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by GJEP | 2010-06-26 · 20:52

Photo Essay: Detroit Incinerator Action

Following the U.S. Social Forum in Detroit environmental justice advocates from across the U.S., the Teamsters Union, and neighborhood residents marched together to the world’s largest waste incinerator to demand its closure.

Sandra Turner-Handy of the Michigan Environmental Council photo: Langelle/GJEP

photo: Langelle/GJEP

Rhonda Anderson of the Sierra Club Environmental Justice Program photo: Langelle/GJEP

photo: Langelle/GJEP

Guerrilla gardening photo: Langelle/GJEP

photo: Langelle/GJEP

photo: Petermann/GJEP

photo: Langelle/GJEP

Michael Martin of the Michigan Teamsters Union photo: Langelle/GJEP

photo: Langelle/GJEP

photo: Andalusia Knoll

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by GJEP | 2010-06-22 · 23:59

USSF Opening March Photo Essay

Global Justice Ecology Project is attending and presenting at the US Social Forum in Detroit, Michigan this week.

What follows is a photo essay by GJEP Co-Director/Strategist Orin Langelle documenting the opening march of the Social Forum which took to the streets of Detroit earlier today. The final photo in the series is of the USSF opening ceremony that took place at the Cobo Hall this evening.

All of the photos are by Orin Langelle unless otherwise noted.

Stay tuned to this blog for more updates, photos and reports daily from the US Social Forum throughout the week.

On Saturday, we will have another photo essay from the direct action at the Detroit incinerator, which is the largest in the United States.