Disability rights

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

WW Commentary:
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

Resistance grows to planned cuts on disability benefits

Feb. 4 -- While impeachment, the Iowa caucuses and the State of the Union message dominate the news cycle, the…

February 7, 2020

Justice for Malaysia Goodson — Subway elevators NOW!

New York City Malaysia Goodson, a 22-year-old African-American mother, fell down the stairs in a New York City subway station…

February 4, 2020

Rally defends special education in Puerto Rico and U.S.

Austerity imposed on Puerto Rico's educational system by the unelected colonialist fiscal board was the target of a street rally…

December 28, 2019