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The International Paralympics Committee believes "change starts with sport." We believe change starts with divesting from war profiteers who are profiting off the mass disablement and genocide of Palestinians.
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DISABILITY DIVEST. As "Disability Pride Month" begins in the U.S., we demand the U.S. disability establishment end its relationships with war profiteers.
There is no disability justice without a
#FreePalestine
.
#DisabilityDivest
via
@DisVisibility
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Israel is beginning to vaccinate Israeli soldiers against polio after the virus was found in Gaza sewage.
Who isn't being vaccinated? Palestinians.
There is no disability justice without a
#FreePalestine
.
IDF to vaccinate Israeli soldiers against polio after high concentration of virus found in Gaza sewage
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There is no disability justice without a free Palestine and there is
#NoDisabilityPrideInGenocide
Gaza now has a polio epidemic (not just an outbreak, an epidemic). Gaza already has the largest population of child amputees in history. And now a polio epidemic.
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There is NO disability pride in genocide.
#FreePalestine
#NoDisabilityPrideInGenocide
Direct Action. Last night, the American Association of People w/ Disabilities was holding their ADA celebration & Wells Fargo was supposed to speak. Wells Fargo gives loans to Elbit Systems, the Dakota Access Pipeline, ICE detention centers, & private prisons. We said NO.
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Thank you to
@trtworld
for doing a feature on Disability Divest and covering such an important issue.
All credit goes to TRT World.
“How could we stay, as disabled people, be silent when people are being disabled and denied healthcare?”
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🚨 TAKE ACTION
Today, Disability:IN announced their 2024 "Best Places to Work for Disability Inclusion," honoring at least 24 companies profiting off of Israel's illegal occupation, apartheid, & genocide of Palestine.
#DisabilityDivest
#AreYouIn
#InFor24
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UPDATE: Our demand letter received over 200 signatures within the first 24 hours. Sign today and join us in demanding that disability organizations divest from companies profiting from genocide.
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A reminder as the
#Paralympics
begin today, that the International Paralympics Committee must divest from war profiteers:
The International Paralympics Committee believes "change starts with sport." We believe change starts with divesting from war profiteers who are profiting off the mass disablement and genocide of Palestinians.
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Disabled individuals must recognize it is our collective responsibility to protest & reject the weaponization of disability for profit at the cost of disabled lives in Palestine & the Global South, & at home on Turtle Island, particularly in Black, Brown, & Indigenous communities
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As July comes to a close, we're reaffirming our commitment to ending the disability establishment's complicity in genocide.
Our work will continue.
Stay tuned.
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A better world is possible if we realize all of our struggles are interconnected and recognize the humanity inherent of all people. Join us by signing on at .
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UPDATE: The Disability Divest demand letter has been signed by over 600 individuals and endorsed by 39 groups/organizations. We demand that the disability establishment end its relationships with war profiteers.
Read the letter and add your name:
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Happy Disability Wrath Month. Today's feature: the American Association of People with Disabilities (AAPD).
#DisabilityDivest
#FreePalestine
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Disability Divest Demands AAPD to Cut Ties with War Profiteers
Read our demands in thread 🧵⬇️
#DisabilityDivest
#FreePalestine
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We call on the
@paralympics
to end their partnerships with war profiteers including Airbnb, Intel, and Toyota.
#DisabilityDivest
#StolenHomes
#FreePalestine
#Paralympics
#Paris2024
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PRESS RELEASE: Disability Divest Calls for AAPD to End Relationships with War Profiteers
Read in thread or in our Google doc:
#DisabilityDivest
#FreePalestine
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This
#DisabilityWrathMonth
, we are exposing the disability establishment's complicity with genocide, violence, and mass global disablement, starting with Disability:In. Disability:IN describes itself as "the leading nonprofit resource for business disability inclusion worldwide."
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The United Nations Human Rights Council has called on Lockheed Martin to stop supplying arms to Israel or risk being complicit in violations of international civil and human rights laws.
They have been named a "Best Place to Work for Disability Inclusion" by
@DisabilityIN
For the tenth year in a row,
@LockheedMartin
earned a 100 on the Disability Equality Index® and is recognized as one of "2024 Best Places to Work for Disability Inclusion"
#DisabilityInclusion
#AreYouIN
?
