Detroit and Windsor orchestras promote “Music has no Borders”
The fraternal and humane sentiments expressed in the Instagram post received a significant and very positive response from both Canadians and Americans.
•Shannon Jones, Valery Tsekov
Valery Tsekov
No charges or investigation one week after fatal industrial explosion in Detroit suburb
One week after industrial explosions rocked the Detroit suburb of Clinton Township, Michigan, killing a young bystander and spewing steel gas canisters and shrapnel as far as two miles from the blast site, the police and local authorities have yet to initiate an investigation or lay any charges against the owners of the cannabis business that erupted in flames and multiple detonations.
•Valery Tsekov
Workers and residents outraged as scale of industrial fire in Detroit suburb comes into view
A local resident, describing the massive fire and round after round of explosions, told the WSWS, “We didn’t know if it was bombs going off, a war, or what.”
•Valery Tsekov
Indiana workers denounce fraudulent UAW run-off election
In discussions outside factory gates, workers expressed deep opposition to the brazen violation of their rights and the “choice” in the election between two longtime union bureaucrats.
•Valery Tsekov, Jerry White
Indiana Stellantis workers denounce bogus UAW “run-off” election, back Will Lehman's campaign for new vote
Among Stellantis workers, there is broad disdain for the bogus run-off between Ray Curry and Shawn Fain after a first round of the election that left 90 percent of the membership out of the voting.
•Jerry White, Valery Tsekov
14-year-old Michigan youth who was brutally treated by police dies of COVID-19
Fourteen-year-old Honestie Hodges has died from complications of COVID-19 in Grand Rapids, Michigan, two weeks after being hospitalized on her birthday.
•Valery Tsekov
Auto parts worker crushed by massive manufacturing mold at plant north of Detroit
Forty-two year old worker David Spano died Tuesday after a massive manufacturing mold fell on him at Romeo RIM in suburban Detroit.
•Valery Tsekov
Alarming spike of COVID-19 infections in Michigan amid ruling class push for “herd immunity”
Several Republican state senators in the Michigan Senate held an online meeting last Saturday, where they discussed steps towards the lifting of mandates to wear masks indoors despite a clear resurgence of the disease.
•Valery Tsekov
Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer greenlights the resumption of high school sports during pandemic
Ignoring the advice of Michigan’s chief medical executive, the Democratic governor suspended her executive order banning high school contact sports.
•Valery Tsekov
Wayne State University administration announces pay freezes and layoffs
The Wayne State University administration is using the crisis to push through long sought after “cost-cutting” attacks on workers and students.
•Valery Tsekov
Protests erupt across US over barbaric anti-abortion ban in Alabama
The most significant of theses protests took place in Alabama and in Kansas City, Missouri, where a similar bill has been passed.
•Valery Tsekov
Millions of American youth attend schools with police but no support staff
The “Cops and No Counselors” report released last week by the ACLU reveals the decay of American public schools and the growing militarization of society.
•Valery Tsekov