People's Summit • Detroit, Michigan • RenCen Protest • 6/16/09

While former Michigan Governor John Engler and current American Axle CEO Dick Dauch addressed the employing class at the National Economic Summit inside the GM Renaissance Center in Detroit (ticket price $1,495), attendees of the National People's Summit & Tent City rallied outside to voice their demands, perspectives and solutions. Including:

- Jobs, healthcare, housing and education for all
- Moratorium on foreclosures, evictions and utility shutoffs
- Moratorium on layoffs, plant closings, pension thefts and union busting
- A job at a living wage as a basic right
- Stopping attacks on immigrants
- Stopping budget cuts and restoring social services funding
- Stopping tuition hikes and school closings
- Ending racism, sexism and anti-LGBT attacks
- Full rights for disabled people
- An end to police brutality
- Jobs not Jails for prisoners and ex-prisoners' rights
- Saving the natural environment and halting climate change
- Money for jobs and human needs, not war
- Bailout the people, not the banks!
- And more

Get Involved (with your bodies as well as your blogs):

http://www.peoplessummit.org/
http://www.bailoutthepeople.org/
http://moratorium-mi.org/
http://www.workers.org
http://www.autoworkercaravan.org/

Other resources:

http://peoplessummit.blogspot.com/
http://www.fistyouth.org/
http://www.iww.org
http://www.soldiersofsolidarity.com/

Open Source Downloadable Quicktime of this video available @ :
http://www.archive.org/details/Peoples_Summit_Detroit_GM_RenCen_Protest_6.16.09

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[gesiriech]

I always buy used cars. I can't afford to buy a car from someone making $80/hr.

Its as simple as the math. The UAW fleas killed the dog that was hosting it.

[FlintPublic]

Autoworkers now make $14/hr. and can't afford new cars either. You're right, it's simple math. If we all "compete" ourselves down to the wages wall street wants, only wall street will be able to afford the products & services we build & provide. Our labor creates ALL wealth.

[FlintPublic]

@ZackSMiller22 Can't find the exact source and can't post a link. But there is an entry on fact check dot org

[ZackSMiller22]

@FlintPublic Where did you get the 8% figure.

[Garage191]

Yay Unions keep fighting the Good fight. Working very hard with long hours. I have worked in non Unions and Unions factory. Unions factory way better. Some comments know they never work in a factory. Screw in a bolt? Wow! $14 an hour is not much. CEO'S can suck it. My friend is a tow trunk driver hated to help rich people out he got no respect . Now he's recovering he loves when he taking the cars from the rich side of town to the impound lot.

[FlintPublic]

Do your employees get a vote in key decisions?

[kh739]

I own the place where I *work*. ;)

[gratewhitehuntr]

Any means is justified to achieve their goals.

THAT is the "Progressive" (or whatever the hell you call yourselves) mindset.

Instead of placing honesty and work ethic first, the GOAL is first-middle-last.

By any means necessary.

[dirtydigi222]

It's about priorities... but it seems the one dudes priority is the ass on the girl in the white shirt that passed by @ 3:10 =P

[ilovelonell]

its not a right but its a necessity to survive dumbass!