#BestPlaceToWork24
. Learn more on
@DisabilityIN
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Activists disrupted the AAPD’s anniversary of ADA celebration that was also live streamed for the public.
Once they got on the stage and shared the demands, AAPD cut the livestream audio, ASL, and captioning for virtual participants.
More info in 🧵
#DisabilityDivest
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In 2023, Disability:IN gave "Best Place to Work" awards to 20 weapons and military-producing companies who profit from the genocide and disablement in Palestine and the Global South.
#DisabilityDivest
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Thank you to everyone who has signed onto the
#DisabilityDivest
demand letter.
We are just getting started.
Stay tuned.
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The White House humbly invites you to reject all ties and honor towards the global disability community and ignore the ongoing mass disabling atrocities in Gaza to attend a hollow and self-serving disability celebration. 🤡
#NoDisabilityPrideInAGenocide
#DisabilityDivest
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The Disability Divest demand letter is now available in American Sign Language (ASL):
#DisabilityDivest
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These were announced during their 2024 conference, proudly sponsored by Boeing and other weapons manufacturers. Contact Disability:IN to demand that they end their awards, partnerships, financial relationships with war profiteers.
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.
@LockheedMartin
is a Disability:IN conference sponsor, corporate partner, and 10-year awardee of the "Best Places to Work for Disability Inclusion."
Take action to tell
@disabilityin
to drop their genocidal sponsors:
#DisabilityDivest
#AreYouIN
#INFor24
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A full list of demands and more information can be found on our Google Document or on our social media channels:
#DisabilityDivest
#FreePalestine
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We were ready and screen recorded. We captioned what they didn't caption or interpret for the online audience.
Thank you to the ASL interpreters and captioner who continued to provide their services during the disruption until they were cut off.
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Demand
@disabilityin
drop their genocidal sponsors! Today we are discussing
@lockheedmartin
, the world's largest weapons manufacturer.
Take action:
#DisabilityDivest
#AreYouIN
#INFor24
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On July 25th, activists disrupted AAPD’s ADA Celebration event held at the Salamander Hotel on Piscataway lands known as Washington, D.C. demanding an end to the organization’s ties with entities and board members that profit off of the genocide of Palestinians.
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The Disability Divest demand letter is now available in plain language on our website. We also have a captioned audio recording of the plain language demand letter:
#DisabilityDivest
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Demand
@AAPD
cut ties with Northrup Grumman and Wells Fargo!
Flood AAPD’s social media: tag, comment, and DM demands:
Instagram: AAPD official
Twitter:
@AAPD
#DisabilityDivest
#FreePalestine
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The Disability Divest group - founded in July - disrupted an event organised by the American Association of People with Disabilities (AAPD) to demand an “end to relationships with war profiteers”.
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This week, we will be talking about about how Disability:IN partners with, is sponsored by, and gives disability inclusion awards to weapons manufacturers and BDS targets. Stay tuned for how to take action.
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(Repost due to error) Endorsed by: Endorsed by:
@ClaudiaJonesEdu
, DC4Ceasefire,
@alx4Pal
,
@JVPDCMetro
,
@anakbayandc
, Clean Air Solidarity,
@iaforpalestine
,
@dc_fnb
,
@GoodTroubleCoop
,
@SunriseMvmtDC
,
@baltoppa
, and
@Winchester4Pali
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And yes, the video is lagging. Their live stream was lagging and cutting in and out.
Video description: Screen recording of AAPD’s event. Video cuts in and out from the event’s live stream with ASL and captioning then to a placeholder slide without ASL and captioning.
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As of today, our Disability Divest demand letter has been signed by 756 individuals and endorsed by 54 groups committed to holding the disability establishment accountable for their collaboration with war profiteers.
Sign on at
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Tomorrow, they'll be announcing their 2024 awardees. We will share what war profiteering companies make the list. Stay tuned tomorrow for upcoming Disability Divest action opportunities.
#DisabilityDivest
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During the disruption, activists took over the event stage and read a list of demands.
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AAPD’s actions are blatantly racist and genocidal, and they should be ashamed to work with corporations and banks that flagrantly violate US and international law."
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Thank you
@trtworld
for featuring our work and telling disabled activists’ stories.
“As long as the fight for Palestinians and disabled people continues on, we will continue to do the work” -
@JenDeerinwater
Group of disabled activists protest for Gaza in the US - some of them in wheelchairs.
