The Disability Justice and Rights Caucus of Workers World Party (WWP) sadly announces the passing of our magnificent leader, Mary Pinotti Kaessinger, on March 14, 2023, at the age of 77. Mary Pinotti first became politically aware in the 1960s, during the Civil Rights Movement and the movement to protest…
Disabled people demand access, fair wages
By Edward Yudelovich posted on July 23, 2021
The Disability Justice and Rights Caucus of Workers World Party holds a Second Sunday Dialogue by zoom every month. On July 11, at the sixth of these dynamic sessions, DJRC speakers discussed important struggles to get access and fair wages for disabled people.
DJRC activist Renée Imperato related how New York City’s outdoor dining expansion during the COVID-19 pandemic invoked many social contradictions. The reckless rush to open up the economy, in hope of saving the collapsing restaurant industry, tore to pieces sidewalk- and street-accessibility rights guaranteed by the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA).