I just heard about a big student activism event taking place this Thursday and Friday on the campus of EMU, and reached out the organizers with a few questions. What follows is my exchange with EMU doctoral student Johnny Lupinacci. MARK: Can you tell me a little about this event coming up at EMU? JOHNNY: […]
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Johnny Lupinacci on this week’s “Activism and Education: A Celebration at EMU” activities
Posted in Education, Environment, Ypsilanti Also tagged 100 years ago today, ableism, activism, Activism and Education: A Celebration at EMU, Ann Arbor Free School, Ann Arbor Free Skool, apathy, Aric McBay, Bringing Down Civilization, Civilization and Resistance, community activism, community building, consumerism, decolonization, Deep Green Resistance, Deep Green Resistance: Strategy to Save the Planet, Derrick Jensen, Earth Liberation Front, Eastern Michigan University, eco justice, EcoEats, education reform, EMU, EMU College of Education, Erica Mooney, Fabayo Manzira, fear, G.R.E.E.N., Generation X, GenX, global climate change, hip hop, If A Tree Falls, individualism, isolation, Janine Palms, Jean Twenge, John Lupinacci, Johnny Lupinacci, Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, Lierre Keith, local food, Malik Yakini, Millennials, Occupy Wall Street, Occupy Ypsilanti, Orion, permaculture, Porter Lecture, racism, radical sustainability, Reskilling Festival, S.E.P.E., seedbombs, self-interest, sexism, social justice, speciesm, student activism, students today aren't worth a damn, Superhero Training Academy, Sustainability 11 Comments
Considering the suggestions of the Commission on Fiscal Responsibility and Reform
Alan Simpson and Erskine Bowles, the co-chairs of the President’s National Commission on Fiscal Responsibility and Reform issued a 50-page draft proposal a few days ago, outlining what they’d recommend that we do to reign in government spending and significantly cut the nation’s deficit. They maintain that their proposal, which cuts military spending, reforms the […]
Posted in Economics, Politics Also tagged 2037, AFL-CIO, Alan Simpson, Bush tax cuts, Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget, deficit, Ed Lorenzen, entitlements, Erskine Bowles, gas tax, lifespan, loopholes, Marc Goldwein, middle class tax cuts, Morning Joe, mortgage interest tax deduction, National Commission on Fiscal Responsibility and Reform, Obama, Paul Krugman, Pelosi, Peter G. Peterson Foundation, retirement, retirement age, Richard Trumka, social security, tax cuts, tax loopholes, taxing the rich, the growing gap between rich and poor, the plight of the overtaxed rich 17 Comments