[Peace-discuss] Fwd: Emergency Call-In Day TODAY!

Tue Jul 15 11:52:39 EDT 2014

Progressive Democrats of America is not affiliated with the Democratic
Party. We have been at the forefront getting the ongoing atrocity in
Detroit publicized, and we are sponsoring a national call-in day today
and helping organize a march in Detroit on Friday to call attention to
what is going on and make those who are currently in power fix the
situation.

Debra

On 7/15/14, David Green <davegreen84 at yahoo.com> wrote:
> It is a serious mistake to see the situation in Detroit in terms of partisan
> politics. Both corporate parties have colluded, in direct and indirect ways,
> to arrive at Detroit's current situation, which is an intensified microcosm
> of every other urban region and of the country as a whole.
>
> DG
>
>
> On Tuesday, July 15, 2014 9:38 AM, ewjohnson via Peace-discuss
> <peace-discuss at lists.chambana.net> wrote:
>
>
>>
>>
>>So are you carrying water for the people
>>or for the
>>Democrat party?
>>
>>
>>
>>On 07/15/2014 10:27 PM, Debra Schrishuhn wrote:
>>> All that would be true had the Republican governor not declared Detroit
>>> in financial emergency and appointed a fiscal officer to take over the
>>> city leaving the elected mayor and city council essentially powerless
>>>
>>> Make no mistake it is the governor and his policies responsible for this
>>> humanitarian crisis
>>>
>>> Debra
>>>
>>> Sent from my iPhone
>>>
>>> On Jul 15, 2014, at 8:32 AM, ewjohnson <ewj at pigsqq.org> wrote:
>>>
>>>> (you gotta) wait a minute- wait a minute-
>>>>
>>>> Detroit surely is in need of some sort of a damn deep cleansing.
>>>>
>>>> Seems that turning off the water is sort of in-the-wrong-di-rection
>>>> let alone cruel, ill-advised, and perhaps immoral depending upon how one
>>>> measures such things.
>>>>
>>>> I would think that it is miserable enough just plain being stuck in
>>>> Detroit
>>>> period, let alone in Detroit and without water.  I spent a month there
>>>> one afternoon, and
>>>> I surely ain't goin' back to Detroit no time soon.  It seemed pretty
>>>> much like
>>>> a cess pool to me.  Hostile takeover yuras.  Who'd want it?
>>>>
>>>> But It seems that this action is against the poor, no matter what
>>>> ethnicity the
>>>> poor have chosen to subscribe to.  I suppose that everybody who lives in
>>>> Detroit would be
>>>> one powerful hell of a lot better off if they lived someplace else other
>>>> than
>>>> Dee-troyt.  So what ever it takes to encourage people to find another
>>>> spot is probably a good thing in the long run.  But it's really ugly
>>>> turning
>>>> off people's water, no matter what reason or excuse.  A bastard who
>>>> would turn your water off is probably the same sonofabitch who would
>>>> have your car ticketed and towed, or fine you for not mowing your lawn.
>>>> Assholes we useta call 'em
>>>>
>>>> However dastardly and evil it is, I hardly would dare to blame it on the
>>>> Right no matter how
>>>> despicable and money-grubbing they, and the "Left" seem to be--
>>>> ...no doubt Detroit has been governed exclusively by those who claim to
>>>> be
>>>> "on the left" for quite a little while now...
>>>>
>>>> Detroit is ruled by a strong mayoral system and they were singin'
>>>> pleeze-pleeze-wait-a-minute-Mr.Postman
>>>> in "Mo-Town" the last time the GOP was in control in Detroit.  Their
>>>> last Republican mayor
>>>> graduated from that office 'way back in '62.  So that means that pretty
>>>> much for the last
>>>> 52 years Detroit has been controlled by those who profess to be
>>>> Democrats.
>>>>
>>>> Which makes it pretty much a line of deceit to say that the problems of
>>>> Detritus, Michigan
>>>> are the result of right-wing policies.   Republicans suck, too -- but
>>>> there can be
>>>> absolutely no doubt whatsoever that any problem with the government in
>>>> Detroit is the fault of the Stupid Party, not the Evil Party.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On 07/15/2014 08:15 PM, Debra Schrishuhn via Peace-discuss wrote:
>>>>> Good morning, All.
>>>>>
>>>>> Please help stop the ethnic cleansing of Detroit by participating in
>>>>> this emergency call-in day and by signing the petition to Gov. Snyder
>>>>> and Pres. Obama. The unstated goal of this horrific activity is
>>>>> reducing the African American population of Detroit. We cannot stand
>>>>> by and let this happen.
>>>>>
>>>>> Thanks,
>>>>> Deb
>>>>>
>>>>> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
>>>>> From: Andrea Miller and Conor Boylan <info at pdamerica.org>
>>>>> Date: Tue, 15 Jul 2014 07:03:23 -0400 (EDT)
>>>>> Subject: Emergency Call-In Day TODAY!
>>>>> To: deb.pdamerica at gmail.com
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>>>>> Help Stop The Hostile Takeover of Detroit
>>>>>
>>>>> Dear Debra,
>>>>>
>>>>> Join the national call-in day starting TODAY Tuesday July 15th
>>>>> demanding Michigan Governor Rick Snyder end the water shutoffs,
>>>>> restore water to all residents and implement the Detroit Water
>>>>> Affordabiity Plan.
>>>>>
>>>>> Call all of these numbers during business hours every Tuesday:
>>>>> (517) 373-3400 (Main Office)
>>>>> (517) 335-7858 (Constituent Services)
