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Thirsty for justice: Detroit protesters flood streets over water shutdown
Hundreds of demonstrators paraded through Detroit, protesting the city’s decision to terminate water supplies to thousands of residents with delinquent accounts. “Fight, fight; water is a human right,” the protesters chanted as they marched the
Read More »‘Escalating Resistance’ in Detroit as Residents Block Water Shut-Offs
'The issue of whether water should be a commodity or part of the commons raises the question of what kind of future we want.'
Read More »Detroit has cut off the water supply to thousands of residents – and now activists have taken their fight to the UN
Activists angered by the closing of water accounts for thousands of people behind in their payments have taken their fight to the United Nations. In March, the Detroit Water and Sewerage Department (DWSD) announced that
Read More »With Obama’s Blessing, Nation’s Water Supply Disappearing
Shocking statistics surfacing about record busting, low water levels in America’s Great Lakes make no mention of the sale of fresh water supplies by private companies to China, or of President Obama’s executive order
Read More »Water Cut Offs in Detroit Are a Violation of Human Rights
I recently visited Detroit, MI, and am shocked and deeply disturbed at what I witnessed. I went as part of a Great Lakes project where a number of communities and organizations around the basin
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