Mich. activists protest new guv

WW photo: Alan Pollock

Activists gathered at the state capitol in Lansing on Jan. 19 to protest newly elected Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder’s State of the State address. Members of Workers World Party; the Michigan Emergency Committee Against War & Injustice; the Moratorium NOW! Coalition to Stop Foreclosures, Evictions and Utility Shutoffs; and several students from Michigan State University were present. Holding banners and signs, they expressed their outrage at the continued attacks on workers, students, the unemployed and the homeless.

The protesters chanted against Snyder’s attacks on public services and proposed tax cuts for the rich and demanded that resources be spent on creating jobs and providing education and health care for the people, rather than on lining the pockets of bankers and perpetrating violence against the poor and marginalized in the U.S. Conveying a strong anti-imperialist message, they chanted in solidarity with people in Iraq, Afghanistan, Pakistan and Palestine.

— Megan Spencer