Eight of the nine faced a pre-trial hearing today on the misdemeanor charges. In a press conference before the court appearance, the activists, joined by dozens of supporters, told the press that they had no choice but to take direct action to safeguard the health and safety of those being shut off and of the community as a whole.
Monica Patrick, one of the nine, stated that Judge Rhodes in the Detroit bankruptcy trial ought to have challenged the $537 million that the Detroit Water Department paid out to the big banks in order to get out from shady “bond swap” deals, rather than taking money from retirees’ pensions to pay off bank debt.
Other speakers declared that mass water shutoffs, mainly against poor people in the African-American community, were a form of violence not unlike the police murders being protested from coast to coast.
The student uprising that began at Columbia University in New York City on April 17…
Let’s make it clear from the top that it is perfectly legal, normal and excellent…
In celebration of May Day, hundreds of home attendants and others held a rally in…
1 de mayo de 2024 – Si alguien se hace ilusiones de que Estados Unidos…
Anyone who thinks that the U.S. policy of continued arming and fully supporting the Israeli…
This appeal was sent to Workers World by Marcia De Campos Pereira in Brazil, former…