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Capitalism and Disability: Selected Writings by Marta Russell

Marta Russell

This book comprises a collection of groundbreaking writings by Marta Russell on the nature of disability and oppression under capitalism.

Book Details

  • Publisher: Haymarket Books
  • Publish Date: Aug 6th, 2019
  • Pages: 224
  • Language: English
  • Edition: undefined - undefined
  • Dimensions: 8.90in - 6.00in - 0.70in - 0.80lb
  • EAN: 9781608466863
  • Categories: DisabilityHuman ServicesSocial Classes & Economic Disparity

About the Author

Rosenthal, Keith: - p>Keith Rosenthal is a socialist writer and activist. He is a frequent contributor to the International Socialist Review magazine on the topics of disability, capitalism, and revolution.

Russell, Marta: - "

Marta Russell (December 20, 1951 - December 15, 2013) was an American writer and disability rights activist. Her book, Beyond Ramps: Disability at the End of the Social Contract published in 1998 by Common Courage Press analyzes the relationship between disability, social Darwinism, and economic austerity under capitalism. Her political views, which she described as "left, not liberal," informed her writing on topics such as healthcare, the prison-industrial complex, physician-assisted suicide, poverty, ableism, and the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990.

Disabled since birth, Marta's identity as a writer and journalist emerged as her disability progressed and she had to navigate the disability policy netherworld to survive. She became involved with disability rights groups such as ADAPT. A photographer as well as a producer of audio and visual content, Russell was recognized in 1994 with an award from the City of Los Angeles Commission on Disabilities for her contributions to disability society in the media. Russell was co-producer/correspondent for the KCET Life & Times documentary entitled, "Disabled & the Cost of Saying 'I Do", which was honored with a prestigious Golden Mike Award for Journalism (1995) from the Radio and Television News Association of Southern California.

In 2016, Routledge Press published an anthology dedication entitled, "Disability Politics in a Global Economy: Essays in Honour of Marta Russell". Numerous authors contributed to the piece, which was edited by Ravi Malhotra. In October 2016 a Second Edition of "Beyond Ramps: Disability at the End of the Social Contract" was released in Amazon Kindle format. The new edition features a new foreword by the anthology's editor, Ravi Malhotra.

Marta's website: http: //www.MartaRussell.org

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Praise for this book

"Discovering Marta Russell's work was a watershed moment for my family, changing not just how we saw ourselves as able-bodied or disabled individuals but how we understood the modern world. It led us to a new understanding of disability as a political issue, a social condition embedded in economic structures of exploitation and oppression, not simply a product of personal embodiment. To have any hope of building an accessible future, more people are going to need to read Russell and this collection is the place to begin." --Astra Taylor