Disability rights

Prison, COVID, and Disabilities

From a talk given at the Oct. 22 Workers World Webinar on “Voter Suppression & COVID & their Impact on…

November 4, 2020

Remember those who cops shot during mental health crisis

I’m angry. I’m a mentally ill person tired of seeing people like us die. I’m angry that no matter what…

November 3, 2020

Ableism and voter suppression: struggles are intertwined

By Kristin Turgeon This is a lightly edited version of a talk given on the Oct. 22 Workers World Party…

October 28, 2020

‘Crip Camp: A Disability Revolution’ – a WW movie review

This year the award-winning movie “Crip Camp: A Disability Revolution” was released and can now be viewed on Netflix’s streaming…

September 18, 2020

‘Disability Visibility’ – WW book review

Living under capitalism and acknowledging you are disabled changes many aspects of your life. It both restricts and expands your…

September 17, 2020

Disability movement is ‘part of the global working class’

by Kristen Turgeon The following slightly edited remarks were made by Kristen Turgeon from the Boston branch of Workers World…

August 3, 2020

ADA not enough: Disabled people need socialism

The pandemic is teaching able-bodied people what it’s like to be disabled. Not being able to get around like you…

July 21, 2020

Disabled people fight police violence with accessible protests

Because most of the mass protests held after the police murder of George Floyd were not accessible, on June 7…

July 15, 2020

Denying health crisis won’t save jobs

June 21 – For the thirteenth week in a row, the number of initial claims the Bureau of Labor Statistics…

June 25, 2020

Fight for the rights of people with disabilities!

This is a slightly edited version of a talk given during the“What Road To Socialism?” webinar held by Workers World…

May 27, 2020