Digital justice organizers work to move beyond questions of Internet access and work to bring control of media production and distribution to underserved communities.
At least 2,000 people assembled in downtown Detroit this week outside the General Electric shareholders meeting to demand that the giant multinational pay its fair share of taxes.
Working closely with local groups and Occupy, United Auto Workers Local 600 has been an integral part of actions that have succeeded in blocking evictions.
Laura Gottesdiener, Waging Nonviolence. March 29, 2012.
Across the country, homeowners, activist organizations, lawyers, unions and Occupiers are uniting to create a direct-action campaign against foreclosures.
The bailout may eventually spur a full rebound in Michigan, but thus far it does not appear to be helping the most devastated parts of the state—black communities.
To make the deal that saved the auto industry, Treasury demanded concessions from workers and a ban on strikes. Now Obama's bragging that he saved workers.
The greater Detroit area is the nexus of an entire host of progressive enterprises, notable for both the diversity of its participants and the diversity of its projects.
"If we want a life worth living for ourselves and our kids, we have to go get it ourselves. We can’t keep waiting for the cavalry to come. That’s because we’re the cavalry."
Detroit is careening off the cliff and elected official like Senator Levin are throwing trillions of dollars into a bloated military budget and unwinnable wars.
Ignore the mainstream media. Detroit is not about architectural ruins. The people are re-imagining their city in fresh and courageous ways and there is a lot to learn from them.
