The deindustrialization of Detroit

[dcsmart]

this is a photo essay. (not by me)

i live in a suburb of Detroit, but go to the city for a variety of events (and yes, the casinos) this flaming Marxist does gamble at the casino. You can see some of the abandoned factories when you drive south on I-75. What is even more remarkable is that surrounding these factories are neighborhoods, were some people still live along with burned out houses and crack houses.


By Jerry White
10 April 2009

The current auto crisis follows decades of plant closings and mass layoffs that transformed Detroit into the poorest major city in America. The rise of the Motor City was synonymous with US industrial preeminence, as well as the improvements in living standards won by the auto workers in mass struggles. The collapse of the Motor City is perhaps the poignant symbol of the historic decline of American capitalism, its turn to financial speculation, and the unrelenting assault on the working class.
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SOURCE SITE
http://www.wsws.org/articles/2009/apr2009/show-a10.shtml
there are captions below the pictures once you open them.

[ananda]

1. With so many Detroit school closings..

.. what kind of education will be on offer?

Worrisome emoticon...