Last year, as you may recall, our friend Jeff Clark worked with noted labor historian Peter Linebaugh to produce an ambitious little book which touched on everything from the history of May Day, and the inherent vampirism of capitalism, to the life of Demetrius Ypsilanti, the hero of the Greek Civil War whom our city […]
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Linette, Clementine and I braved the freezing drizzle on Sunday to see Ann Arbor’s annual Festifools parade. The event, as always, was wonderfully surreal. Sadly, this year there was no giant, pooping cat. There was, however, something equally as bizarre – the Mayor of Ann Arbor, John Hieftje, running along the edges of the parade, […]