Disability Divest disrupted - an event organised by the American Association of People with Disabilities (AAPD) to demand an “end to relationships with war profiteers”
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📢LAST CALL TO TAKE ACTION: Sign on today to demand President Biden and VP Harris take immediate action for Palestinians with disabilities in Gaza.
Sign on:
There is
#NoDisabilityPrideInGenocide
!
#CripTheVote
#FreePalestine
#LetGazaLive
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“Participating in AAPD’s event were Northrop Grumman, one of the world’s largest weapons manufacturers, and Wells Fargo, which invests in Elbit Systems, an Israeli weapons manufacturer,” Disability Divest said in a press release, adding that Wells Fargo is also involved in..
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Northrop Grumman, a sponsor on the National Leadership Sponsor, has been featured on the AAPD website as recently as this year. This sponsorship at this level includes tickets to this year’s ADA celebration and logo inclusion. We object to their presence in disability rights.
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Send a letter to Disability:IN leadership demanding that they cut ties with Boeing and other war profiteers.
#DisabilityDivest
#INFor24
#AreYouIN
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Since yesterday, 182 activists have called for Disability:IN to cut ties with war profiteers. Let's keep it going!
#AreYouIN
#INfor24
#DisabilityDivest
🚨 TAKE ACTION
Today, Disability:IN announced their 2024 "Best Places to Work for Disability Inclusion," honoring at least 24 companies profiting off of Israel's illegal occupation, apartheid, & genocide of Palestine.
#DisabilityDivest
#AreYouIn
#InFor24
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On Thursday July 25, 2024, AAPD is hosting their 2024 AAPD ADA Celebration where Wells Fargo is a presenting sponsor. We cannot let these companies have a platform in disability rights spaces as they debilitate the world.
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“It’s truly dismaying that AAPD, an organization supposedly committed to the rights of disabled people, is taking sponsorships from and giving accolades to corporations responsible for the disablement and genocide of Palestinians and BIPOC people across the world.:
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Original post from TRT World:
“How could we stay, as disabled people, be silent when people are being disabled and denied healthcare?”
Group of disabled activists organise civil-disobedience protest for Gaza in the US - some of them in wheelchairs.
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Disability Divest Reacts to the Democratic National Convention
#DNC
This thread will discuss:
Covid Denialism
Silencing Palestinians
Unwavering Support of Israel
Removal of Anti-Death Penalty from 2024 Platform
Removal of Opposition to Torture
and more.
#DisabilityDivest
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Despite being a national disability-led and cross-disability rights organization, AAPD betrays the disability community and accepts sponsorships from weapons manufacturers and corporations that are actively disabling BIPC in the U.S. and globally, especially in Palestine.
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multiple projects harmful to Native people.
They say several disability rights organisations in the US support Israel in its mass disablement and genocide of Palestinians. The group tells TRT World that more and more disabled people are joining the pro-Palestine movement.
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Many financial institutions are complicit in the genocide in Palestine. The UN has declared that financial institutions investing in arms companies risk complicity in international crimes, possibly including genocide.
More info in 🧵⬇️
#DisabilityDivest
#FreePalestine
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Wells Fargo supports Israel and gave a 500 million dollar loan to Elbit Systems, Israel’s largest military company, produces a large range of arms and military and surveillance technology.
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Meet Presenting Partner of the 2024
@DisabilityIN
Conference and the 3rd largest weapons manufacturer in the world, Boeing. Israel has used Boeing fighter jets, attack helicopters, and bombs to kill and disable countless Palestinians.
#DisabilityDivest
#AreYouIN
#INFor24
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Disability Divest calls on AAPD to live up to the legacy and power of disability justice by cutting ties with war profiteers and others profiting off of colonization.
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Northrop Grumman supplies the Israeli military with a wide variety of weapons, including various missile systems. The company's technologies are also integrated into Israel's main weapon systems, including its fighter jets, missile ships, and trainer aircraft.
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They've accepted funds from BDS targets to further fund their already multi-million dollar organization.
Notably, AAPD works closely with Wells Fargo, which invests in Elbit Systems, an Israeli weapons manufacturer; and Northrup Grumman, the 4th largest weapons manufacturers
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This includes Ahmad Al-Najar, a baby who was beheaded when Israel dropped a 250-pound GBU-39 small diameter bomb on Tel al-Sultan refugee camp in Rafah.
