Category Archives: Politics

Renters Assemble & “Telling My Story”

Posted on September 29, 2017 by Adrienne

Listen (29 min) Tenants gathered at a Statewide Renters Assembly in Alameda over the September 23-24 weekend.  Ava and Fernando Nadal were there, gearing up to lead an attack on the landlord demon law, Costa Hawkins* with ACCE Sacramento.  This, … Continue reading →

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Taking a Stand: Helga Spizman & Anita Cameron

Posted on September 21, 2017 by Adrienne

Friday, September 22, 2-3 pm PST, KPFA radio Police march down the boulevard chanting “Whose Street? Our Street,” and Oklahoma City police gun down Magdiel Sanchez, a developmentally disabled deaf man, despite neighbors who yell, “He can’t hear you.”   All … Continue reading →

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2018 Federal Budget with Lindsay Baran

Posted on September 1, 2017 by Adrienne

Listen (28 min) Trump has something special in mind for poor people and the disability community as he moves into the Federal budget season with a tax reform agenda.  Cuts!  We’re not talking about paring knife slices you usually notice … Continue reading →

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Homelessness is Local – Sonoma County, California

Posted on July 7, 2017 by Adrienne

Listen  (28 min) The Myth is that homeless people are older white men with addiction problems.  The Reality is that nearly half of homeless people (in one local community – 41%) live with a disability. The Myth is that homeless … Continue reading →

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Dennis Billups – “Patient No More”

Posted on June 1, 2017 by Adrienne

Friday, June 2, 2017, 2:30 pm PST Dennis Billups joins Eddie Ytuarte with a first person account of the historic disability occupation of the federal HEW building in 1977.  This protest of the delay of 504 regulations became a precursor … Continue reading →

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Cripping Capitalism – Cheryl Green

Posted on May 5, 2017 by Adrienne

Listen (29 min) (For a transcript of the first 15 minutes of this interview, click here) Capitalism is about money.  Capitalism is about the 80% of disabled people who don’t have full time employment.  Capitalism is also about how we … Continue reading →

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Non-Violent Direct Action Protest and Disability

Posted on April 21, 2017 by Adrienne

Listen (28 min) ADAPT is a dynamic direct action group that blocks streets, sits in at the offices of D.C. politicos, and raises hell about the rights of disabled people. They bring hundreds of people with disabilities to their national … Continue reading →

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Disabled Artists in South Africa, Trump on Disability

Posted on March 31, 2017 by Adrienne

Friday, March 31, 2017, 2:30 pm PDT, KPFA Josh Elwood talks with Mitch Jeserich about President Trump’s attitude toward disability.  Then, we seek out disabled and deaf artists in South Africa with Leroy F. Moore Jr. and Simon Manda. Leroy … Continue reading →

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Marcel “Fable the Poet” Price

Posted on September 27, 2016 by Adrienne

Listen (29 min) Transcript here. At age 14 Fable was diagnosed with anxiety, stage two bipolar, and depression. His home life was abusive and, as he says, “everything else was very, very, very hard to deal with.” Today he works … Continue reading →

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Elections and Disability from a Third Party Point of View

Posted on March 31, 2016 by Adrienne

Listen (29 min) Bored with the election talk?  Here’s a discussion you won’t hear on pop news media outlets or NPR. Edie Hallberg from the Peace and Freedom Party and Laura Wells from the Green Party join us to talk … Continue reading →

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