Russ Bellant speaking to City Council April 3, 2012
TESTIMONY BY RUSS BELLANT AT CITY COUNCIL APRIL 3, 2012
Russ Bellant is a long-time Detroit union and community activist. He worked for the City of Detroit establishing skilled trades apprenticeship programs for city youth, and with the International Union of Operating Engineers Local 547, among other activities, He is the author of books including “Old Nazis, the New Right, and the Republican Party: Domestic fascist networks and their effect on U.S. cold war politics,” “The Coors Connection: How Coors Family Philanthropy Undermines Democratic Pluralism,” and “The Religious Right in Michigan Politics” among many others.
Read four=part series by Russ Bellant on Detroit Public Schools takeover under Gov. Jennifer Granholm and Robert Bobb, presented to state legislature as they took testimony on proposed Public Act 4, at http://voiceofdetroit.net/2011/03/10/robert-bobb-and-the-failure-of-p-a-72-2/ ; http://voiceofdetroit.net/2011/03/10/bobb-and-pa-72-failure/ ; http://voiceofdetroit.net/2011/03/10/bobb-part-three/; and http://voiceofdetroit.net/2011/03/10/bobb-part-four/ .