#DisabilityDivest
#AreYouIN
#INFor24
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Disability Divest was on Project Censored's Radio Show 'Colonialism and Capitalism: From Earth to Space'
Tune into the radio show to hear from Disability Divest activists
@JenDeerinwater
& Ezra Star!
#DisabilityDivest
@ProjectCensored
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318 activists have contacted Disability:IN to demand that they cut ties with war profiteers.
Take action:
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As an organization working toward equity for disabled people, AAPD has an ethical responsibility to protest and reject the weaponization of disability for profit at the cost of disabled lives in Palestine, the Global South, and at home on Turtle Island.
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Disability Divest was on Project Censored’s Radio Show ‘Colonialism and Capitalism: From Earth to Space’
Tune into the radio show to hear from Disability Divest activists
@JenDeerinwater
& Ezra Star:
#DisabilityDivest
@ProjectCensored
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The fight for disability justice is led by Queer, Black, Brown, and Indigenous disabled people and importantly, centers their struggles.
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Must read from our comrades at
@CRSHColonialism
"Palestinian Genocide IS Environmental Destruction"
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It is important to note that there is much more wrong and significant that happened at the DNC this year.
Share other take aways in the replies and discuss what we haven’t further elaborated upon in this post.
Our shared collective knowledge is bountiful.
#DisabilityDivest
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Silencing Palestinians
While allowing the family members of Israeli hostages to speak, the DNC refused to allow a Palestinian American to speak at the convention. Uncommitted delegates staged a sit-in outside of the convention center because they were not allowed to speak.
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Removal of Opposition to Torture
Observers noted that the official 2024 Democratic Party Platform has removed any language that opposes the use of “torture and other war crimes.”
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COVID Denialism
Despite being in a massive Covid surge, the DNC required no COVID mitigation (masks, testing, etc.), making many of their attendees sick.
COVID is presently in one of its largest surges. It is expected to peak at 1.2 million cases daily by mid-Sept.
#DNCcovid
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Disabled people and our allies are calling for
@POTUS
to take immediate action for Palestinians with disabilities in
#Gaza
. Sign on to these demands today:
#NoDisabilityPrideInGenocide
#DisabledPalestinianRights
#CripTheVote
#FreePalestine
#LetGazaLive
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Removal of Anti-Death Penalty from 2024 Platform
The Party historically has be anti-capital punishment. But, it is completely missing from their 2024 Platform. The death penalty is cruel and unfair, often highlighting our most insidious biases against BIPOC and disabled people.
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Banks that still investing in genocide include:
Bank of America
BlackRock
Citigroup
Fidelity Management & Research JPMorgan Chase
Morgan Stanley
State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance
The Vanguard Group
Wells Fargo & Company
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Unwavering Support of Israel
The 2024 Democratic Party Platform speaks of America’s “Ironcland commitment to the security of Israel.” VP Harris has shown no indication that she will diverge from President Biden’s unwavering support of Israel’s war crimes and genocide.
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Disability Divest activist
@JenDeerinwater
featured on the
@ProjectCensored
show talking about colonialism, capitalism, and the mass disablement of Gaza
#DisabilityDivest
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These disability rights organizations remain silent on the mass disablement and genocide of Palestinians.
We call on the U.S. disability establishment to recognize the genocide of their Palestinian peers and cut ties with these war profiteers.
#DisabilityDivest
#FreePalestine
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Tell Disability:IN: No Partnerships with War Profiteers!
We only need 14 more signatures to hit our first goal of 400 supporters. Sign on now:
#DisabilityDivest
#FreePalestine
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Many U.S/ disability organizations beyond Disability:IN are sponsored by some of these same banks.
They profit off of the mass disablement and genocide of Palestinians, and then invest the profits in organizations working towards disability equality in the United States.
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Announcer: "We at the AAPD welcome all opinions and views on many topical matters. We ask that you please allow the program to resume. We can discuss this [unclear]"
Protesters: "No disabled pride in genocide! No disabled pride in genocide!"
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Transcript:
Protesters chant "Wells Fargo Equals Native Genocide, Wells Fargo Equals Native Genocide!" Audience member to protesters: "mind your own business."
Protesters: "Free, Free Palestine!
Free, Free Palestine! Free, Free Congo! Free, Free Congo!"
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