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Detroit
Growing Up in the Cauldron of 1960’s Detroit
Robert Johnson, who while working with George Soros “broke the Bank of England,” talks about growing up in the turmoil of racial tension and the mass movement against the …
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Crain’s Detroit Business Editor Channels Slave Imagery, Says Detroit Needs ‘Permanent Overseer’
Of all the things they've endured, Detroit residents can now add grotesque racial insensivity from a newspaper editor to their list.
The Real Story Behind the Detroit Pension Fight and What It Means to America’s Future
“If you think of Detroit as far away and unrelated to life in your hometown, think again. The next victim could be your town, your community, your retirement.”
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Detroit, The Walking Dead and the Tea Party
The television series “The Walking Dead” serves as a metaphor for the destruction of the middle class and political/social forces in today's world.
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A Lesson From Chattanooga
One especially important lesson concerns how one factor - “outside influence” - works so one-sidedly in the United States.
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Detroit’s Dan Gilbert: Henry Ford or Henry Potter?
Billionaire Dan Gilbert seems genuinely to want to be part of the solution for Detroit, but his business model helped create and now perpetuates the city's problems.
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Capitalism and Democracy: Year-End Lessons
Increases in payroll taxes, the Detroit bankruptcy and repression against protesters indicate the widening contradiction between capitalism and democracy.
From “Old Detroit” to Delta City: Robocop’s Dystopia in Detroit
Only a genuinely radical response from the public will be able to counteract the selling of Detroit.
The Pension-Busters’ Playbook
The manipulations behind the attack on pensions in Detroit's bankruptcy.
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Bankruptcy or Bunko? The Right’s War on Detroit’s Public Pensioners
The purposeful, ideologically driven assault on democratic government orchestrated by ALEC and forces in Michigan's Statehouse has starved already-ailing Detroit of revenues.