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DESCRIPTION:When Rev. Edward Pinkney of Benton Harbor, Michigan spoke out against the 
 state’s draconian “Emergency Financial Manager” law that stripped the 
 power of all the city’s boards and commissions of their authority, he 
 quoted the Holy Bible.\n\nFor doing so, he was placed in jail for a 
 year.\n\nThe imprisonment was just one of the experiences Pinkney faced in 
 the mainly African American Rust Belt city of Benton Harbor where the 
 Whirlpool corporation is king and the state has declared, “economic 
 martial law.”\n\nWith increasing unemployment and corporate profits being 
 used for increased cuts to public services for poor and working class 
 people, people are fighting back from Wisconsin to Wall Street and back to 
 UC Berkeley. The people of the Bay Area can learn many lessons from the 
 struggles of Rev. Pinkney and his wife, Dorothy.\n\nOn Saturday, October 1, 
 the Pinkney’s will speak at Laney College on the 2011 Justice Tour, to 
 share “Lessons from the Battle of Benton Harbor.”\n\nThe Pinkneys will 
 raise awareness on what’s taking place in Michigan and the Rust Belt and 
 some crucial lessons learned in battling for democracy and human rights, 
 according to organizers. The Pinkney’s will expose the 
 corporate/government strategy being implemented in California and how they 
 have worked to give voice to the voiceless.\n 
 https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2011/09/30/18691799.php
SUMMARY:Laney College hosts Benton Harbor activist Rev. Edward Pinkney
LOCATION:Laney College, Room E255\n900 Fallon Street\nOakland, CA 94607
URL:https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2011/09/30/18691799.php
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