The impoverished former industrial town of Benton Harbor has become a flashpoint in the controversy over the new law that allows the governor to appoint Emergency Managers with virtually unlimited authority over local governments. On Thursday the state-appointed Emergency Manager Joe Harris used the expanded powers granted by the new law to issue an order [...]
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Benton Harbor takeover sparks furious reaction
Posted: June 28, 2011 in Corporatocracy, Financial Collapse, Martial Law, New World OrderTags: Corporatocracy, Martial Law
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Welcome to the New World of Corporatocracy
Posted: June 28, 2011 in Corporatocracy, Financial Collapse, Martial Law, New World OrderTags: Corporatocracy, Martial Law
Democracy vs. Profit is Central Issue in Takeover of Benton Harbor, Mich. There is no place in the United States that more cruelly illustrates the intensifying conflict between corporate power and democracy than Benton Harbor, Mich., the first city to be placed under what some Michiganders call “financial martial law.” In March, Michigan Gov. Rick [...]
