A Death Panel History of 504 (Parts I & II)

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🗓️ 11 July 2024

⏱️ 144 minutes

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We tell the story of Section 504, a landmark piece of civil rights legislation for disabled people in the US. In Part One, we look at the politics leading up to the 504 sit-in and how the implementation of Section 504 very nearly didn't happen because of concerns that it would be "too expensive." In Part Two, our story continues with a look at the sit-in action itself—the longest occupation of a federal government building in US history—and the key role played by the Oakland Black Panthers and other groups in assuring the occupation's success. Transcript: https://www.deathpanel.net/transcripts/504 Timecodes: Part One: 0:01:43 Part Two: 1:15:00 Note: This episode was originally released as a two-part series, with Part Two as a bonus episode for Death Panel patrons (as mentioned near the end of Part One and beginning of Part Two). This release brings these two episodes together for the first time, along with a new full transcript combining both parts. Find our book Health Communism here: www.versobooks.com/books/4081-health-communism Find Jules' new book, A Short History of Trans Misogyny, here: https://www.versobooks.com/products/3054-a-short-history-of-trans-misogyny Death Panel merch here (patrons get a discount code): www.deathpanel.net/merch

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0:00.0	And remember, there was a time when we, this country, would kill people who were born with certain disabilities.
0:08.0	Here you are fighting for your very life. You're not just fighting for some little thing.
0:13.0	You're fighting for your life.
0:15.0	There were so many different blind people and disabled persons whom came from so many directions who didn't know how they were
0:23.6	going to eat the next day, didn't know what was next coming down the road, either police
0:30.6	or anybody else, didn't care if anything else went good or bad. They wanted to make sure
0:36.6	that they were a part
0:39.3	that made sure that the government heard their voices,
0:43.3	their hearts, and their minds.
0:45.3	And they did that, if anything, they did that. The
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1:44.4	So today's episode is going to be another installment in our Death Panel history series.
1:52.0	The three of us are going to be discussing one of the most well-known early disability civil
1:57.8	rights actions in American history.
1:59.9	On April 5, 1977, disabled people led
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