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Detroit water protests
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As Detroit Bankruptcy Trial Closes, Protesters Announce March for Water Rights
Concluding the largest Chapter 9 bankruptcy case for a U.S. municipality, financial creditors and pension groups representing public workers clamored to demand payments.
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UN Officials Call Detroit’s Mass Water Shutoffs "Human Rights Violation"
Out of her $672 monthly disability check, Rochelle McCaskill spends $600 rent – leaving her unable to pay the city’s water bills, which have skyrocketed to more than twice the national average.
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Detroiters and Water Activists Call on Bankruptcy Judge to End the Shutoffs
Community leaders, activists and residents affected by this summer's water shutoffs in Detroit are rallying at the Federal Bankruptcy Court on Monday to demand an immediate Water Affordability Plan.
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The Road to Serfdom: American Feudalism Comes To Detroit
If the financiers who fueled the city's fiscal crisis get their way, Detroit citizens will no longer own any public goods but will be like serfs – subservient to a class of unaccountable corporate lords and their cronies in government.
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Protest Momentum Builds In Detroit As City Bankruptcy Trial Set To Begin
After successfully forcing officials to halt the water shut-offs, a new mass rally in Detroit is planned for Aug. 29, when the state-enforced city bankruptcy trial begins.
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National Call To Action In Detroit: Link Arms To Stop the Water Shutoffs
The aggressive foreclosures and water shut-offs are a deliberate scheme to shock the population, drive long-time residents out of the city center, seize property and gentrify downtown Detroit and the waterfront.