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Only one out of six eligible voters in Detroit participated in the “non-partisan” primary election held Tuesday in a sign of mass alienation from the political system in the city, which has long been dominated by the Democratic Party.

Millionaire businessman and current mayor, David Bing, who enjoyed the backing of the city’s corporate and political elite, won 74 percent of the vote and will face second place finisher Tom Barrow, who received 11 percent, in a run-off election November 3.

D’Artagnan Collier, the Socialist Equality Party’s candidate in the upcoming Detroit mayoral election, spoke Tuesday at a moderated mayoral forum held at a youth development center in Detroit’s New Center Area. Collier and other candidates were asked to present their programs, placing specific emphasis on their positions with regards to education and youth development.

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D’Artagnan Collier Speaking to Frank Heleeji and Ali, the family’s next-door neighbours

A man and his three children all died tragically from carbon monoxide poisoning on Detroit's west side early Thursday morning. The poisonous gas came from a generator the family was using after the local electricity provider, DTE Energy, shut off service for non-payment.

D’Artagnan Collier, Socialist Equality Party candidate for Detroit Mayor, spoke at a meeting in Downtown Detroit Tuesday. He addressed the pressing social questions facing workers in the city and explained his reasons for running.

“The Obama Administration has given its response to the economic crisis. The bourgeoisie, they have a strategy in which they are using this crisis to impose attacks on the working class, essentially returning conditions of life to what it was prior to the Great Depression...”

The founding congress of the Socialist Equality Party (SEP) in the United States, held on August 3-9 in Ann Arbor, Michigan, represents a milestone in the history of the Fourth International and the development of the revolutionary socialist movement.