Edward Yudelovich

Protest demands full access, equal rights on International Day of People with Disabilities

New York City The worldwide struggle by people with disabilities for equal rights led the United Nations to establish the…

December 6, 2021

Disabled people demand access, fair wages 

The Disability Justice and Rights Caucus of Workers World Party holds a Second Sunday Dialogue by zoom every month. On…

July 23, 2021

Revoke police license to kill disabled people!

People with untreated mental illness are 16 times more likely to be killed during a police encounter than other civilians…

February 1, 2021

PPA Dec. 3 Webinar to celebrate International Day of Persons with Disabilities

New York, N.Y. — The worldwide struggle by people with disabilities for equal rights led the United Nations to establish…

December 2, 2020

<div class="streamer">WW Commentary:</div> People with disabilities fight to be counted in the battle vs. COVID-19 and depression

“When the able-bodied community gets the sniffles, we get pneumonia. … The difficulties are multiplied tenfold,” said Damien Gregory, an…

April 22, 2020

As coronavirus spreads disability activists fight for their rights

New York “The COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic has reminded us that from one moment to the next anyone can become a…

March 26, 2020

On International Day of Persons with Disabilities, disabled activists, allies demand elevators, not more subway cops

The United Nations established the International Day of Persons with Disabilities on Dec. 3, 1992, in a victory for the…

December 18, 2019

Janus v. AFSCME threatens all union labor — the racist history of the ‘right to work’ slogan

The U.S. Supreme Court heard arguments Feb. 26 on the Janus v. AFSCME, Council 31 case. A decision, expected by…

March 5, 2018

Sanitation workers’ strike 1968 — solidarity and resistance

Fifty years ago, seven thousand sanitation workers, members of Teamsters Local 831, flooded City Hall Park on Feb. 2, 1968,…

February 15, 2018

Shirley Littman: Women workers’ champion, Presente!

Shirley Littman, labor union, anti-war, social justice activist and “Raging Grannies” artist, died on Dec. 7 in New York City.…

January 10, 2018