This week, we spoke with Richard Amm, a member of the Disability Action Research Kollective, or DARK, which they describe as a disabled-led group working to make disability perspectives, history, and research more accessible to a general audience. Amar and Richard speak about disability, eugenics, radical history the Corona virus and other topics. You can learn more about the project at linktr.ee/disabilityark
DARK Links
- Writings by the collective: https://libcom.org/tags/disability-action-research-kollective
- A recent article by Richard: https://www.thecommoner.org.uk/p/6056491f-e4c2-46ed-a4cc-36af23ad42db/
- Notes on Mike Oliver’s contributions to The Social Model on wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Social_model_of_disability#Mike_Oliver
Then we’ll feature two segments from the May 2025 episode of BAD News: Angry Voices From Around The World, the English-language podcast of the A-Radio Network.
First up, A-Radio Berlin shared a conversation about the political motivated arrests and harassment of members of the Labor Desk Confederation of Trade Unions in Azerbaijan, which is calling for international solidarity.
The Labor Desk Confederation of Trade Unions in Azerbaijan is calling for international solidarity following the politically motivated arrests of its chairman Afiaddin Mammadov and fellow unionists Aykhan Israfilov, Elvin Mustafayev, and Mohyaddin Orujov. These arrests are part of a systematic crackdown on independent labor organizing in Azerbaijan..
https://www.labourstartcampaigns.net/show_campaign.cgi?c=5634
Next, Črna Luknja from Ljubljana conducted an interview with OLTA (Open Leftist Assembly of Antifascist, Carinthia) from south-west of austria.They are mobilizing against the so-called “Burschentag” of the Austrian Pennaler Ring ,which is the association of the conservative fraternities.The austrian Pennaler Ring is connected with the ruling, fascist party FPÖ and extra-parliamentary extreme right.
Finally, Sean Swain’s segment
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Featured Track:
- Daydreaming by Dark Dark Dark from Wild Go