Dexter Avenue Fire Inquiry
Video: Hundreds of Michigan families seek assistance in Southfield
May 27, 2011
DTE Energy held a customer assistance event this week. Thousands of Detroit-area families face utility shutoffs every year after falling behind on bills.
86,000 Michigan households hit by utility shutoffs this winter
By Larry Porter, May 4, 2011
Statewide statistics for the frigidly cold months of January, February and March confirm that the utility companies have escalated their brutal policy of utility shutoffs.
Sylvia Young addresses The Fight for Socialism Today conference in Ann Arbor
“CAUS says utilities should be a right, not a luxury”
April 15, 2011
Sylvia Young, who lost three small children in a March 2010 house fire that occurred after DTE cut off heat to her home, addressed the conference.
Video: The Committee Against Utility Shutoffs holds demonstration in Detroit
March 17, 2011
The CAUS held a demonstration on March 12 to demand an end to utility shutoffs and insist that heat and lights are social rights.
Photo story: The Committee Against Utility Shutoffs holds march in Detroit
March 15, 2011
This slideshow presents images of the March 12 demonstration in Detroit, called by the Committee Against Utility Shutoffs (CAUS). Participants marched up Dexter Avenue to demand an end to utility shutoffs.
Lawrence Porter at CAUS rally: “Utilities are a social right!”
March 14, 2011
The remarks introducing the CAUS demonstration given by Lawrence Porter, chairman of CAUS and assistant national secretary of the Socialist Equality Party.
Demonstration in Detroit demands end to utility shutoffs
By Shannon Jones, March 14, 2011
The Committee Against Utility Shutoffs led a demonstration down Dexter Avenue in Detroit to defend the right of working people to basic utilities.
Demonstrators speak out: “Heat and gas are necessities for life”
By our reporters, March 14, 2011
The World Socialist Web Site interviewed workers and young people who participated in the rally against utility shutoffs in Detroit.
Record number of Iowa residents overdue on utility bills
By James Nykvist, March 12, 2011
A record 267,710 Iowa households—representing over 20 percent of the state’s population—are overdue on their utility bills.
Video: CAUS holds press conference to announce March 12 demonstration
March 10, 2011
On March 4, the Committee Against Utility Shutoffs held a press conference to announce its upcoming demonstration against utility shutoffs in Detroit. The march will be held on Saturday March 12 at 2 PM, assembling at the house where three people were killed in a house fire last year.
CAUS holds press conference to announce March 12 demonstration
By Shannon Jones, March 5, 2011
The Committee Against Utility Shutoffs held a press conference Friday at the Dexter-Elmhurst Center in Detroit announcing a March 12 demonstration against utility shutoffs.
DTE Energy 2010 profits soar as utility shutoffs increase
By Debra Watson, February 22, 2011
Last week the Detroit-based utility giant, DTE Energy, reported a record $630 million in profit for 2010.
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