Laura Flanders & Friends
| Farmworkers to Farm Owners @LauraFlandersAndFriends | Updated October 2024, 3 hours ago.
🔇 TAP TO UNMUTE
Farmworkers to Farm Owners @LauraFlandersAndFriends
![What is Ableism? [Understanding the Roadblocks to Disability Justice] | Anita Cameron & Keith Jones](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/BqrvZNSw91Q/hqdefault.jpg "What is Ableism? [Understanding the Roadblocks to Disability Justice] | Anita Cameron & Keith Jones
Stay informed and engaged! Dont miss out on our captivating weekly episodes that dive deep into the heart of our economy, culture, and politics. SUBSCRIBE HERE https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCFLRxVeYcB1H7DbuYZQG-lg?sub_confirmation=1
The Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) was passed in 1990, a significant milestone in the fight for civil rights, with a vision of inclusion and respect for people with disabilities. But ableism, or discrimination in favor of non-disabled people, persists, affecting the one in four Americans with a disability. What does ableism mean and why is it still a prominent problem? Anita Cameron and Keith Jones, leaders in the disability rights and disability justice movements, have answers.
Cameron, who has been arrested nearly 150 times, participated in the Capitol Crawl for the passage of the ADA in 1990 and, later in 2017, she was part of the widely-publicized Rotunda Takeover with the disability advocacy group, ADAPT, to protest proposed Medicaid cuts. Her influential writings shed light on topics like ableism in media and the intersection of ableism and mental health. She currently heads the Minority Outreach at Not Dead Yet, an organization committed to fighting ableism, or discrimination veiled as physician-assisted suicide and euthanasia of persons with disabilities.
As an African-American activist, entrepreneur, and father living with cerebral palsy, Keith Jones advocates for quality independent living for persons with disabilities. He also strives for equal access to housing, education, and voting rights - for all. In addition to his human rights work, Jones is the founder of SoulTouchin’ Experiences and has earned an Emmy award for his song Rising Phoenix, a documentary about the Paralympic Games. This far-ranging feature, timed to coincide with Disability Pride Month and the signing of the ADA on July 25, 1990, concludes with a commentary by Flanders.
“The lives of people with disabilities are so regulated, we dont have true autonomy. I can guarantee you that the access to healthcare, reproductive rights and all of that, we disabled women have to fight for that access anyway.” - Anita Cameron
“They like to either say, youre disabled or you’re a woman, youre disabled or youre queer, youre disabled or youre Black. Thats not the case. We are an intricate mosaic of identities.” - Keith Jones
00:00 The Problem
00:07 Ableism & ADA
00:26 Meet Anita & Keith
01:04 ADA Impact
02:21 Anitas Activism
04:02 Keiths Activism
05:48 Identity Intersection
09:05 Representation Importance
12:23 Allyship Role
15:50 Advocacy & Change
Guests:
Anita Cameron: Disability Justice Activist; Director of Minority Outreach, Not Dead Yet
Keith Jones: Human Rights & Disability Justice Activist; President, SoulTouchin’ Experiences
🎧 PODCAST: Prefer to listen? Listen to this weeks episode on your favorite podcast platform (Available 7/24): https://lauraflanders.simplecast.com/episodes/the-ada-a-civil-rights-milestone-with-miles-to-go
✏️ SHOW NOTES: Visit our Patreon for more information on this weeks episode: https://www.patreon.com/theLFShow
📺 RELATED EPISODES:
“The Future is Disabled”: Leah Lakshmi Piepzna-Samarasinha: https://youtu.be/Mc1dIqyTz84
Did a Summer Camp Help Spark a Disability Revolution?: https://youtu.be/xqChJ0ruDPc
Ableism Out, Independent Living Now!: https://youtu.be/Dcb7wF_Noq8
📚 Check out our Book of the Week on BOOKSHOP*: “Voices of a Peoples History of the United States in the 21st Century: Documents of Hope and Resistance: https://bookshop.org/a/22992/9781644212974
(*Bookshop is an online bookstore with a mission to financially support local, independent bookstores. The LF Show is an affiliate of bookshop.org and will receive a small commission if you click through and make a purchase.)
The Laura Flanders Show is non-commercial independent media that relies on the contributions of viewers and listeners.
DONATE TODAY at https://lauraflanders.org/donate/ or consider becoming a PATREON partner at https://www.patreon.com/thelfshow
📩 SUBSCRIBE to our newsletter: lauraflanders.org
🎧 SUBSCRIBE to our podcast: lauraflanders.org/listen
🎧 LOOKING FOR UNCUT INTERVIEWS? Patreon subscribers get early access to our full, uncut conversations and audio extras! Join our growing family today! patreon.com/thelfshow
FOLLOW The Laura Flanders Show
Twitter: twitter.com/thelfshow
Facebook: facebook.com/theLFshow
Instagram: instagram.com/thelfshow/
ACCESSIBILITY
This episode is closed captioned.")
