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COX, BING, SUBURBS, CORPORATIONS CONSPIRE IN WATER TAKEOVER, VIOLATE CITY CHARTER

Mayor Dave Bing at podium, (l to r) Macomb County Public Works Commissioner Anthony Marrocco, Wayne County Executive Robert Ficano, Oakland County Water Resources Commissioner John McCulloch; McCullocH initiated motion that U.S. District Judge Sean Cox has now ruled on … Continue reading

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EGYPTIAN REVOLUTION SPREADS ACROSS AFRICA, MIDDLE EAST

  Sources: AL JAZEERA and news agencies Algerian security forces and pro-democracy protesters are clashing, as demonstrations got underway in the capital Algiers on Saturday. At least 2,000 protestors were able to overcome a security cordon enforced around the capital’s … Continue reading

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DETROIT RALLIES FOR NATIONAL MORATORIUM ON FORECLOSURES

  VANESSA FLUKER Are you paying for your neighbor’s foreclosure?   What’s really going on?  Who is Responsible?  What YOU can DO about it!  Testimony before House Judiciary Committee Dec. 15. 2010 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I7y9E2QGRhM  Learn more about how Attorney Vanessa Fluker is … Continue reading

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MUBARAK RESIGNS; Arab Americans celebrate victory; urge Obama to commit

   BREAKING NEWS: OAAC ANNOUNCES RALLY IN SUPPORT OF EGYPTIAN REVOLUTION, SAT. FEB. 12 4 P.M. DEARBORN CITY HALL, MICHIGAN AT SCHAEFER, WITH CELEBRATION AFTER RALLY AT 4337 MAPLE (turn right behind Deaborn City Hall, go two blocks.)   Join us … Continue reading

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THE REVOLUTION IN EGYPT: WATCH LIVE ON AL JAZEERA; OMAR SULEIMAN: THE CIA’S MAN IN CAIRO

http://english.aljazeera.net/watch_now/  Click on link above to watch live streaming coverage of revolution in Egypt, as the masses are now marching on the Presidential Palace and the offices of state television, in the wake of Mubarak’s announcement that he will not step down as … Continue reading

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Labor, community action a success: articles appear in dailies

As a result of the labor-community action described below, articles appeared in the city’s two dailies at  http://detnews.com/article/20110207/SCHOOLS/102070387/DPS-unions-say-Bobb-chose-outsourcing-over-greater-savings and  http://www.freep.com/article/20110207/NEWS01/110207048/Union-questions-DPS-savings-from-outsourcing?odyssey=tab%7Ctopnews%7Ctext%7CFRONTPAGE. NOTE THE FREEP ARTICLE SAYS THAT SODEXO IS ALSO CONDUCTING DRUG TESTS AND BACKGROUND CHECKS ON DPS WORKERS WHO ARE RE-APPLYING … Continue reading

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UPDATE: CONFRONT BOBB IN LANSING WED. FEB. 9; GATHER AT NORTHWEST ACTIVITIES CENTER FOR CAR POOLS AT 6:45 AM

FROM HELEN MOORE, RUSS BELLANT and AURORA HARRIS: This is a call for and from Detroit Public School community advocates to be in Lansing this Wednesday at 8:30 am for a joint hearing of the House and Senate Education committees, … Continue reading

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“PRISON EMERGENCY SUMMIT”: ALL-DAY CONFERENCE AT CLEVELAND STATE UNIVERSITY ON SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 26, CALLED BY COMMUNITY GROUPS IN CONJUNCTION WITH CSU’S BLACK STUDIES DEPARTMENT

FROM THE LUCASVILLE UPRISING FREEDOM NETWORK, 216-925-9108  lucasvillefreedom@gmail.com Using the success of the recent hunger strike of three Lucasville uprising prisoners at Ohio State Penitentiary as a jumping off point, the Lucasville Uprising Freedom Network has reached out to community … Continue reading

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DPS UNIONS, COMMUNITY TAKE BATTLE AGAINST BOBB, SODEXO TO BIG MEDIA

   700 workers laid off, reapplying with human rights violator Sodexo By Diane Bukowski DETROIT – When big media wouldn’t come to hear Detroit Public School union leaders, ministers, and community groups protest DPS czar Robert Bobb’s decision to outsource … Continue reading

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LA URBAN PEACE, JUSTICE AND EMPOWERMENT SUMMIT

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACTS:    Jitu Sadiki, BACDO, Inc.                                   Amir Khalid Samad, Peace in the Hood, Inc.     760-409-1745                                                        (216) 538-4043    BACDO@aol.com                                                  peaceinthehood@yahoo.com   T. Rashad Byrdsong,                                            Minister Kuratibish Rashid (412) 371-3689                                                       (786) 402-5286 Community Empowerment, Inc.                        PGRNA/Black Legion … Continue reading

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