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Detroit Police Department
Community Resistance and Survival
Finally Got the News
highlights organized resistance among Black workers, pushing back against both corporate and police oppression.
Blue Collar
presents a cynical view of solidarity, showing how systems of power manipulate and divide the working class
August Snow
takes a more individualistic approach, as the protagonist, a former cop turned private investigator, seeks justice outside the corrupt system, embodying a contemporary form of resistance.
Labor, Policing, and Economic Exploitation
Blue Collar
(1978)
Both highlight Detroit's working-class struggles, particularly among auto industry workers, and how policing is used to control labor unrest.
Finally Got the News
(1970)
Showcases the League of Revolutionary Black Workers, revealing the systemic racism and exploitation that permeates the auto industry, while also critiquing police repression of labor movements.
Vincent Haddad, "The Detroit Genre"
Haddad contends that Detroit has become both a shorthand for the rise and fall of the American working class and a symbol of the contradictions of capitalism itself.
This supports the theme of economic exploitation and labor struggles in
Blue Collar, Finally Got the News, and A Tale of One City.
A People's History of Detroit, "A Tale of One City" (Mark Jay & Philip Conklin)
“Detroit’s story is not one of decline but of violent restructuring—capital always moving toward its own expansion, no matter the cost.”
This reframes Detroit’s struggles as a deliberate outcome of capitalist forces, connecting to the labor unrest in Finally Got the News and Blue Collar.
Racialized Policing & Corruption
Blue Collar
shows how police & corporations work together to suppress dissent and maintain control over workers, particularly targeting Black and marginalized employees
“They pit the lifers against the new boys, the old against the young, the Black against the white—everybody to keep us in our place.”
This reflects divide-and-conquer tactics in both labor struggles and policing, linking to the arguments in
A Tale of One City
and Haddad’s Detroit Genre.
Finally Got the News
documents how police violence was used to quell Black labor activism in Detroit
"The police don't protect us, they protect the interests of the companies."
This underscores the alignment of police power with corporate interests, a theme in
Blue Collar
and
August Snow
August Snow
(2017) explores how corruption and racial bias continue to shape Detroit's police force, reflecting on systemic issues that persist beyond the 20th century