit and are planning to increase core spending in 2012-2013 to £1bn and also to increase payouts to their stockholders. The company boasted disingenuously last week that their employees "will receive on average a £600 bonus", which translates to as little as £49 for many employees who are denied enough working hours to sustain a basic living. The overwhelming bulk of the bonus pot will go to the already-well paid managers and directors.
Media buyers should view this story on Demotix, or you can email me directly.
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Pay Up! pickets Sainsbury's over employment poverty wages - London, 28.05.2012
Formed by activists from UK Uncut, Occupy, Unite the Union and community organisations, Pay Up!, which plans to go national as quickly as possible, chose Sainsbury's to launch their campaign against "employment poverty" which sees thousands of Sainsbury's shop-floor employees being paid only the UK minimum wage which amounts to £6.08p per hour for over-21s, £4.98p for 18-20s and £3.68p for 16-17 yrs old school leavers. These employees, say Pay Up, should be receiving the nationally recognised "Living Wage" of £7.20 per hour in the regions, and £8.30p in London.
Sainsbury's has seen profit's rise 299% over the past 7 years, whilst their workers on low pay have been forced to accept a pay freeze which, in the face of current inflation, is effectively a wage cut, and a huge number of Sainsbury's full and part-time staff are having to apply for housing benefits and other benefits just to survive, despite the retail grocery giant posting year-end profits for 2011 of £712 million - a 7% increase on 2010, despite the double-dip recession.
It is outrageous, say Pay Up, that some Sainsbury's employees are so badly paid that they are forced to drain the benefits system just to survive, whilst Sainsbury's are turning a huge profit and are planning to increase core spending in 2012-2013 to £1bn and also to increase payouts to their stockholders. The company boasted disingenuously last week that their employees "will receive on average a £600 bonus", which translates to as little as £49 for many employees who are denied enough working hours to sustain a basic living. The overwhelming bulk of the bonus pot will go to the already-well paid managers and directors.
Media buyers should view this story on Demotix, or you can email me directly.
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The first BC Cannabis Store in Kamloops opened at 10 am (Pacific time) Wednesday, Sept. 17th. The store, located in the Columbia Place Shopping Centre, had 24 cannabis consultants standing by to serve. The store featured about 85 dried-flower strains of cannabis plus a selection of oils, capsules and pre-rolls approved by Health Canada.