Jun 05 2018 78 mins 6
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 Be part of the show! Leave a message at 202-999-3991 Episode Sponsors:The Brave Podcast| Simple Contacts Support Best of the Left on Patreon! Help improve the captions on our YouTube version of the showfor anyone who would rather read that listen to the show! SHOW NOTES Ch. 1: Bottom Dollars Trailer - Rooted in Rights (@rootedinrights) Ch. 2: Bottom Dollars: A documentary about the sub-minimum wage for disabled workers - Talk Poverty Radio (@offkiltershow) - Air Date 10-14-16 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. 5: Beyond Disability Rights; Disability Justice Leah Lakshmi Piepzna-Samarasinha - @theLFshow w @GRITlaura Flanders - Air Date 6-30-15 Ch. 6: Tell Congress to Support the Disability Integration Act #DIAToday via @NationalADAPT - Best of the Left Activism 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) Written by BOTL Communications Director Amanda Hoffman MUSIC(Blue Dot Sessions): Opening Theme: Loving Acoustic Instrumental by John Douglas Orr Cloud Line - K4 UpUpUp and Over - The Balloonist Blue Jay - Feathers Heather - Migration This Fickle World - Theo Bard Voicemail Music: Low Key Lost Feeling Electro by Alex Stinnent Closing Music: Upbeat Laid Back Indie Rock by Alex Stinnent Produced by Jay! Tomlinson Thanks for listening! Visit us at BestOfTheLeft.com Support the show via Patreon Listen on iTunes | Stitcher| Spotify| Alexa Devices| +more Check out the BotL iOS/AndroidApp in the App Stores! Follow at Twitter.com/BestOfTheLeft Like at Facebook.com/BestOfTheLeft Contact me directly at [email protected] Review the show on iTunesand Stitcher!
