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The Others

August 5, 2013 by Pilar Gonzales 4 Comments

Recently I was walking on the platform at a subway station.  I didn’t knock into anyone, nor did I ask anyone to move.  I just put myself in the queue, like all the other worker bees.  A woman grazed me as she hurried past me, bumping my cane and almost forcing me to fall.  I […]

Filed Under: Class and Disability Tagged With: disability, intersecting oppressions, speaking up

Poverty and Disability: the Vicious Circle

February 21, 2012 by Linda Stout 2 Comments

I first started to look at disability as a class issue when 18 of our members from Piedmont Peace Project and I attended a national peace movement conference in Atlanta.  Six of us were disabled and three in wheelchairs, including me. No other group had visibly disabled people present, although I’m sure some hidden disabilities […]

Filed Under: Class and Disability, Classism in Progressive Movement Groups, Poverty Tagged With: debt, disability, health care, low-wage jobs, poverty

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