I’m not quite sure how he pulled it off, but my friend Jeff, by calling in a few favors, and doing a bit of bartering, has been able to publish a new Ypsi-themed work by famed historian Peter Linebaugh. The 75-page pamphlet, entitled “Ypsilanti Vampire May Day,” is the first thing to be published on […]
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Celebrating May Day in Ypsilanti with warnings of vampires, and camaraderie on Water Street
Posted in History, Ideas, Michigan, Uncategorized, Ypsilanti Also tagged 1886, Agrarian Law, Alan Haber, Benton Harbor, blood funnel, commons, Corporate Crime, corporate takeover of politics, Dracula, Edward Pinkney, Emergency Financial Manager, Goldman Sachs, Greece, Haymarket Riot, Jeff Clark, Matt Taibbi, May Day, Occupy Ypsilanti, Peter Linebaugh, Rome, Sulla, vampire squid, vampires, Voltaire, Water Street 14 Comments
Planting the rainbow flag, and occupying the Water Street commons
I’d wanted to share this image, taken a few days ago at the Occupy Water Street event, but I lacked the words to accompany it. Fortunately, however, I just stumbled across the following quote by Phil Rockstroh, which I think we do quite nicely. …When one attempts to stand against surging social and political tides, […]
Posted in Ypsilanti Also tagged commons, consumerism, democratizing space, fighting back, Occupy Wall Street, Occupy Ypsilanti, Phil Rockstroh, public space, re-humanizing, Water Street 9 Comments
Chris Hedges seeks to challenge legality of NDAA in court
As it’s late, and as I’m exhausted, there’s not going to be a lot in the way of thoughtful analysis, but I wanted to let you all know that one of our favorite people, Chris Hedges, has filed suit against the Obama administration on the grounds that the recently signed National Defense Authorization Act is […]
Posted in Civil Liberties, Corporate Crime Also tagged Bruce I. Afran, Carl J. Mayer, Chris Hedges, corporate fascism, corporate takeover of politics, due process, fear, fear tactics, indefinite military detention, Leon Panetta, National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2012, NDAA, Obama, Occupy, Occupy Wall Street, Robert Mueller, terrorism 11 Comments