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

Tue Jul 15 08:15:38 EDT 2014

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

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Date: Tue, 15 Jul 2014 07:03:23 -0400 (EDT)
Subject: Emergency Call-In Day TODAY!
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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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