Detroit

Low-wage workers on the move

A Marxist approach to the problems of the working-class movement The following is based on a talk to a Workers…

June 25, 2013

Only solution to Detroit’s crisis: CANCEL THE DEBT

Detroit — A new restructuring plan has been issued for Detroit with no real input by the people of the city.…

June 19, 2013

Motor City Pride: ‘Marching toward equality’

This year’s Pride march in downtown Detroit on June 9 raised a timely slogan: “Marching toward equality.” Most lesbian, gay,…

June 13, 2013

Detroit cop stands trial in shooting death of 7-year-old girl

After three years, the white Detroit police officer who shot a 7-year-old African-American girl is finally standing trial in Wayne…

June 5, 2013

Foreclosure struggles escalate in U.S. cities

Anti-foreclosure activists and foreclosed homeowners escalated their struggle against the federal government during the week of May 20. In Washington,…

June 2, 2013

Detroit struggle ramps up versus emergency manager

The struggle of Detroit residents to save our city from ruin by the banks and financial institutions has gone into…

May 31, 2013

On the picket line

Hundreds of fast food workers strike in Detroit Hundreds of workers went on strike May 10 at more than 60…

May 19, 2013

Detroit mass meeting holds banks accountable for city’s financial ruin

Leading community organizers in the Detroit area addressed a standing- room-only audience at Central United Methodist Church on May 4…

May 9, 2013

Foreclosure defense movement stalls evictions

Coldwater, Mich., a town of 10,000 in the western half of the state, is no place one would expect to…

May 9, 2013

Detroit residents displaced by corporate interests

Detroit corporations and banks are driving more working-class, poor and nationally oppressed people out of the city’s downtown area. Government…

May 2, 2013