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Community groups press Detroit to divest city contracts tied to war profiteering
Summary
Activists from the Detroit Anti War Committee and allied organizations urged the city to investigate and divest from contractors they said profit from military operations and to publish lists of city contracts for public review.
Organizers told the Detroit City Council on Jan. 9 that the city should examine and divest from contracts with companies they say profit from military action and human-rights abuses.
Speakers from the Detroit Anti War Committee and allied groups described a city contracting pattern they said directs hundreds of millions of dollars to firms linked to U.S. military or foreign…
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