Wednesday, 29 May 2013

Echoes of Godiva in disabled people's action in Coventry 2001


A DAN action in Coventry in 2001 had echoes of Lady Godiva's political demonstration through the very same streets many centuries earlier.

The protest, which saw disabled activists chain themselves to the doors of Coventry City Council House, was against local authority cuts to services.

A similar demonstration took place at Ladywood in Birmingham the same year:

 

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