Disability and Empire

<p><em style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>Disability and Empire: Class US Imperialism and the Struggle for Disability Justice</em><span style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)> aims to bring visibility to the liberation struggle of people with disabilities adding an internationalist and class perspective-and making them the subject not the object of history.</span></p><p> </p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>Exploring the social construction of disability in the US the authors look at the history of the disability rights movement bringing in the stories and voices of those engaged in the daily fight for a better world: from solidarity with liberation struggles of the 1950s '60s and '70s; to building solidarity between care workers and clients; to the victories won by disability activists and the status of rights for people with disabilities today. This book also expands beyond the US critically examining the role of U.S. imperialism in killing and disabling millions as well as studying how other societies deal with disability. Looking ahead it paints a picture of what disability justice may look like under socialism.</span></p>