Episode

12/4 Chris Savage: The Real Story of Detroit

December 4, 2013

Chris Savage the  Editor of Eclecta Blog explains the new federal ruling that could slash Detroit’s public pensions, Governor Rick Snyder’s radical austerity policies, who is Detroit’s Emergency Manager Kevin Orr? how the labor unions are working to protect pensions, how the big banks are brutally exploiting Detroit, selling off Detroit’s public assets, what caused Detroit’s financial collapse, why the neo-liberal attack on Detroit poses a danger for the rest of the country and the greater project privatization.

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