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Thu Jan 8, 2015, 08:06 AM Jan 2015

Detroit Water Brigade meets Irish Right2Water

This is from Dec 9, but in case you missed it:

Tens of thousands of people are expected to take the streets of Dublin tomorrow, and marching among the throngs of demonstrators will be the Detroit Water Brigade. They’re joining the Irish in their clarion call for water rights.

The Right 2 Water December 10 protest is a response to recent government austerity measures that will impose additional charges on water usage. Detroiters will be airing their own grievances with the Detroit city government, which in the past year has shut off water service for more than 27,000 homes.

Together, activists of Ireland and Detroit will protest in solidarity against the global privatization of water resources and organize to reestablish clean water access as a fundamental human right.

http://magazine.good.is/articles/detroit-ireland-water-rights

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