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Detroiters organize in class war
The entire state of Michigan voted against the harsh emergency manager law, Public Act 436, last November only to have the lame-duck state legislature vote it right back in before year’s end. On the day, March 28, that Act 436 took effect, Detroit Public Schools Emergency Manager fired the interim superintendent of schools. … Meanwhile, neighborhoods languish under mounting piles of trash, abandoned houses, stores, factories and vehicles. City services are reduced by mandatory budget cut “furloughs.” The challenge for Detroit residents is: can we stand up and organize ourselves for quality living and working conditions, some of which includes wresting support and services from our unelected new leaders? Can we articulate and realize a future Detroit developed for human needs? Continue reading
‘You can’t evict an idea whose time has come!’: The Occupy movement defies police state attacks
A statement from News and Letters Committees: ‘You can’t evict an idea whose time has come!’ The Occupy movement defies police state attacks City governments have carried out police raids on occupations across the U.S. in a vain attempt to … Continue reading
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In solidarity with Occupy Wall Street
Below is the text of a leaflet issued by News and Letters Committees members in New York. News & Letters Committees stands in solidarity with the Occupy movements. We denounce the 1%-orchestrated forceful actions to stop our protests, from evictions … Continue reading
Occupy Wall Street strikes deep chord, challenges rulers
From the new November-December 2011 issue of News & Letters: Occupy Wall Street strikes deep chord, challenges rulers by Gerry Emmett and Susan Van Gelder The Occupy Wall Street (OWS) movement, since beginning in New York City’s Zuccotti Park–renamed Liberty … Continue reading
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Tagged Arab spring, Bohemian Rhapsody, class war, direct democracy, economic crisis, Egypt, General Assembly, Georgia prison strike, Grant Park, human microphone, Iraq war veterans, Karl Marx, Ken Knabb, Liberty Plaza, Libya, Montgomery Bus Boycott, New York, New York City, Oakland Tribune, Occupy Chicago, Occupy Harlem, Occupy Oakland, Occupy Public Education, Occupy the Hood, Occupy Wall Street, OWS, Paris Commune of 1871, Paul Geist, Pelican Bay hunger strikers, people's mic, Raya Dunayevskaya, revolution, Scott Olsen, self-determination, self-organization, Shamar Thomas, Tahrir Squares, The Occupied Wall Street Journal, Tunisia Jasmine Revolution, Unemployment, We are the 99%, youth, Zuccotti Park
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Permanent army of the unemployed
From the September-October 2011 issue of News & Letters: Permanent army of the unemployed Detroit–The unemployment crisis is reaching far into the future. Whereas many government and private economists have been predicting that the economy will pick up in the … Continue reading
Workshop Talks: ER certainties: death and co-pays
From the September-October 2011 issue of News & Letters: Workshop Talks: ER certainties: death and co-pays by Htun Lin A patient shows up in the emergency room, expecting care, and wanting to be seen by a doctor. But the gulf … Continue reading
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Tagged Business, class war, Dehumanization, Health care, Health maintenance organization, healthcare, HMO, labor, Patient, Twilight Zone, workers
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