Interviews and On-the-spot reports

Funeral for Michigan man frozen following utility shut-off

January 29, 2009

On Wednesday, January 28, a funeral was held for Marvin Schur, the 93-year-old man who froze to death in his home in Bay City Michigan, after the municipal power company cut off electricity without te...

Video: London demonstrators protest Israeli assault on Gaza

January 5, 2009

Tens of thousands protested in London on Saturday against the Israeli attack on Gaza which has claimed the lives of hundreds, including many children. The World Socialist Web Site spoke to participant...

Thousands march through New York City as Israel invades Gaza

By a reporting team, January 5, 2009

Thousands marched Saturday through New York City, rallying outside the Israeli consulate just as the ground assault on Gaza began.

Video: Michigan Chrysler workers denounce pay cuts

December 18, 2008

The World Socialist Web Site spoke to workers at a Chrysler assembly plant about the pay cuts and plant closings that are being discussed in Washington and by the Big Three auto companies.

Republic Windows and Door workers speak on their struggle

By Tom Eley, December 10, 2008

A team of World Socialist Web Site reporters spoke with workers at Republic Windows and Doors.

The rise and fall of Highland Park, Michigan

December 6, 2008

The WSWS interviews Kurt Metzger, Director of the Detroit Area Community Indicators System, about the rise and decline of Highland Park, Michigan.

Video: Kandy O'Neill speaks to the WSWS

November 27, 2008

Video: Kandy O'Neill speaks to the WSWS

Thousands mourn Detroit Firefighter

November 25, 2008

Thousands of firefighters from across the United States and Canada joined family members and many concerned residents of Detroit last Friday, November 21, to mourn the death of Walter Harris a much-lo...

WSWS interviews Wilmington, Ohio residents on DHL job cuts

By remove, November 21, 2008

WSWS interviews Wilmington, Ohio residents on DHL job cuts

WSWS interviews workers at Detroit “poverty summit”

November 17, 2008

On Thursday, November 13, the World Socialist Web Site sent reporters to Cobo Center in downtown Detroit to interview young workers and social workers attending the Detroit Poverty Summit about the di...

WSWS speaks with family members of Michigan fire victims

By the, November 1, 2008

WSWS reporter D'Artagnan Collier spoke to family members and a teacher of one of the victims of the fire in Highland Park, Michigan which killed four people on Wednesday, October 22.

Detroit residents denounce social decay in fire deaths

October 30, 2008

The following video is part of a series by the World Socialist Web Site reporters on the dire social conditions prevailing former auto production centers in Detroit.