![Big Pharma Explained: Why Are Meds So Expensive? [& The Solution]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/CQA1xvrCjqs/hqdefault.jpg "Big Pharma Explained: Why Are Meds So Expensive? [& The Solution]
Stay informed and engaged! Dont miss out on our captivating weekly episodes that dive deep into the heart of our economy, culture, and politics. SUBSCRIBE HERE https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCFLRxVeYcB1H7DbuYZQG-lg?sub_confirmation=1
In this episode, we dissect the harmful reality of Americas ballooning drug prices—especially the life-and-death issue of insulin affordability—and share new legislation out of California. This is Big Pharma, explained.
Todays three integral guests (listed below) join the Laura Flanders Show to discuss the pharmaceutical industry and how to end Big Pharma companies monopoly.
The current model of the pharmaceutical industry, in which profit-driven Big Pharma companies decide who manufactures treatments, where, & at what cost, is a threat to public health.
Public pharmaceutical manufacturing could limit the enormous power of these Big Pharma companies and potentially spark a public health revolution.
New legislation in California is a shift in the usual dealings of Big Pharma business. This states groundbreaking move to produce insulin will eradicate the astronomical profit margins that private companies currently enjoy. This change has the potential to bring about significant economic and social benefits, enabling a larger demographic to engage in the workforce and community. And as youll hear in the conversation, this discussion is not limited to the Democratic Party nor Republican Party — its bipartisan.
Access and equity in healthcare starts with systemic changes in pharmaceutical production and distribution. Heres whats happening in the US & globally.
00:00 Intro
00:45 The issue of insulin accessibility
02:04 Meet todays guests
05:33 The battle with Pfizer
07:53 Why do drug patents last so long?
09:50 The potential solutions, explained
15:45 Opposition to the solution
16:57 Heres why the solution is bipartisan
18:50 Are we close to a diabetes cure?
20:25 We need to decolonize our approach to medicine
21:32 Final thoughts
“This has economic & social benefits for all of us...Having the public sector take a bigger role in the production of distribution of medicine historically starts to shift the balance of power.” -Dana Brown
“Our current model for vaccine research development & distribution globally is colonial in many ways, because big pharmaceutical companies have the ability to decide who gets vaccines, treatments, insulin & other pharmaceutical products, & when & at which prices.” -Luis Gil Abinader
“10% of the population has a chronic illness, & [pharmaceutical companies] are exploiting & extorting our need for this drug. Its coming to an end because people like me & rising up & talking about it & sharing our stories.” -Kevin Wren
GUESTS:
Dana Brown: Director, Health & Economy, The Democracy Collaborative
Luis Gil Abinader: Legal Scholar; Fellow, Georgetown University Law ONeill Institute; Board Member, Universities Allied for Essential Medicines (UAEM)
Kevin Wren: Queer Activist & Patient Advocate Chapter Leader, California #insulin4all; T1International; Queer Activist & Patient Advocate, MA Evans School of Public Policy & Governance, University of Washington
🎧 PODCAST:
Prefer to listen? Hear this weeks episode: https://lauraflanders.simplecast.com/episodes/americas-drug-price-nightmare-public-production-can-save-lives
✏️ SHOW NOTES:
Visit our Patreon for more information on this weeks episode: https://www.patreon.com/posts/episode-notes-s4-84209322
📺 RELATED EPISODES:
Big Pharma vs The People: The Fight To Save America’s Largest Generic Drug Manufacturer: https://youtu.be/IP9F7QZEgEw
US Healthcare After Covid: What’s Next & How Could It Be Better?: https://youtu.be/m6RuEV5iByI
Pharma Patent Protection or the Peoples Vaccine: https://youtu.be/W3u_j3_p9so
📚 Check out our Book of the Week on BOOKSHOP*: Prescription for the People: An Activists Guide to Making Medicine Affordable for All” by Fran Quigley: https://bookshop.org/a/22992/9781501713750
(*Bookshop is an online bookstore with a mission to financially support local, independent bookstores. The LF Show is an affiliate of bookshop.org and will receive a small commission if you click through and make a purchase.)
The Laura Flanders Show is non-commercial independent media that relies on the contributions of viewers and listeners.
DONATE TODAY at https://lauraflanders.org/donate/ or consider becoming a PATREON partner at https://www.patreon.com/thelfshow
📩 SUBSCRIBE to our newsletter: lauraflanders.org
🎧 SUBSCRIBE to our podcast: lauraflanders.org/listen
🎧 LOOKING FOR UNCUT INTERVIEWS? Patreon subscribers get early access to our full, uncut conversations and audio extras! Join our growing family today! patreon.com/thelfshow
FOLLOW The Laura Flanders Show
Twitter: twitter.com/thelfshow
Facebook: facebook.com/theLFshow
Instagram: instagram.com/thelfshow/
ACCESSIBILITY
This episode is closed captioned.
#democracy #newsupdates #publichealth #worldnews")
