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-Will An Officer Shoots, a 73 year old dies, and Schisms Return New York Officers Won’t Face Federal Charges in Sean Bell Killing A Sight All too Familiar in Poor Neighborhoods Israel’s New Strategy: “sabatoge” and “attack” the global justice movement How a New Jobless Era will Transform America The U.S. Economy and China: Capitalism,

Thoughts on “Politics of the Disability Rights Movement”

This will hopefully be the first of a two-part discussion on disability, the next to follow in several months, and to focus on mental ill-health/”psychological disability”, race, and class.  This is meant to be a broad overview of themes, ideas, and movements, through comments on Ravi Malhotra’s article, “The Politics of the Disability Rights Movement.”

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-Will Here are some major news events worth thinking about. http://www.blackagendareport.com/?q=content/tavis-smiley-ends-state-black-american-union-show-continues-media-lockdown-obamas-black-left http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2010/02/01/us/budget.html http://www.foreignpolicy.com/articles/2009/12/10/sorry_obama_afghanistans_your_vietnam?page=full http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lNak-6O8lFQ&feature=PlayList&p=1CFF4C19CCDEF1B9&playnext=1&playnext_from=PL&index=18 http://www.thegrio.com/opinion/ending-dont-ask-dont-tell-will-be-a-teachable-moment-for-black-america.php http://wsws.org/articles/2010/feb2010/econ-f05.shtml http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704722304575037241392821742.html http://www.khukuritheory.net/authors/john_steele/our-relation-to-revolutionary-tradition/ Ok so that was more than what was intended, but the last two weeks have been huge…