Detroit Water

Detroiters protest Chase banksters

Protesters greeted banksters arriving at the JPMorgan Chase annual board of directors meeting on the morning of May 19 at…

May 21, 2015

Detroit fight continues against foreclosures, water shutoffs, banks

The struggle to stop mass tax foreclosures and water shutoffs continues in Detroit, along with the political struggle to place…

May 18, 2015

Detroit youth: ‘I stand with Boston bus drivers’

Boston is hundreds of miles from Detroit, but the fight of Steelworkers Local 8751 to beat the union-buster Veolia Corp.…

February 26, 2015

Protesters tell Detroit mayor: End shutoffs, foreclosures

The first major protest against Detroit Mayor Mike Duggan took place outside the Redford Theater the evening of Feb. 10…

February 19, 2015

Detroit MLK Day rally highlights Selma, Ala.

This year’s “Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Rally and March” commemorated the 50th anniversary of the Selma campaign that created…

January 24, 2015

‘Homrich 9’ face charges for stopping water shutoffs

Dec. 8 — Nine Detroit activists were arrested in July for stopping trucks from leaving their yard to shut off…

December 8, 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

‘Threat to health of region’

Dear Friends: Yesterday in my neighborhood, I saw a house with at least six kids on the porch with their…

July 4, 2014