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Pension Theft: Class War Goes to the Next Stage
Pensions are not gifts bestowed by the government on workers; they are part of workers' pay.
Democracy and the Detroit Election
Last week, voters in Detroit elected a new mayor, Mike Duggan, to carry on the work of the emergency managers and governor in rebuilding a u201cnew Detroit.u201d
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Reflections on the Detroit Mayoral Elections
For political animals like us in Detroit, it is important to reflect before heading back into battle, or worse, retreating
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Detroit Will be Democracy’s Decisive Battle
Detroit is the battleground chosen by Wall Street to crush the last vestiges of American democracy by creating u201cthe template for direct corporate rule.u201d
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Pension Theft Crime Wave
Public workers of the newly bankrupt Detroit now fight for their pensions as the city tries to rob them of their livelihoods for a second time.
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Community Development and Community Engagement in Southwest Detroit
While a new line of development projects in Detroit could mean business opportunities for residents, hese opportunities for participation could just as easily evaporate and the subsequent development in …
Matt Taibbi on How Wall Street Hedge Funds Are Looting the Pension Funds of Public Workers
In his latest article for Rolling Stone, Matt Taibbi reports that Wall Street firms are now making millions in profits off of public pension funds nationwide.
The ‘Holy War’ in Detroit
The voters of Detroit and Michigan repealed a draconian and racist law that strips all public officials of power and authority in only Michiganu2019s Black cities and school districts. …
The ‘Holy War’ in Detroit
The voters of Detroit and Michigan repealed a draconian and racist law that strips all public officials of power and authority in only Michiganu2019s Black cities and school districts. …
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Detroit Residents on Bankruptcy – We Have No Democracy!
More than half of Michigan's 1.4 million black residents now live under rule by unelected emergency managers.