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Crippled is a harrowing account of how austerity has impacted on millions of disabled people, says CARLOS MARTINEZ
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[Andy Worthington] 
JAMES CROSSLEY applauds a lucid biography of the German radical preacher who reemerged as a hero in the GDR
Prizes all round: the Bard hands plaudits to the Miners Gala, OT&JC, Joe Solo, Black Sabbath’s frontman and the Lionesses
Star cartoonist JAMIE BRITTON is in awe of a graphic novel of epic proportions that explores class, religion and globalisation via the strange cultivation of Ginseng in the US Midwest
GUILLERMO THOMAS is intrigued by a history of the Middle East that demonstrates how promising post colonial beginnings were snuffed out by Western imperialist interests
MARIA DUARTE recommends the intricate study of a high-performance and highly dysfuntional German family
Crippled: Austerity and the Demonisation of Disabled People
by Frances Ryan
(Verso, £12.99)
IN GIVING a voice to millions of disabled people, Frances Ryan’s Crippled is urgent and essential reading.
It provides comprehensive statistical evidence demonstrating that disabled people have been disastrously and disproportionately affected by the last decade of public spending cuts, combined with interviews and case studies showing just how badly our society is failing.
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