#1188 Impoverished, imprisoned and invisible (Disability Justice)
Best of the Left - Leftist Perspectives on Progressive Politics, News, Culture, Economics and Democracy
Jay Tomlinson
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🗓️ 5 June 2018
⏱️ 79 minutes
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Air Date: 6/5/2018
Today we take a look at some of the adversity facing disabled people from labor rights to health care accessibility to incarceration
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SHOW NOTES
Ch. 1: Bottom Dollars Trailer - Rooted in Rights (@rootedinrights)
Ch. 3: Why Are People With Disabilities Still Invisible in the Workplace? - Big Think - Air Date 7-31-15
Ch. 4: The intersection of incarceration and disability - Popaganda from @BitchMedia - Air Date 9-16-16
Ch. 7: Civil disobedience by people with disabilities #ADAPTandRESIST - @offkiltershow - Air Date 6-30-17
VOICEMAILS
Ch. 8: Disappointed that Russia episode didn't debunk Russiagate - Christopher from Greensburg, PA
Ch. 9: Final comments on how to argue effectively
TAKE ACTION:
Call Congress: Tell Congress to Support the DIA!
Learn More About the Disability Integration Act
Get involved with ADAPT & follow @NationalADAPT
Help Sway Congress: Call for Stories: Snapshots of Our Lives
Spread the word on social media with #DIAToday
FOR READING/SHARING:
ADAPT activists put their bodies on the line to gain support for Disability Integration Act (ThinkProgress)
Disability Activists Fight for the Right to Live in Their Communities (Rewire News)
VIDEO: Disability Rights Activist Changes Senator's Mind(Now This)
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| 0:38.5 | And now welcome to this episode of the award winning best of the left podcast in which we |
| 0:42.2 | shall learn about some of the adversities facing disabled people. |
| 0:46.3 | From labor rights, to healthcare accessibility, to incarceration, clips today come from |
| 0:51.0 | talk poverty radio, big think, propaganda, the Laura Flanders show and off-kilter. |
| 0:57.4 | First we're going to hear the trailer for the film, bottom dollars. |
| 1:08.6 | People with disabilities are not capable of working. |
| 1:12.0 | That's the biggest lie I've ever heard. |
| 1:20.6 | The minimum wage is offered to everybody except for people with disabilities. |
| 1:27.0 | And the disabilities are being paid less than minimum wage. |
| 1:31.2 | On average, under $2 an hour across the country. |
| 1:35.4 | How would you like to work for two weeks and come out with a $6 check? |
| 1:39.9 | It's all based on the assumption that they're less capable than other individuals. |
| 1:44.3 | No, it's not fair. |
| 1:45.7 | It could be perfectly legal. |
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