>>>>> (202) 624-5840 (Washington, DC office)
>>>>> Send a FAX: (517) 335-6863
>>>>>
>>>>> A few months ago, the Detroit Water and Sewerage Department (DWSD)
>>>>> shocked residents by announcing it would begin shutting off water to
>>>>> homes with outstanding balances as low as $150; *people are reporting
>>>>> water is being turned off for oustanding balances of $40. Meanwhile
>>>>> Red Wing Stadium, Ford Field, golf courses, high rises and industrial
>>>>> buildings have outstanding balances greater than $30 million, yet they
>>>>> still have water*. By summer DWSD plans to have turned off water for
>>>>> 150,000 Detroit residents.
>>>>>
>>>>> The Guardian.com reported on "Detroit's Water War: a tap shut-off that
>>>>> could impact 300,000 people," saying a "right-wing state and corporate
>>>>> push to cut off water is economic shock therapy at its most ruthless
>>>>> and racist, but resistance is growing."
>>>>>
>>>>> *Progressive Democrats of America (PDA) is joining the resistance*.
>>>>> It's unthinkable that in 2014, people in America would find themselves
>>>>> shutoff from water. This is a local man-made emergency, but a national
>>>>> issue.
>>>>>
>>>>> If this ALEC-led effort succeeds in Detroit, these tactics will be
>>>>> coming to your community next. That's why PDA is convening a series of
>>>>> emergency actions. Will you join our growing coalition to help save
>>>>> the residents of Detroit?
>>>>>    * Sign our Credo petition [
>>>>> https://www.credomobilize.com/petitions/tell-detroit-to-turn-the-taps-back-on-water-is-a-human-right
>>>>> ] to turn on the water, end the shut offs and enact the Water
>>>>> Affordability Plan
>>>>>    * Join the national call-in day starting on Tuesday July 15th
>>>>> demanding Michigan Governor Rick Snyder end the water shutoffs,
>>>>> restore water to all residents and implement the Detroit Water
>>>>> Affordabiity Plan.
>>>>>    * Call all of these numbers between 1 and 3pm every Tuesday, (517)
>>>>> 373-3400 (Main Office) (517) 335-7858 (Constituent Services) (202)
>>>>> 624-5840 (Washington, DC office) Send a FAX: (517) 335-6863
>>>>>
>>>>>    * Join the phone bank team - alert local Detroit residents that
>>>>> their water is scheduled to be turned off; tell local residents where
>>>>> they can find a "free" water station in the city, help locate all
>>>>> Detroit residents who have had their water turned off; contact Mike
>>>>> Fox [
>>>>> mailto:mikefox at pdamerica.org?subject=Volunteer%20-%20Make%20Phone%20Calls%20for%20Detroit
>>>>> ] to make calls.
>>>>>    * Join the rally on July 18th starting at 1pm in Hart Plaza, Detroit
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> PDA Advisory Board Member *Rep. John Conyers*, explained, "Detroit's
>>>>> water crisis did not happen in a vacuum. Over the past decade,
>>>>> Detroiters have seen their water rates increase by 119 percent. Over
>>>>> this same period, forces beyond city residents' control–including a
>>>>> global financial crisis that left one in five local residences in
>>>>> foreclosure and sent local unemployment rates skyrocketing–severely
>>>>> undercut Detroiters' ability to pay."
>>>>>
>>>>> According to Guardian.com: "*There are people who can't cook, can't
>>>>> clean, people coming off surgery who can't wash. Adding to the
>>>>> outrage, "children risk being taken by welfare authorities from any
>>>>> home without running water*."
>>>>>
>>>>> *The Progressive magazine reports, many Detroit residents understand
>>>>> "aggressive foreclosures and water shutoffs are a deliberate scheme to
>>>>> drive longtime residents out of the city center, seize property, and
>>>>> gentrify downtown Detroit and the waterfront*." This would follow an
>>>>> established pattern of hostile takeovers targeting minority
>>>>> communities. "Detroit is not the first predominantly African-American
>>>>> city subjected to this kind of exploitation. Post-Katrina New Orleans
>>>>> (60 percent African American) was also abandoned and exploited by the
>>>>> political class. In Birmingham, Alabama (74 percent minority), JP
>>>>> Morgan was convicted of bribing local power brokers and extracting
>>>>> millions in fees that turned a $250 million dollar sewer project in
>>>>> Jefferson County into a $3 billion debacle."
>>>>>
>>>>> This isn't even the first 1% power grab in Michigan! In Benton Harbor,
>>>>> state-imposed emergency management facilitated a corporate takeover of
>>>>> prized waterfront property to build a golf course. These deliberate
>>>>> efforts to exploit local communities are part of an alarming pattern.
>>>>>
>>>>> *Today, the people of Detroit need you*. Next month or next year, the
>>>>> vultures might well be circling above your community. Help us stop
>>>>> this shock doctrine exploitation in its tracks!
>>>>>
>>>>> Don't forget to *Sign our Credo petition* [
>>>>> https://www.credomobilize.com/petitions/tell-detroit-to-turn-the-taps-back-on-water-is-a-human-right
>>>>> ] to turn the on the water, stop the shut offs and implement the Water
>>>>> Affordabiity Plan!
>>>>>
>>>>> Conor Boylan and Andrea Miller
>>>>> PDA National Co-Executive Directors
>>>>>
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