Austerity

Workers disrupt the National Conference of Governors in Traverse City, MI, to demand a moratorium on plant closings. (1987)
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Revolutionary Approach to the Workers’ Struggle – Reviving the Transitional Program

November 16, 2018 fwstaff
By Jerry Goldberg The current period of capitalist development is characterized by the imposition of austerity by the capitalist class against the working class worldwide. Austerity means the direct rule by finance capital over cities, […]
Hotel workers on strike in Detroit, October 21.
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Detroiters striking and fighting back!

October 25, 2018 fwstaff
By Abayomi Azikiwe Detroit — Public discontent over evictions, foreclosures, water shutoffs and substandard wages can only be ameliorated through organized action. During the early morning hours of Sunday, October 7, members of UNITE HERE […]
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Tax foreclosure fight keeps hundreds in their homes

October 16, 2018 fwstaff
By Aram Vosgerchian Detroit — This city was one of those hardest hit by the global capitalist economic crisis of 2008-2009 and the resulting austerity. Austerity is nothing but a euphemism for class war, waged […]
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Tour strengthens Puerto Rico-Detroit solidarity

October 12, 2018 fwstaff
By Fighting Words staff A delegation from the Moratorium NOW! Coalition to Stop Foreclosures, Evictions & Utility Shutoffs in Detroit, Michigan, visited Puerto Rico from September 26-29 in a solidarity tour hosted by UTIER, the […]
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Austerity policies cause water crisis in Detroit

October 8, 2018 fwstaff
By Julia Samar Kassem Beginning with the Detroit municipal bankruptcy in 2013, more than 100,000 households were affected by water shutoffs in the city, a trend that has spiked and continued since in the post-emergency […]