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What you should know about the uprising in Turkey

By Mark | June 3, 2013

Saturday night, I posted something on Facebook about the recent uprisings in Turkey, expressing both my support and frustration. (My support because, from what I can tell, the people taking to the streets across the country are largely folks who, like me, are interested in fighting for secular government, and the rights of individuals to [...]

Posted in Civil Liberties, Other, Uncategorized | Also tagged AKP, alcohol, Arab Spring, Atatürk, Ayse's Cafe, Ben Ali, Bosporus Bridge, corporatism, democracy, Ebru Uras, Gezi Park, green space, Iran, Islam, Islamization, Istanbul, Juan Cole, Justice and Development Party, lipstick, mallification, malls, Mubarak, Occupy, Occupy Genzi, occupygezi, public space, religious fundamentalism, Taksim, Taksim Square, Tayyip Erdogan, threats to Democracy, world | 34 Comments

Oily, environmentally toxic pyramid of greed being erected in Detroit by the Koch brothers

By Mark | May 19, 2013

For those of you who haven’t had the pleasure of traveling along the Detroit River lately, there’s apparently a new landmark on the Motor City waterfront – a three-story tall pile of petroleum coke, which covers an entire city block. According to a report in today’s New York Times, we have libertarian industrialists Charles and [...]

Posted in Detroit, Environment, Uncategorized | Also tagged Alberta, Ambassador Bridge, Andy Hartz, Canada, carbon emissions, Charles Koch, China, CO2, Coke, David Koch, Detroit River, Gary Peters, global climate change, Global Warming, John Conyers, Ken Boyd, Kerry Satterthwaite, Keystone XL pipeline, Koch brothers, Koch Industries, lame duck, Libertarianism, Lorne Stockman, Marathon Petroleum, Matty Moroun, Michigan Department of Environmental Quality, oil, Oil Change International, oil sands, petcoke, petroleum coke, Pure Michigan, right-to-work, tar sands | 30 Comments

Michigan… come for the great lakes, stay for the corporate oligarchy

By Mark | May 7, 2013

According to the Detroit News, our Governor’s secret education privatization task force, nicknamed the Skunk Works, was just the tip of the iceberg. Apparently, in spite of Snyder’s pledge to bring unprecedented transparency to Lansing, a great deal of the legislation coming out of the Capital these days seems to be the product of corporate [...]

Posted in Michigan, Uncategorized | Also tagged cyber school, education reform, Michigan is doomed, Oxford Foundation, privatization, Rick Snyder, Royal Oak, school vouchers, secrecy, shadow government, Sidney Kardon, skunk works, threats to Democracy, threats to public education, transparency | 25 Comments

Jessica Meissner on assisting non-venture capital backed companies, and expanding the role of co-ops in Michigan

By Mark | May 5, 2013

Among the people in the audience at Thursday night’s “Doing Business in Ypsilanti” panel, was a woman who has been tasked by Washtenaw County to study the needs of non-venture capital funded entrepreneurs, and make suggestions as to how we might better support them. Her name is Jessica Meissner, and what follows is our email [...]

Posted in Economics, Michigan, Ypsilanti | Also tagged access to capital, Alternative Energy, BALLE, BEC, Business Alliance for Local Living Economies, co-ops, collaboration, cooperation, cooperatives, Costa Rica, Dug Song, economic anthropology, Jessica Meissner, local procurement, Maker Works, Organic Valley, Paul Saginaw, purchasing, sharing assets, Small and Mighty, small business, sustainably, The Shed, Tom Root, triple bottom line, underemployment, unemployment, University of Michigan, venture capital, Washtenaw County, Wisconsin, workforce development | 9 Comments

Coup d’etat in Michigan… following the money, connecting the dots, and assessing Snyder’s role

By Mark | December 12, 2012

This afternoon, as over 10,000 protesters surrounded the Capitol building in Lansing, Governor Snyder singed into law legislation that would make Michigan the 24th right-to-work state. When asked why it was so urgent that this be done now, during the lame duck session, outside of the accepted procedural process, Snyder essentially blamed the unions, who, [...]

Posted in Michigan, Politics, Uncategorized | Also tagged Americans for Prosperity, Cindy Estrada, collective bargaining, Dick and Betsy DeVos Foundation, Dick DeVos, Emergency Manager, Flint Sit-Down Strike, Frank Keating, John Engler, Koch brothers, labor history, Mackinac Center for Public Policy, Michigan Chamber of Commerce, Paul Singer, Proposal 2, Proposition 2, Rick Snyder, right-to-work, Ron Weiser, tea party, UAW, unions, West Michigan Policy Forum | 31 Comments

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What you should know about the uprising in Turkey

Oily, environmentally toxic pyramid of greed being erected in Detroit by the Koch brothers

Michigan… come for the great lakes, stay for the corporate oligarchy

Coup d’etat in Michigan… following the money, connecting the dots, and assessing Snyder’s role

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