Victory Toward Renewing Democracy in Michigan

And then there are referendums that are not just genuinely grassroots, not just critically needed in that state, but vitally important to restoring Democracy nationwide.

The tyrannical emergency manager law in Michigan and the way repug governor Rick Snyder has used it to deny the right of self-government to communities - primarily African-American - across the state are public demonstrations of what the repugs and their corporate masters are planning for the entire nation.

That's why the referendum to overturn the law this November is, with the possible exception of the presidential race, the single most important election in the country.