The face of opposition to Emergency Management: Rev. Pinkney

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Rev. Pinkney
Rev. Pinkney

Rev. Edward Pinkney of Benton Harbor, MI was among the first to speak out against the state’s dictator law which allowed for Whirlpool to take over the town’s prime lakefront property and turn it into an elite golf course. Pinkney is now in prison, persecuted on trumped up charges for his resistance to the fascism in Michigan. In 2012, he wrote in the People’s Tribune, “We must push for immediate suspension of all Emergency Managers. They symbolize the destruction of democracy by corporate power.” In another article, he wrote, “I am dedicated to the power of the people to control their own lives! Joseph Harris, the Emergency Manager with dictatorial powers to straighten out Benton Harbor books predicted a $400,000 surplus in 2011. But the books are apparently still in the red! A public investigation is in order!” See more about Rev. Pinkney on Page 12 of this edition.

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