Human needs before profits

Banks cause Detroit water crisis

The city of Detroit, under a right-wing, state-appointed “emergency manager” who has plunged the city into the largest municipal bankruptcy…

September 18, 2014

Victory against Detroit school dictator

The Detroit Public School system has been in the clutches of an emergency manager since March 2009. It is not…

September 7, 2014

Struggle wins temporary water shutoff moratorium

New developments took place at the end of July around the struggle for water in Detroit. A class-action lawsuit was…

August 7, 2014

Detroit water shutoffs prompt Canadian solidarity

Efforts by Emergency Manager Kevyn Orr to carry out the program of restructuring in favor of the banks and corporations…

August 1, 2014

Bankruptcy court addresses Detroit water shutoffs

July 16 — A dog and pony show put on by the U.S. Bankruptcy Court in the Detroit municipal bankruptcy…

July 17, 2014

Court testimony: ‘Detroit’s people will rise again’

U.S. Bankruptcy Court, In re: City of Detroit, Debtor, Objection to “Plan of Adjustment.” Testimony by Kristen A. Hamel, Detroit…

July 16, 2014

Detroit protesters arrested for blocking water-shutoff trucks

July 10 — Detroit activists concerned about the massive water shutoffs across this economically devastated city blocked entrances to the…

July 11, 2014

Class struggle and income inequality

Thomas Piketty has become famous because he’s pointed out that there has been a significant increase in wealth inequality in…

May 31, 2014

Water is a right

Detroiters fight shutoffs May 26 — The city of Detroit recently began to cut off water to residents behind in…

May 29, 2014