The year 2020 has caused many white people to realize we live in a racist system. The Green New Deal is about systemic change for all, and deconstructing racism must be front and central in this agenda.
Rick Snyder
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Detroiters Put Bodies on the Line to Stop Privatization of Their Water
The Reverend Bill Wylie-Kellerman sat down with nine others blocking the entrance of the facility where Homrich Wrecking’s water shutoff trucks were set to leave for the day.
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Opening the Taps: Detroit’s Fight for Public Water Is Also the Nation’s
The solution to Detroit's water crisis isn't privatization – which has a terrible track record in the U.S. and around the world – but a more equitable water policy that looks out for all citizens.
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Water Is Life – That's Why We the People Must Stand With Detroit
Are you ready to start bailing out Detroit the right way? Join the Detroit Water Brigade.
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Apartheid in Detroit: Water For Corporations, Not For People
Residents with $150 delinquent water bills are having the tap shut off, denying them a basic human right while prominent Detroit corporations with much larger delinquent water bills are being left alone.
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New Populist Political Party – The After Party – Launches in Detroit
A new populist party founded by Occupy Wall Street organizers launched in Detroit over May Day weekend.
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Exposed: Dow Chemical Backed Anti-Union Nonprofit with $2 Million in Michigan
The giant chemical maker was one of several corporations that helped finance a web of so-called “social welfare” nonprofits not legally obligated to publicly identify their funders.
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Why Detroit's "Bankruptcy" Distracts From Attack on Constitution
Detroit is the victim of dishonest politicians colluding with banks and other corporate predators, and we are now witnessing the late stages of an extended municipal lynching — the natural expression of contemporary American capitalism.
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Thousands of Protesters Descend on ALEC Convention In Chicago
A coalition of labor, community and environmental groups is making it clear that the ultra-conservative American Legislative Exchange Council isn’t welcome in the union town.
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Bankrupt in Detroit: An Ominous Sign of What's to Come
What's happening to Detroit should not be considered an isolated incident — the product of corrupt government, crime, or mismanagement — but the result of economically unfair structural conditions that apply to the entire nation.
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Detroit Citizens Prepare to Fight Their Corporate Master
With his appointment of a new emergency financial manager, Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder is transforming Detroit into an occupied colony within the State.
