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Edinburgh Coalition Against Poverty

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also known as ECAP, is a left-wing organisation which aims to be a solidarity network for working-class people particularly the unemployed and disabled. It is independent from government and operates by
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and fighting for the right to be accompanied at jobcentres ECAP has drawn inspiration from the advocacy of the Scottish Unemployed Workers Network and supported their member Tony Cox during his trial.
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Its affiliate, Edinburgh Claimants has been acting as an independent advocacy group and claimants union since the 1980s as part of the
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The group has frequently been involved in opposition to benefit sanctions, opposition to
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It is one of many similar claimants groups set up with similar political purposes.
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ECAP have held presentations alongside speakers like Lynne Friedli and the IWW.
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ECAP's website hosts benefit advice and articles about the group's activities.
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direct democracy
workfare
Edinburgh Unemployed Workers Centre
autonomous centre of Edinburgh
Action Against Austerity network
Ken Loach
I Daniel Blake
Paul Laverty
Scottish Socialist Party
"Edinburgh Coalition Against Poverty - About Us | Edinburgh Coalition Against Poverty"
the original
"Reclaiming welfare | Corporate Watch"
the original
"Salvation Army shop blockaded over workfare complicity"
"Edinburgh Coalition Against Poverty protests against workfare exploitation at LearnDirect offices"
"Advocacy is STILL NOT a crime -Solidarity with Tony Cox June 9th. | Edinburgh Coalition Against Poverty"
the original
"Workfare protesters besiege jobcentre"
"Fighting State-Sponsored Starvation in 'Red Yes City'"
"Dozens turn up for Arbroath Jobcentre protest"
"Edinburgh IWW presentation"
cite web
link
"The Autonomous Centre of Edinburgh"
"Action Against Austerity"
"From Yes to Action - Joint statement on post-referendum organising - The Autonomous Centre of Edinburgh"
"Ken Loach film on brutal benefits system headlines film festival"
Categories
Poverty in Scotland
Politics of Scotland

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