Emergency

A New Coalition Demands Healthcare And Justice For East Palestine

March 21, 2024 Maximillian Alvarez, The Real News Network. Organize! East Palestine, Emergency, Health Care, Joe Biden, Ohio

This Saturday, March 23, unionists and labor leaders, environmental justice groups, community organizers, community members from other “sacrifice zones,” and supporters from around the country are coming to East Palestine to join residents as part of the newly formed Justice for East Palestine Residents and Workers coalition. The coalition has come together in recent months and mobilized around the core objective of pressuring President Biden to invoke the Stafford Act and issue a major disaster declaration for East Palestine.

Two-Thirds Of Americans Can’t Afford A $500 Emergency

January 23, 2016 Brian O'Connell, www.businessinsider.com Educate! Economic Justice, Emergency, Poverty, United States

By Brian O'Connell for Business Insider - Your 17-year-old son comes home from his part-time job and says the family car he uses to get to work developed a "clunking" sound underneath the vehicle when he hits the gas pedal. Turns out he hit a pothole, and the left front tire is now damaged beyond repair. OF course, the tire rim may be damaged, too. Total cost of repair: $500. Or, you play flag football on Sunday afternoons, and you break your tibia diving for the end zone. A trip to the hospital emergency room sets the damaged leg, but not before emergency room fees hit $1,000 — and your health insurance plan's deductible won't cover the charge.

Come To Detroit Link Arms For Water

July 16, 2014 Ben Ptashnik, www.truth-out.org Resist! Activists, Democracy, Detroit, Emergency, Protest, Water

On July 18, thousands of activists and dozens of organizations will converge in downtown Detroit to protest the privatization of the city's assets, and the disconnection of water to tens of thousands of low-income residents - what the UN has called a human rights violation. Demonstrators from around the country will come to rally in Hart Plaza at 1 PM to link arms with the citizens of Detroit to protest the hostile corporate takeover by Wall Street banks and their radical ALEC-led political allies in the Michigan Statehouse. The activist community of Detroit put out this call for help: We call on activists everywhere to come to Detroit on Friday, July 18 for a rally and march to fight the dictatorship of Emergency Manager Kevyn Orr, appointed by millionaire Republican Governor Rick Snyder, and backed by Wall Street bankers and the 1%. Under a state-imposed bankruptcy, the City of Detroit workers face severe cuts to their pensions and tens of thousand people face water shut-offs.

Call For Moratorium On Water Shut-Offs

July 2, 2014 Reem Nasr, www.michiganradio.org Resist! Detroit, Emergency, Human Rights, Protest, Water

Protesters voiced their anger Monday morning over the controversial water shut-offs in Detroit. The Detroit Water and Sewerage Department sent out more than 46,000 shut-off notices this spring and has turned off water to about 4,500 customers. Community activists and religious leaders met outside of Gov. Rick Snyder's midtown office. They asked him to impose an immediate moratorium on the shut-offs. They also want the city to work out an affordable payment plan based on a person's income. The Rev. Charles Williams II said the city is powerless because it is under emergency management, so he is taking his complaint to Lansing. "We have a water board that can’t make decisions because they have an emergency manager that they have to speak to," said Williams. "So in our opinion, this fight is with Gov. Snyder." Last week, the United Nations said the city's decision to cut off water to residents who haven't paid their bills may violate their human rights.

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