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Article

23 Jul 2014

Author:
James Anderson and Anna Durrett, Truthout (USA)

Thirsting for Democracy in Detroit: Activists Resist Water Service Shutoffs, Wall Street and Privatization [USA]

Several thousand people marched from Cobo Hall to Detroit's Hart Plaza on July 18, decrying the destruction of democracy in Detroit. The rally, organized in part by the Moratorium Now! Coalition to Stop Foreclosures, Evictions and Utility Shutoffs, took place after a week of actions against the disconnection of water service to households unable to pay their bills. People previously blockaded to keep Homrich, a private contractor employed by the city, from shutting off people's water on July 10...The water disconnections constitute a human rights violation if the people affected are genuinely unable to pay, said Catarina de Albuquerque, the UN special rapporteur on safe drinking water and sanitation...[refers to Goldman Sachs, Metro International Trade Services (part of Goldman Sachs), Homrich]