And the Oh, I was a major. This is hell.

Live from the United States where capitalism is the virus.

This is hell and if there is one place, one city in the United States

where capitalism has taken the form of a deadly pathogen infecting everything it touches causing it to fester and decay

until the body is no longer recognizable to its former self. Well sadly it's the

city where I was born Detroit, Michigan. You've probably heard the rumors. Detroit has finally turned itself around again. And it looks like it from, you know, national TV during coverage of crowds outside Tigers' baseballs or Lions football games in a glittering new downtown that is far more welcoming to tourists and white suburbanites than the city's neighborhoods and surrounding communities.

But that concept of the city's future is very different from the present that's taking place in Detroit's

neighborhoods of longtime residents and communities that have been through thick and

thin yet still remain and they're fighting for their rights that they increasingly

see slipping away from them. Among the groups fighting back is Detroit eviction

defense that has had great success in keeping homeowners in their homes

despite the threats of unfair taxation and mortgage foreclosures or other unethical

practice by speculators and investors who have little oversight from the city.

Not only is there little oversight, but there's also poor management of tax records and payments

that can also lead to someone being evicted from their home despite

being completely paid up on their taxes.

In a few minutes we will be speaking with Jeffrey Wilson, co-creator with Bambi Kramer of We Live Here, Detroit Eviction Defense and the Battle for Housing

Justice, a biography of the members of the local activist group, Detroit Eviction Defense, and their efforts to combat

and beat calls for their eviction.

Jeffrey is a graphic novel author and PhD candidate in geography at the University of Arizona.

His work focuses on the social determinants of health,

specifically the effect of foreclosures on health

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