Chuck, These tidbits on Ed are wonderful! What I have seen happen is that the chroniclers of the movement have wanted to glorify it, keep it mainstream and "safe" and formulate it in such a way that it elevates certain people and sustains the power elite. Well that has made a few people famous.
Now Zames, I believe, was centered in New York with Disabled in Action. I haven't gotten the book yet and don't know what she has to say about Berkeley. Hey, you may be pissed off by reading that one too. How is your blood pressure these days? best, Marta
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This is just a quick note from work. I will have to look up a fair amount of reading material. If it isn't too much to ask, could you give a reasonable list of what's out there, that you think represents the general historical understanding of people in the field? Offlist if you want.
I have to think about all this and see if I am really interested enough to do something about it. I've read over my own oral history that went to Bancroft and which they have never posted. It's too thin and antidotal to be much use. Also, I've thinking of calling up Mary Lou B. and asking her about this history business too---but we are on different sides of the fence on some issues.
What's happening here is that UCB has started a Disability Studies program run by people I've never heard of. I should go see them too. But I am a little afraid of what I will find. A young undergrad came into the shop the other day who took a class in this program Spring semester. Just from talking to her, I didn't get a very good impression of what she was learning about the local history.
I think the most important reason for dealing with this history issue is that a fair amount of it does apply to the current global neoliberal privatized `solutions' and substitutions to social, welfare, and education policy designs---turning the welfare state into a for-profit system of private service providers. We did fight these moves a long time ago and lost almost all of them. Those lessons will have some relevance to people trying to put together concrete alternatives to this endless series of international plans coming out of WTO, WB, IMF, etc, etc.
Anyway give me a reading list or refer me to one, if you can. Thanks.
Chuck Grimes