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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 Ann Arbor, Civil Liberties, History, 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

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 Ann Arbor, Food, Health | 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 [...]

Also posted in Ann Arbor, Special Projects, Ypsilanti | Tagged abortion, adoption, Ben Miller, Dreamland Theater, EMU, eye eating robots, home birth, Leggz, morning after pill, Nature Maid, Oxgyn Network, Patrick Elkins, Pleasuredome, Polliwog Farm, reality television, roller disco, Thom Elliot, twins, Vinyl Joe's, Water Street, Yoder, Ypsi immigration interview | 35 Comments

Totally Quotable Clementine… shop injury edition

By Mark | May 8, 2012

This was said to me a few hours ago, as I was driving Clementine home from school, where she’d been working with her classmates on the construction of a bridge. I’m guessing that saws were involved.

Also posted in Mark's Life, Other, Special Projects | Tagged fingers, saws, shop class, shop injuries, totally quotable Clementine, woodworking injuries | 3 Comments

Monday night’s fight to protect what’s left of public education in Ypsilanti

By Mark | May 6, 2012

It would appear that the financial situation at Ypsi Public Schools is even more dire than we’d been led to believe, and the State is demanding that immediate, drastic action be taken. The following comes from AnnArbor.com: …Ypsilanti was anticipated to have a combined two-year $6.38 million deficit at the end of 2011-12. However, in [...]