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976 028122.html -- rank: 1000

>----- Original Message ----- >From: "Marta Russell" <ap888 at lafn.org> >To: <lbo-talk at lists.panix.com> >Sent: Wednesday, December 19, 2001 5:12 PM >Subject: RE: > >Ian wrote: >Money into less money won't equal social justice either. Until lefties >put forth a model of corporate governance that pays attention to >Doug's [and other's suggestions] and that large numbers of citizens >find in their interests to adopt and implement, then we'l ...

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Author:	Marta Russell
Date:	Wed Dec 19 20:28:23 PST 2001

977 028120.html -- rank: 1000

What it needs to be about is the corporation period. Corporations are only organized to promote the accummulation of wealth -- the one and only goal of business is to make money for the shareholders -- that excludes (omits) social need and social goals outside that corporation. So any inside jockying for a better position for one interest be it labor investors or capitalist investors or another is missing the systemic problem - money into more money does not equal social justice. Marta >No ...

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Author:	Marta Russell
Date:	Wed Dec 19 17:12:14 PST 2001

978 Cockburn on "crackpot realism" -- rank: 1000

Besides Katrina vanden Heuvel, that weak tea liberal Jonathan Schell (sp?) also from the Nation was on one of the cable talking head shows last night. He fit it just fine. marta >http://www.nypress.com/14/49/news&columns/wildjustice.cfm > >Carl > >_________________________________________________________________ >Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com/intl.asp. -- Marta Russell Los Angeles, CA www.disweb.org -------------- next part ------------- ...

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Author:	Marta Russell
Date:	Wed Dec 19 10:12:50 PST 2001

979 No subject -- rank: 1000

And this from Ralph Nader " At Citizen Works, we remain focused on building citizen participation in power to advance justice." and then a list of goals the last of which is: 10. Strengthen investor-shareholder rights, remedies and authority over managers and officers and boards of directors so that those who own the companies also control them. http://www.citizenworks.org hmmm ...excuse me but isn't it investors who demand the highest returns (profits) on their investments. Don't th ...

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Author:	Marta Russell
Date:	Wed Dec 19 10:20:06 PST 2001

980 A first - -- rank: 1000

Now here is a first -- appeals to two Republicans to do something about low wages for in home support services workers. Marta http://www.PetitionOnline.com/cbasaas/petition.html To: President George W. Bush and Senator Arlen Specter (PA) Petition to Establish a National Policy for Providing a Living Wage for Community-based Attendant Services submitted by People Who Rely on Augmentative and Alternative Communication (AAC) and Attendant Services We believe that • Disability is a natural part of ...

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Author:	Marta Russell
Date:	Thu Aug 30 19:49:21 PDT 2001

981 Pataki & NY access codes -- rank: 1000

Pacifica Campaign New York State Action Alert - Please distribute widely Take action by Thurs., Aug 30 2001 Following is a simple and urgent action that will make a powerful statement to Ken Ford and the NAHB, by exposing their lobbying efforts, while actually strengthening a valuable political alliance we1re building with disability rights groups. Various disability rights groups have helped the free Pacifica movement by joining our NAHB national days of action. Let1s return the favor and give ...

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Author:	Marta Russell
Date:	Wed Aug 29 09:01:18 PDT 2001

982 Abortion and disability, English Style -- rank: 1000

I only have time for a few comments regarding Polly Toynbees article > Rights are for the living > The disability rights commission has made a big mistake in allying > itself with anti-abortion fanatics They did not ally themelves with anti-abortion fanatics! It is a cheap shot that she thinks so because they believe some sections of the abortion act are discriminatory. > Polly Toynbee > Friday August 24, 2001 > The Guardian > > An astonishing statement has just emerged ...

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Author:	Marta Russell
Date:	Fri Aug 24 19:36:55 PDT 2001

983 Conference on Genetics and Disability -- rank: 1000

Announcement Subj: Conference on Genetics and Disability - Hope you can come! Date: 7/20/01 8:46:37 AM Eastern Daylight Time From: CNADEAU at Gov.State.NH.US (Nadeau, Carol) To:(mailing list deleted) GOVERNOR'S COMMISSION ON DISABILITY HOLDS GENETICS CONFERENCE You've read about recent developments in genetics as a result of the Human Genome Project. Now sign up to attend a Conference entitled Genetics: Ethical Concerns of the Disability Community to be held on Friday, October 5, 2001 at ...

