On march 12th, Detroiters held a People's Movement Assembly to name the urgent local problems and determine actions to be taken during the US Social Forum this June. The assembly was part of a series to set the agenda by the host city.
Groups called for marches and direct actions targeting DTE, the utility company whose cut-offs have led to 14 deaths this winter, the incinerator which pollutes Detroit's air, a restaurant known for abusing its workers, and an action on Chase Bank which invests in the abusive labor of RJ Reynolds and is one of the biggest foreclosers in Michigan.
Groups interested in planning actions during the forum should do so in collaboration with local groups in Detroit.
Contact Fred Vitale from DLOC and the DETROIT PMA freddetroit@sbcglobal.net to get connected.
Watch the video from Detroit's PMA
Plan your own movement assembly.
Across the country, communities are naming the problems they face, developing solutions and planning to come to the forum with resolutions for action. Plan your's at http://abc.ussf2010.org/