Communist
8th September 2009, 15:26
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Two items:
1) Conference in Detroit, Sat, Sept. 12, 2009, 11 AM
2) March for Jobs in Pittsburgh, Sun., Sept. 20, 2009, Bus from Detroit
ORGANIZING MEETING TO DECLARE A STATE OF ECONOMIC EMERGENCY IN MICHIGAN
STOP FORECLOSURES, EVICTIONS & UTILITY SHUT-OFFS.
NO CITY LAY-OFFS, WAGE TAKEBACKS & SERVICE CUTS
Moratorium on Detroit’s payment of hundreds of millions of dollars in debt service to the Banks
SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 12, 2009 – 11:00 A.M.
CENTRAL UNITED METHODIST CHURCH, 23 E. ADAMS, DETROIT (Woodward & Adams at Grand Circus Park)
The people of Michigan and especially Detroit are suffering from an economic disaster comparable to the Great Depression of the 1930s. The “official” unemployment rate is over 15%. In Detroit, the unemployment rate is an incredible 28.9%. Foreclosures and evictions continue in huge numbers everyday. Utility shut-offs have led to families dying, and will be a total catastrophe as winter approaches. Schools are shutting. Services are being slashed. Workers are having their wages cut and union contracts broken. Pensions are being eliminated through bankruptcy.
A declaration of a State of Emergency gives the government the authority to take whatever measures are necessary to insure that the survival of the people, not the corporations, comes first. For example, during the 1930s, the Michigan legislature declared a State of Economic Emergency and put a 5-year moratorium (halt) on all foreclosures. This moratorium was upheld by the Michigan Supreme Court based on the U.S. Supreme Court decision of Home Building & Loan Ass’n v. Blaisdell.
Rather than laying off city workers and cutting services for the people, Mayor Bing, pursuant to MCL 10.31, should formally ask Governor Granholm and President Obama to declare a State of Emergency in Detroit. The City of Detroit is suffering an economic Katrina. Under the Emergency declaration Detroiters would be entitled to federal disaster relief, a moratorium on foreclosures, evictions, utility shut-offs, lay-offs and service cuts, and a halt on payment of the City’s hundreds of millions of dollars in debt service (profit) to the banks.
Come to an organizing meeting to plan actions to guarantee our fundamental rights to housing, utilities, education, basic services and jobs in accordance with the law. We will develop a strategy to implement:
Moratorium on foreclosures, evictions, and utility shut-offs
An end to school closings and cuts in education
Guaranteed health care and basic social services for poor and working people
Defending union contracts and workers’ rights to living wages and pensions
Ending plant and office closings and lay-offs and guaranteeing the right to a job consistent with the Full Employment Act
MORATORIUM NOW! COALITION TO STOP
FORECLOSURES, EVICTIONS & UTILITY SHUT-OFFS
Call: 313-887-4344 ● Email: moratorium(AT)moratorium-mi.org ● www.moratorium-mi.org (http://www.moratorium-mi.org)
MARCH FOR JOBS
September 20 Pittsburgh
Momentum is growing for the March for Jobs on September 20!
Get your bus tickets today!
Round trip bus tickets from Detroit - $35
Order your tickets today!
Call 313-887-4344 or 313-680-4558 to reserve your seat.
See www.BailOutPeople.org (http://mail01.mail.com/scripts/mail/read.mail?folder=INBOX&order=Newest&mview=a&mstart=1&pbox=1&msg_uid=1252403074&mprev=1252418814&mnext=1252403069&referer=mailbox&multiattach=1) for updates on the March for Jobs and Tent City in Pittsburgh.
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Two items:
1) Conference in Detroit, Sat, Sept. 12, 2009, 11 AM
2) March for Jobs in Pittsburgh, Sun., Sept. 20, 2009, Bus from Detroit
ORGANIZING MEETING TO DECLARE A STATE OF ECONOMIC EMERGENCY IN MICHIGAN
STOP FORECLOSURES, EVICTIONS & UTILITY SHUT-OFFS.
NO CITY LAY-OFFS, WAGE TAKEBACKS & SERVICE CUTS
Moratorium on Detroit’s payment of hundreds of millions of dollars in debt service to the Banks
SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 12, 2009 – 11:00 A.M.
CENTRAL UNITED METHODIST CHURCH, 23 E. ADAMS, DETROIT (Woodward & Adams at Grand Circus Park)
The people of Michigan and especially Detroit are suffering from an economic disaster comparable to the Great Depression of the 1930s. The “official” unemployment rate is over 15%. In Detroit, the unemployment rate is an incredible 28.9%. Foreclosures and evictions continue in huge numbers everyday. Utility shut-offs have led to families dying, and will be a total catastrophe as winter approaches. Schools are shutting. Services are being slashed. Workers are having their wages cut and union contracts broken. Pensions are being eliminated through bankruptcy.
A declaration of a State of Emergency gives the government the authority to take whatever measures are necessary to insure that the survival of the people, not the corporations, comes first. For example, during the 1930s, the Michigan legislature declared a State of Economic Emergency and put a 5-year moratorium (halt) on all foreclosures. This moratorium was upheld by the Michigan Supreme Court based on the U.S. Supreme Court decision of Home Building & Loan Ass’n v. Blaisdell.
Rather than laying off city workers and cutting services for the people, Mayor Bing, pursuant to MCL 10.31, should formally ask Governor Granholm and President Obama to declare a State of Emergency in Detroit. The City of Detroit is suffering an economic Katrina. Under the Emergency declaration Detroiters would be entitled to federal disaster relief, a moratorium on foreclosures, evictions, utility shut-offs, lay-offs and service cuts, and a halt on payment of the City’s hundreds of millions of dollars in debt service (profit) to the banks.
Come to an organizing meeting to plan actions to guarantee our fundamental rights to housing, utilities, education, basic services and jobs in accordance with the law. We will develop a strategy to implement:
Moratorium on foreclosures, evictions, and utility shut-offs
An end to school closings and cuts in education
Guaranteed health care and basic social services for poor and working people
Defending union contracts and workers’ rights to living wages and pensions
Ending plant and office closings and lay-offs and guaranteeing the right to a job consistent with the Full Employment Act
MORATORIUM NOW! COALITION TO STOP
FORECLOSURES, EVICTIONS & UTILITY SHUT-OFFS
Call: 313-887-4344 ● Email: moratorium(AT)moratorium-mi.org ● www.moratorium-mi.org (http://www.moratorium-mi.org)
MARCH FOR JOBS
September 20 Pittsburgh
Momentum is growing for the March for Jobs on September 20!
Get your bus tickets today!
Round trip bus tickets from Detroit - $35
Order your tickets today!
Call 313-887-4344 or 313-680-4558 to reserve your seat.
See www.BailOutPeople.org (http://mail01.mail.com/scripts/mail/read.mail?folder=INBOX&order=Newest&mview=a&mstart=1&pbox=1&msg_uid=1252403074&mprev=1252418814&mnext=1252403069&referer=mailbox&multiattach=1) for updates on the March for Jobs and Tent City in Pittsburgh.
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