Category Archives: Ann Arbor

Alan Haber on celebrating the 50th anniversary of the Port Huron Statement with a new manifesto for the Occupy era

By Mark | May 15, 2012

Yesterday, I shared three videos that were shot over the weekend with Alan Haber, the founder of Students for a Democratic Society (SDS). In those videos, Alan and I primarily discuss the past. We talk about Ann Arbor in the 50′s, Haber’s initiation into revolutionary politics during the McCarthy era, the founding of SDS, and [...]

Also posted in Civil Liberties, History, Uncategorized, Ypsilanti | Tagged Alan Haber, Communism, Dixiecrats, EMU, fear of Communism, Guild House, Hathaway's Hideaway, Howard Brick, League of Industrial Democracy, Occupy, Occupy Ann Arbor, Occupy Wall Street, Occupy Ypsilanti, Port Huron, revolution, SDS, sexism, SNCC, Students for a Democratic Society, Tom Hayden, UAW, we need a revolution, women's rights | 31 Comments

Resurrecting “Beer with Bloggers”… May 31, 7:00 to 9:00, at the Corner Brewery

By Mark | May 14, 2012

A long time ago, in the early days of blogging, back before most of you were born, I used to host events designed to lure painfully-akward bloggers out of their parents’ basements, so that they might drink beer and attempt to mate with their readers. This reoccurring event was called Beer with Bloggers, and, from [...]

Also posted in Mark's Life, Ypsilanti | Tagged Anne Savage, Beer with Bloggers, Blogging for Michigan, Chris Savage, Corner brewery, Damn Arbor, Eclectablog, events, Hamtramck Star, Hillary Cherry, Informed Comment, Juan Cole, local meetings, The Savage Feast, trolls | 34 Comments

Alan Haber on the origins of SDS, similarities to the Occupy movement, Ann Arbor at the height of McCarthyism, and why he never built that second bomb

By Mark | May 14, 2012

I spent yesterday morning with my friend Jeff, at the home of Alan Haber, the first president of Students for Democratic Society (SDS). We talked about Ann Arbor at the height of McCarthyism, the circumstances which gave rise to SDS, the drafting of the Port Huron Statement 50 years ago, and the opportunity that may [...]

Also posted in Civil Liberties, History | Tagged 1959, Abbie Hoffman, Alan Haber, Angel Hall, armed self-defense, Arnold Kaufman, black bloc, blowing things up, bombs, Chandler Davis, Clement Markert, Derrick Jensen, FDR, Flint Sit-Down Strike, German American Bund, getting fired, House Unamerican Activities Committee, humor, Inter-Cooperative Council, Jeff Clark, League for Industrial Democracy, League of Industrial Democracy, loyalty oaths, Mark Nickerson, MLK, mooning, Nazi, non-violence, Occupy, Occupy Wall Street, participatory democracy, Paul Robeson, PIC, pipe bombs, Political Issues Club, Port Huron Statement, racism, revolution without executions, satire, SDS, SLID, SNCC, social security, Social Security Act, soul power, Splinter Group, Stephen Tonsor, street theater, student activism, Student League for Industrial Democracy, Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee, Students for a Democratic Society, tudent Nonviolent Coordinating Committee, violence vs non-violence, Weather Underground, welfare, woodworking, yippies | 11 Comments

Hut-K Chaats… nutrilicious Indian food

By Mark | May 10, 2012

One of my favorite local restaurants is an Indian street food place on Packard, between Ypsilanti and Ann Arbor, called K-Hut Chaats. Following is my interview with Dr. Swaroop Bhojani, the visionary healthy food evangelist behind the small, family-run operation… If you’ve never been, I’d encourage you to stop in, say hello, and try a [...]

Also posted in Food, Health, Uncategorized | Tagged amino acids, Back2Roots, cardiovascular disease, childhood obesity, depression, diabetes, entrepreneurism, food as medicine, food entrepreneurship, high cholesterol, Hippocrates, Hut-K, hypertension, Indian food, Indian restaurants, insulin shock, lifestyle diseases, nutrition, obesity, prevention, restaurants, roti, Swaroop Bhojani, University of Michigan, whole grains | 15 Comments

Ypsilanti Immigration Interview: Lindsay Garinger

By Mark | May 9, 2012

I believe I first met Lindsay Garinger a few days after Arlo was born, at an Occupy Ypsi teach-in. She was pregnant, and, if I’m not mistaken, she was knitting. I’d seen her around before, and always assumed that she was a local. That, apparently, wasn’t the case, though… Here, with the whole story, is [...]