<HTML><BODY style="word-wrap: break-word; -khtml-nbsp-mode: space; -khtml-line-break: after-white-space; ">Hi Anne,<DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>While you are on the list it would be nice for you to share your views about Terri Schiavo and Clint Eastwood's film, "Million Dollar Baby."</DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>best,</DIV><DIV>Marta</DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV><BR><DIV><DIV>On Apr 29, 2006, at 10:32 AM, <A href="mailto:anniedigit@mindspring.com">anniedigit@mindspring.com</A> wrote:</DIV><BR class="Apple-interchange-newline"><BLOCKQUOTE type="cite"><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><SPAN class="Apple-converted-space"><SPAN class="Apple-converted-tab"> </SPAN></SPAN>I have not been part of this list in the past; I joined specifically so that I could respond to Marta Russell's comments about disability and immigration, which were forwarded to me by a disabled comrade, and which I found deeply disturbing.<SPAN class="Apple-converted-space"> </SPAN>As both a long-time activist in the disability rights movement and a socialist, I have enormous admiration for the work that Marta has done to enrich the disability movement with her writing about capitalism and its impact on the lives of disabled people, as well as all she has done to educate those on the broader left about disability's role in the social and economic order. <SPAN class="Apple-converted-space"> </SPAN></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></DIV><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#0000DD"></FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML>