Mary P. Kaessinger

Mary P. Kaessinger

Disability rights – and justiceDisability rights – and justice

Disability rights – and justice

The following remarks were delivered during a webinar hosted by the Peoples Power Assemblies-NYC on Dec. 3 in observence of…

December 7, 2020
Fight for the rights of people with disabilities!Fight for the rights of people with disabilities!

Fight for the rights of people with disabilities!

This is a slightly edited version of a talk given during the“What Road To Socialism?” webinar held by Workers World…

May 27, 2020
TWU Local 100 rallies for fair contractTWU Local 100 rallies for fair contract

TWU Local 100 rallies for fair contract

Over 10,000 transit workers, members of Transport Workers Local 100, rallied on Oct. 30 in front of Metropolitan Transportation Authority…

November 6, 2019
Charter-Spectrum strikers left in limboCharter-Spectrum strikers left in limbo

Charter-Spectrum strikers left in limbo

The New York state Public Service Commission rescinded the Charter/Time Warner merger on July 27. It effectively threw Charter, the…

August 1, 2018
Philadelphia Disability Pride parade rocksPhiladelphia Disability Pride parade rocks

Philadelphia Disability Pride parade rocks

By Mary Kaessinger and Edward Yudelovich Philadelphia’s Disability Pride Week came to a spirited end with a parade in Center…

June 21, 2018
Alaska ends subminimum wageAlaska ends subminimum wage

Alaska ends subminimum wage

Feb. 23 — Alaska became the third state to eliminate subminimum wage for disabled workers. The law in Alaska takes…

March 2, 2018
Don’t touch the ADADon’t touch the ADA

Don’t touch the ADA

The House of Representatives voted 225-192 on Feb. 15 to roll back civil rights legislation for people with disabilities. The…

February 25, 2018
On International Day of Persons with Disabilities activists demand ‘Equality, access and medicare care!’On International Day of Persons with Disabilities activists demand ‘Equality, access and medicare care!’

On International Day of Persons with Disabilities activists demand ‘Equality, access and medicare care!’

New York — The People’s Power Assembly and wheelchair users led a protest on Dec. 3 that gathered in New…

December 14, 2017
Disability rights: A working-class issueDisability rights: A working-class issue

Disability rights: A working-class issue

This talk was given on Nov. 18 at the 2017 Workers World Party national conference in Newark, N.J. Are disability…

December 1, 2017
‘Healthcare Not Wealthcare!’: Disability rights activists arrested‘Healthcare Not Wealthcare!’: Disability rights activists arrested

‘Healthcare Not Wealthcare!’: Disability rights activists arrested

“Healthcare not Wealthcare” was a sign left behind at the die-in protest on June 22 inside Senate Majority Leader Mitch…

June 27, 2017