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April 3, 2025

Disabled Miners 1970s Strikes Strategies

The 1970s miner strikes brought together union and non-union miners in a series of wildcat strikes. Several strategies were utilized to great success. Continue reading

activism, History, Labor

1977/78 mining strikes, American Labor, Cross-movement organizing, Cross-movement solidarity, Disabled Miners, history, Labor movement, Militancy, organizing, politics, solidarity, State Retaliation, Strike strategy, strikes, Union, Wildcat Strikes
February 17, 2025

A History Lesson: Disabled Activists and our Right to Exist in Public

For a History Lesson and reminder of the role Disabled people have played in activism, I singled out a few instances, but there’s hundreds of thousands throughout America’s history. Many of the privileges and rights people have had are due partly to the fight of our disabled ancestors. Continue reading

activism, disability, Feminism, History, Race, transgender, Writing

activism, civil rights, disabilities, disability, disability justice, disabled, disabled history, human rights, insane asylums, intersectional feminism, justice, labor strikes, Race, section 504, strikes, ugly laws