The Detroit bankruptcy and the assault on democratic rights - World Socialist Web Site
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The Detroit bankruptcy and the assault on democratic rights
By Jerry White
26 July 2013
The bankruptcy filing last week by Detroit’s unelected emergency manager, Kevyn Orr, is the outcome of an anti-democratic conspiracy conducted by top political officials from both the Republican and Democratic Parties in Michigan over the last several years.
From the beginning, their aim was to install a direct representative of Wall Street, armed with powers of the federal bankruptcy court, to run roughshod over any political and legal obstacles to the looting of the city.