Flint

Black History Month – Heroes of Flint Sit-down Strike

February 11 marked the 85th anniversary of the victory in the Flint Sit-Down Strike. While this is one of the…

February 17, 2022

Escándalo del agua de Flint: Un tirón de orejas para el ex gobernador

En abril de 2014, la ciudad de Flint, en Michigan, tomó la fatal decisión de cambiar su suministro de agua…

February 2, 2021

Deep organizing key to historic Flint Sit-Down Strike

These slightly edited remarks were given at a July 9 Workers World Party webinar on “Introduction to Revolutionary Deep Organizing.”   …

July 16, 2020

Imprisoned PA activist: ‘time to speak’ on water crisis

On Sept. 19, 21, 24 and 27, prisoners at the State Correctional Institution—Frackville experienced four incidents with respect to the…

November 4, 2017

Flint still resists water crisis

April 25 marked the third anniversary of the ongoing Flint, Mich., water crisis. Dependency on bottled water has become a…

May 19, 2017

Tens of thousands face foreclosures, water shutoffs

Over 8,000 Flint, Mich., families are facing the loss of their homes due to unpaid bills for poisoned water. The…

May 10, 2017

Philadelphia gathering confronts health and water crisis

A People’s Assembly to “Confront Toxic Water & Hep C Crisis Threatening Lives of Mumia Abu-Jamal, other Prisoners and our…

February 23, 2017

State to Flint and Detroit: ‘You have no rights’

Attorneys for the state of Michigan have filed a 62-page motion to dismiss a lawsuit on behalf of children in…

December 2, 2016

Out of the headlines, Flint’s water still unsafe

Only a few months ago the Flint water crisis was front-page news around the country. The world learned of the…

July 8, 2016

Flint crisis drags on

The struggle for justice continues in Flint. The crisis of lead contamination, caused by a failure to add anti-corrosive chemicals…

May 18, 2016