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Author:	Marta Russell
Date:	Wed Aug 15 09:15:41 PDT 2001

984 Beeson & Singer/ prenatal diagnosis -- rank: 1000

kelley wrote: > > Now, how does that article and support of Beeson's opinion come off as not > trying to impose anything on others. As Singer pointed out: it is not clear > at all that parents who choose to abort are doing so because they devalue > the lives of the disabled. I cannot let this one go. He is correct to protect himself by saying ALL. Of course not all do, but here are some realities presetned by Dr. Gregor Wolbring of the U of Calgary in Candada: PERCEPTION OF DISAB ...

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Author:	Marta Russell
Date:	Fri Aug 10 13:38:50 PDT 2001

985 Beeson & Singer/ prenatal diagnosis -- rank: 1000

kelley wrote: > > the hostility is a little misplaced. i disagree with the way you portray > people's decision to have abortions in general (from quotes of 1998) and i > disagree with you that many many people abort at the sign of a club foot. > if there is empirical evidence otherwise, i'd love to read it. > Here is one for cleft lip. The birthrate of babies with cleft lip fell between 1982-1992 from 820 to 464 per year and the birth of babiese with Talipes (legs are not str ...

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Author:	Marta Russell
Date:	Fri Aug 10 08:37:06 PDT 2001

986 Beeson & Singer/ prenatal diagnosis -- rank: 1000

I meant to add one more thought to my last email with Kelley. It really is not enough just to say that the solution to eugenic abortion is to fight against prejudice. This presumes that the human environment is the product of ideas and attitudes. Stigmatization, etc., basis for prejudice is a false idealism. Prejudice does not offer a satisfactory explanation of the belief formation and fails to appreciate the materiality of social practices. The view of disability as an attitudinal structure ...

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Author:	Marta Russell
Date:	Thu Aug 9 15:41:18 PDT 2001

987 Beeson & Singer/ prenatal diagnosis -- rank: 1000

kelley wrote: > > "My point is that the prejudices are transmitted, and condoned. There are > pressures to have "perfect" babies and many many people will abort at the > sign of a cleft foot. It does happen. So while we might like to think these > things do not go on, for the people who have lived with disability all our > lives, we know better than to live under such illusions." > --Marta Russell > > if that's not suggesting that because some may h ...

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Date:	Thu Aug 9 09:42:49 PDT 2001

988 Left & disability -- rank: 1000

Hooray for this admission of history and correction in the present. marta KPFA MEETING FOR THE DISABLED COMMUNITY SATURDAY, AUGUST 18, 1:00 p. m. - 4:00 p.m. NORTH BERKELEY SENIOR CENTER 1901 HEARST ST. at MARTIN LUTHER KING JR. WAY 510-644-6107 Since 1949 KPFA radio, 94.1 FM, has been a progressive voice for peace and social justice, serving the diverse communities of northern and central California from its Berkeley studio. People who live with disabilities and disability activists have both ...

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Author:	Marta Russell
Date:	Thu Aug 9 09:35:09 PDT 2001

989 Beeson & Singer/ prenatal diagnosis -- rank: 1000

I am going to respond to the last graph because it is not rehashing the old Singer material -- what you insinuate here I say about Singer I don't but frankly I don't have the time to deal with this. I wish people could read. Ken Hanly wrote: > > Comments are after sections: > > COMMENT: If abortions on demand are allowed then eugenic abortions are > allowed. If eugenic abortions are allowed then the value of the lives of the > disabled will be undermined. But you would allow ...

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Author:	Marta Russell
Date:	Thu Aug 9 09:28:58 PDT 2001

990 Beeson & Singer/ prenatal diagnosis -- rank: 1000

Rob Disability activists in Australia have the same response to Singer as those of us in the US. I think you and several others are so stuck on Singer as some sort of cult hero of the left that you don't want to see the flaws. You really don't want to hear us. Actually it is you who is prone to group think. Sorry Rob. Marta Rob Schaap wrote: > > I think Marta is, like all of us, prone to group think at times. I think > Singer a good man and an impressive philosopher, but there's ce ...

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Date:	Wed Aug 8 21:35:18 PDT 2001