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Created 12/17/2011 - 1 year ago
Sheila Tyson, a community activist in the deprived West End area of Birmingham, tells the BBC how her community has been affected
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www.bbc.co.uk
Birmingham Alabama's poorest residents forced to go w/o water &sewage becuz of #WallSt greed http://t.co/pPaoYoye #OWS #occupy #p2 #topprog
The scandal of the Alabama poor cut off from water http://t.co/j6bbW7Kk
No running water in some parts of Alabama? Just sad. http://t.co/5xKpYnYZ If you can make a difference, do what you can.
RT @HeavenLeeOps: This is not right------>>>The scandal of the Alabama poor cut off from water http://t.co/wMcavKaj
Our future? MT @davidsteven Shocked by this BBC story on water and the poor in Alabama. Surely it can't be that bad? http://t.co/iPnOPX0Q
RT @NateCrowder: Sad and telling that it's the BBC covering this and not US news. http://t.co/oqH59FhR
Birmingham Alabama poor cut Off from water http://t.co/3n9fZOxK Wow just to think hospital i was born at is in that county #BreakingNews
BBC News - The scandal of the Alabama poor cut off from water http://t.co/k2Q1lv72 | this is an atrocity #civilrightsworldwide #Bham
BBC News - The scandal of the #Alabama poor cut off from water http://t.co/jP6CtOrM #OWS #OccupyBirmingham #OccupyJPMorgan #DebtJubilee #OSF
The Banksters Again: The scandal of the Alabama poor cut off from water http://t.co/XSp0cDmo @BBC #foreclosures
RT @38harmony: ~ RT @TracyLatz: BBC News - The scandal of the Alabama poor cut off from water - http://t.co/lMSv2gpX
RT @Chaos2Night: This is what Cronyism gets you: http://t.co/TOk2BRTl a hell of a mess.
Scandal and corruption in Alabama. Jefferson County's poor can no longer afford running water http://t.co/YWkNUzIF #ows
RT @davidsteven: In the richest country in the world, the poor can't running afford water http://t.co/uVVXI9uz
Birmingham, you've gone downhill fast since I lived there. http://t.co/dDjGa9nQ
RT @oldivory: BBC News The scandal of the Alabama poor cut off from water http://t.co/NKZpmstB Ripped off by the largest banks and by local authorities.
#Corruption of officials leaves Alabamans without water, prices to keep rising http://t.co/yWAbrmIU #Alabama
RT @cheeriogrrrl: #AL poor are being cut off from their water supply b/c of failed practices of #bigbanks! http://t.co/RBpJGtt8 #SHAME on #JPMorgan!
Coming to a neighbourhood near you soon? ยป BBC News - The scandal of the Alabama poor cut off from water - http://t.co/UaAJe1rh
WHY is #AL charging it's poorest residents $97 a MONTH for sewers? http://t.co/RBpJGtt8
RT @Badgers_Rebel: BBC News - The scandal of the Alabama poor cut off from water http://t.co/fcVakPab |Our GOP future?| #WiUnion #Occupy #OWS #OccupyMn #USA
Jesus Christ, Alabama!! #needsomewhiteloveforrealz BBC News - The scandal of the Alabama poor cut off from water http://t.co/I6ZZTlzB
The #ALEC #NDAA future: must have #VoterID b4 drinking from public fountain. BBC: Alabama poor cut off from water http://t.co/gNEjBBtW #p2
RT @facingsouth: The scandal of the #Alabama poor cut off from water (via @BBC) http://t.co/Ralo8LtL #poverty
Too many stories like this happening in the U.S. BBC News - The scandal of the Alabama poor cut off from water http://t.co/hlcDMYSa
Biggest municipal bankruptcy in American history http://t.co/9TPaBqIa #AlabamaH2O
@ALGOP what in the world is going on in Birmingham with the H2O debacle?http://t.co/9TPaBqIa
#Poor people in #Alabama can't afford water!?! #NotOkay http://t.co/9TPaBqIa
#Alabama poor paying the cost of banker greed & political corruption through their sewer bill http://t.co/Qu84EjYF #Wearethe99% #OWS
If you have an account with JP Morgan, you really ought to read this, and think about what your money goes to: http://t.co/U6Kd94yt
Alabama's poor forced to bathe with bottled water and used portable bathrooms http://t.co/BaTmKp2a
Because American poor isn't really poor, right? http://t.co/KZtcz6aB #classwar
3rd World America: the Alabama poor cut off from water http://t.co/qsy35gTg Compare Chinese village Wukan, also cut off
Birmingham, Alabama, poor priced out of running water, forced to use porta-toilets. http://t.co/q0HcSHZr
RT @counterparties: Soured JPMorgan deal left the poor in a bankrupt Ala. county with ridiculously high sewer bills http://t.co/OF5yY21d
RT @rcooley123: BBC News - The scandal of the Alabama poor cut off from water http://t.co/R4D0Oyfi | Story on Alabama from BBC?
http://t.co/SRlJErpp as we spend trillions around the world for defense and foreign aide families in alabama cant afford running water WTF!
Greed, corruption & incompetence of politicians, officials & financiers @BBC Scandal of Alabama poor cut off from water http://t.co/ttlEqvCz