Disability rights

Penny verdict negates state messaging on mental health, encourages racist vigilante violencePenny verdict negates state messaging on mental health, encourages racist vigilante violence

Penny verdict negates state messaging on mental health, encourages racist vigilante violence

On May 1, 2023, Jordan Neely was strangled to death in a New York City subway car. Yesterday, Dec. 9,…

December 13, 2024
International Day of Persons with Disabilities, program Sunday, Dec. 8International Day of Persons with Disabilities, program Sunday, Dec. 8

International Day of Persons with Disabilities, program Sunday, Dec. 8

Sunday, December 8, 2024 @ 3:00 p.m. Eastern Email djrcwwp@workers.org for meeting ID, zoom link, one-tap mobile link, dial-in phone…

December 5, 2024
Disability rights are workers rights!Disability rights are workers rights!

Disability rights are workers rights!

For the last few years, the monthly Second Sunday Dialogue public meetings of the Disability Justice and Rights Caucus of…

November 16, 2024
Disability rights groups protest at ‘School of Shock’Disability rights groups protest at ‘School of Shock’

Disability rights groups protest at ‘School of Shock’

The Disability Justice and Rights Caucus of Workers World Party, an official partner of the Massachusetts Stop the Shock Coalition,…

October 16, 2024
No pride in genocide: Disability rights activists demand justice for PalestineNo pride in genocide: Disability rights activists demand justice for Palestine

No pride in genocide: Disability rights activists demand justice for Palestine

Somerville, Massachusetts — Dozens of disability justice and pro-Palestine activists gathered outside Somerville City Hall, on July 11 to demand…

July 16, 2024
<span class="streamer">AIDS Coalition to Unleash Power</span><br> Militant resistance during the AIDS crisis<span class="streamer">AIDS Coalition to Unleash Power</span><br> Militant resistance during the AIDS crisis

<span class="streamer">AIDS Coalition to Unleash Power</span><br> Militant resistance during the AIDS crisis

“ACT UP! Fight back! Fight AIDS!” These words were first uttered in March of 1987, by the organization ACT UP…

March 25, 2024
People with disabilities suffer extreme abuse by prison-industrial complexPeople with disabilities suffer extreme abuse by prison-industrial complex

People with disabilities suffer extreme abuse by prison-industrial complex

Disabilities. Some people are born with them; others acquire them as they grow older. Unless one is wealthy or has…

March 18, 2024
Politicians attack harm reduction programsPoliticians attack harm reduction programs

Politicians attack harm reduction programs

It’s 2024 and people are still buying into anti-addict, anti-houseless politics in the age of the opioid epidemic and record…

February 26, 2024
Syringe Service Programs – an urgent needSyringe Service Programs – an urgent need

Syringe Service Programs – an urgent need

In the early 1980s, an unknown disease was menacing the drug user communities in urban areas on both the East…

February 19, 2024
Pennsylvania prison bans WW article on disability strugglesPennsylvania prison bans WW article on disability struggles

Pennsylvania prison bans WW article on disability struggles

A Workers World article featuring an incarcerated person’s struggles for disability rights is being denied entry into the Pennsylvania State…

February 3, 2024