Kudos to People’s Summiteers: ‘Let’s continue the fight’

Andrea Egypt, a leader of the Michigan Emergency Committee Against War and Injustice, was entertainment co-coordinator for the People’s Summit and Tent City in Detroit June 14-17. Below are excerpts from a letter she sent to Workers World.

WW photo: Cheryl LaBash

The camaraderie and solidarity that was felt throughout the People’s Summit was an example of what is possible and necessary to fuel the type of resistance needed to effectuate a much-needed systemic change by those who have been left out of the so-called economic recovery.

Kudos to those who camped out in tents to represent the homeless and to bring to consciousness the magnitude and impact of homelessness across the country, and the neglect to bail out those who have been swindled out of their homes, jobs and health care, which should be rights for all.

Kudos to the Latina/o participants, who educated about the struggle for immigrants’ rights as they made clear who the enemy and aliens truly are and set straight the many questions surrounding their oppression. Their struggle is truly our struggle and we must remain bonded to their cause of common liberty and justice for all.

Kudos to the labor unionists who bravely and militantly showed that they still have fight in them, and who engaged in a spirited demonstration throughout the People’s Summit. They will continue to be soldiers of solidarity for working-class people all over the world and be an example of confrontation with the capitalist bosses who exploit their labor for profit.

Kudos to the cooks and many members of various organizations who did the labor in erecting the Tent City, doing cleanup, and other logistics that were so important. Their work was a most necessary component and very much appreciated from the beginning to the end.

Kudos to our performers of poets, Hip Hop artists, rock bands and folk singers who didn’t think twice but showed up to use their talents for a worthy cause voluntarily as the people loved what they saw and heard.

Let us continue the fight!