Jerry Goldberg

Jerry Goldberg

Beating back billionaires’ agenda in MichiganBeating back billionaires’ agenda in Michigan

Beating back billionaires’ agenda in Michigan

Sterling Heights, Mich. - A militant demonstration organized by the Michigan Peoples Defense Network countered a Trump rally here on…

March 10, 2017
Report confirms root of Detroit foreclosure crisisReport confirms root of Detroit foreclosure crisis

Report confirms root of Detroit foreclosure crisis

A powerful report on Detroit’s foreclosure crisis was published in the Detroit News June 25-27. (See tinyurl.com/ncymc9f.) The articles were…

July 2, 2015
Plans made to stop tax foreclosure tsunami in DetroitPlans made to stop tax foreclosure tsunami in Detroit

Plans made to stop tax foreclosure tsunami in Detroit

A dynamic “Emergency People’s Assembly to Stop Tax Foreclosures” on March 14 planned a series of actions to demand a…

March 24, 2015
Banks bailed out — themselvesBanks bailed out — themselves

Banks bailed out — themselves

Detroit, Feb. 1 — When the Troika — the International Monetary Fund, European Commission and European Central Bank — disbursed…

February 3, 2015
How capitalism ravaged DetroitHow capitalism ravaged Detroit

How capitalism ravaged Detroit

Excerpt from talk by Jerry Goldberg at the national WWP conference in New York City, Nov. 15-16, 2014. If anyone…

January 8, 2015

Retirees take brunt of cuts as judge approves Detroit bankruptcy

The “plan of adjustment” to end Detroit’s Chapter 9 bankruptcy means that city worker retirees shoulder virtually the entire burden…

November 11, 2014
U.N. rapporteurs visit DetroitU.N. rapporteurs visit Detroit

U.N. rapporteurs visit Detroit

After a three-day fact-finding mission in the city of Detroit from Oct. 18-20, two U.N. Special Rapporteurs issued a scathing indictment of all…

October 28, 2014

Mortgage crisis continues

A new report documents how millions of people across the U.S. continue to suffer the effects of the housing crisis…

May 22, 2014

Detroit bankruptcy: WAR ON PENSIONS!

City of Detroit Emergency Manager Kevyn Orr, the figurehead named by reactionary Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder to run Detroit and…

July 24, 2013

S&P exposed for role in banks’ mortgage fraud

A lawsuit was filed in federal court Feb. 4 by the U.S. Justice Department against Standard & Poor’s for massive…

February 15, 2013