DSA Disability Working Group

This will be the last statement we post on our X account. We are moving to Blue Sky.

We stand in solidarity with farm workers, many of whom are undocumented, who risk incarceration, including within the notorious torture facility of Guantanamo Bay, and their very lives to bring food to our tables everyday.

The Disability Working Group of the Democratic Socialists of America condemn the callous gutting and poor response to the outbreak of H5N1 and its variants by our government during this critical moment.

We mourn the lives that are lost every time an insurance company denies care to give their CEO a bonus. UnitedHealthCare uses an an AI that was wrong 90% of the time. Every death caused by UHC's greed should be front page news. Medicare 4 All now. arstechnica.com/health/2023/11…

Tomorrow, Nov 14th, @CDCgov HICPAC will be finalizing their guidelines in healthcare settings around infectious disease including COVID. The chance to add your voice is by today, Nov 13th.

We encourage all chapters to follow @DSA_SF and make sure everyone is masked! Our events are for everyone, immune-comprimised, disabled, etc. We need everyone to organize for a better world!

🚨Attention all ASL signers!!!🚨 We're hosting our first ASL-only reading group! Join us Tuesday, August 27th, 6pm-7:30pm at our Oakland office as we discuss Marta Russell’s Capitalism and Disability and explore the political economy of disability under capitalism. 🧵(1/3)

Denver Police have arrived after The Center on Colfax called them on pro-Palestine protesters opposing the Center’s reported ties to Israel - 8 officers are currently inside with SWAT team waiting outside:

#BreakingNews‌ For over four hours, around 15 pro-Palestine activists have been conducting a sit-in inside The Center on Colfax, an LGBTQ community center in Denver, CO, which protesters say has ties to Israel. Photos from Gay Liberation Front for Palestine.

Reminder that we have our weekly peer support meeting tomorrow at 12 PM PDT/3 PM EDT in the Slack! 🫂

It doesn't have to be this way.

Just interviewed Fadi Deeb, the only Palestinian Olympian from Gaza as well as the only Palestinian Paralympian. An incredibly kind, incredibly resilient human being. Thank you to @leylahamed for the introduction.

We support the passage of "Make DSA an Anti-Zionist Organization in Principle and Praxis" before the NPC today. docs.google.com/document/d/e/2…

Oh hey, is this thing on?

Bring the ⛈🌪 to #HICPAC and tell @CDCgov that we will not allow their half-assed infection control practices around COVID-19 to infect all of healthcare! #CovidIsntOver #COVIDisAirborne Read "A Storm Is Gathering Around A CDC Committee" by Judy Stone forbes.com/sites/judyston…

@NationalNurses Meeting information: cdc.gov/hicpac/index.h…

DON'T LET #HICPAC REDUCE INFECTION CONTROL IN HEALTHCARE! The meeting is happening today! All hands on deck! Follow the lead of @NationalNurses Attend the HICPAC meeting, send them written comments. This Twitter user has kindly posted the agenda. twitter.com/Friesein/statu…