2years, 2long : Flint Lives Matter

Latest

Two years
Two years
TOO LONG
After two years, the residents of Flint are still without safe and affordable water. We are still living off of bottled water for drinking, cooking, and bathing. Lead and other toxins have poisoned our bodies leaving permanent damage to our health and well-being. Our lives now revolve around health complications and our children have been robbed of their childhood.
WE ARE STRONG
This disaster was welcomed into our community by Michigan’s Emergency Manager system, where the governor can send a crony into a city or school district and take it over. THIS is untold story in this tragedy. These managers are empowered to sell off public assets as well as privatize public services without a say so by WE the people. In their zeal to seize our water and water rights, our city was poisoned!
WE WILL NOT STAND DOWN
The collective effort of activists in Flint coming together of all races, gender, and socio-economic backgrounds is what has made us strong. It has been the voices of the people that have exposed this man-made disaster. Thank to those who have heard our battle cries from around the country and world. During the course of our struggle, we were joined by other powerful voices such as Dr. Mona-Hanna Attisha; Marc Edwards; investigative journalist, Curt Guyette; filmmaker, Kate Levy, and new mayor, Karen Weaver and many others. As a result, we were able to return to Detroit water, and the media blackout was broken. We have received love, water, and donations, but the most powerful support of all are the relentless voices of resistance.
FLINT LIVES MATTER
The struggle continues here in Flint and across the state of Michigan. We demand disaster relief status from the Federal government to replace all the lead pipes. We demand Medicare for all regardless of age to confront this enormous public health disaster. Finally, we demand an end to dictatorship under the Emergency Manager system with the restoration and expansion of democracy in Flint and all other Michigan communities.
NO JUSTICE, NO PEACE

+ Articles by this author

Schuyler Mitchell is a writer, editor and fact-checker from North Carolina, currently based in Brooklyn. Her work has appeared in The Intercept, The Baffler, Labor Notes, Los Angeles Magazine, and elsewhere. Find her on X: @schuy_ler

Free to republish but please credit the People's Tribune. Visit us at www.peoplestribune.org, email peoplestribune@gmail.com, or call 773-486-3551.

The People’s Tribune brings you articles written by individuals or organizations, along with our own reporting. Bylined articles reflect the views of the authors. Unsigned articles reflect the views of the editorial board. Please credit the source when sharing: ©2024 peoplestribune.org. Please donate to help us keep bringing you voices of the movement. Click here. We’re all volunteer, no paid staff.

LEAVE A REPLY

Please enter your comment!
Please enter your name here

Featured

Cities from Chicago to Newark Resist Trump’s Immigration Crackdown

Immigration activists in Chicago and Newark, NJ, describe how the government's assault on immigrants violates the Constitution and threatens everyone's rights.

Pledge to Keep Organizing, Pledge to Keep Marching: People’s March 2025

Dozens of organizations came together here and worldwide to create the People’s March 2025. Hundreds of thousands of people came to protest the policy promises of President Donald Trump and to convey a loud message of resistance to his promised policies and ultimate dictatorship. 

Doctor Sees People Deferring Life-Saving Care, Fearing Deportation and Family Separation

Emergency Room doctor asks how many people will defer life saving care because of their immigration status, fearing deportations and family separation.

Chicagoans Vow to Fight Trump’s Attack on Immigrant Workers

Chicagoans are showing that they plan to resist President Trump’s plans to mount attacks on immigrants.

A Mass Movement Will Rise to Defend Immigrants, Says Activist

Right now there is no coordinated national mass movement to defend immigrants, but there will be, says human rights activist Camilo Pérez-Bustillo in this interview with the People's Tribune.

More from the People's Tribune