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UNION LOCALS SUE COUNTY EXEC  By Diane Bukowski (Story on $700 million county jail coming shortly) DETROIT – Shortly before Wayne County Executive Robert Ficano announced plans for a new $700 million jail complex,  union presidents representing county workers from … Continue reading →

  GO TO:  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nrqf_7nki8Y&feature=player_profilepage    Supporters of justice for Oscar Grant rallied outside the courthouse during the sentencing hearing for his murderer, former BART police officer Johannes Mehserle. – Photo: Youth Radio By Nishat Kurwa, Youth Radio, posted by San Francisco Bay … Continue reading →

Four-year, $150 million contract approved 6-2 by members who got paid by DTE Councilwoman Watson says Charter requires a vote of the people Residents, workers firmly oppose deal DTE meanwhile to get $253 million rate increase   By Diane Bukowski   (This … Continue reading →

PROSECUTOR KYM WORTHY A Critical Analysis by David Rambeau   Anybody who advocates putting more black people in jail should have to undergo psychiatric examination.  Thus, our Wayne County Prosecutor Kym Worthy and two of her sycophants, Detroit City Council President … Continue reading →

The International Council for Urban Peace, Justice and Empowerment is a coalition of chapters and affiliates in over 35 cities. We represent the largest grassroots, national, international coalition and network of faith and community based organizations, activists and organizers dedicated … Continue reading →

See video at: California dockworkers shut down ports to support Oscar Grant family ILWU Shuts Bay Area Ports October 23, 2010  On October 23, 2010, the ILWU (International Longshoreworkers Union) shut down Northern California ports to support a rally for … Continue reading →

  Eric Lee Marshall, dead at 29   Questions remained after his conviction for killing two cops in 2004; Michigan media reviving calls for death penalty  By Diane Bukowski  DETROIT – “I am truly sorry,” Eric Lee Marshall allegedly told … Continue reading →

Cops killed at least 20 Detroiters, and raped dozens more, during Ella Bully-Cummings’ tenure as police chief  Do Detroiters want HER on 36th District Court bench?  By Diane Bukowski  Detroit – Ella Bully Cummings has been rather quiet about her … Continue reading →

By Diane Bukowski  PART I – Board meeting Oct. 14  DETROIT – At the Detroit Board of Education’s monthly meeting Oct. 14, Robert Bobb, state-appointed czar of the Detroit Public Schools, announced his  Plan A-Plan B for the district’s post-Bobb … Continue reading →

   Anti-Communist, anti-labor hero Joseph McCarthy on Time Cover 1954 History of Labor’s Fighting Defense of Civil Liberties and Free Speech 16 Oct 10 By Joe Burns  Important labor groups are speaking out against the recent spate of federal attacks on … Continue reading →