This is Jimmy Aldaoud. He was born 41 years ago in a Greek refugee camp to Christian parents that had fled religious prosecution in Iraq. As six months old, Aldauod and his family made their way to United States, where they have lived ever since. This past June, ICE deported Aldaoud to Iraq. They did […]
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Detroit’s Jimmy Aldaoud, deported from Detroit to Iraq, dies without access to insulin
Posted in Uncategorized Also tagged American Civil Liberties Union, Andy Levin, Catholicism, Chaldean, Christian hypocrisy, Christianity, Christianity in the Middle East, deportation, diabetes, go back to where you came from, homelessness, ICE, Iraq, Jimmy Aldaoud, mental illness, Michigan, paranoid schizophrenia, petty theft, racism, refugees, religious minorities, send them back, white nationalism 36 Comments
Celebrating May Day in Ypsilanti with warnings of vampires, and camaraderie on Water Street
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 […]
Posted in History, Ideas, Michigan, Uncategorized, Ypsilanti Also tagged 1886, Agrarian Law, Alan Haber, Benton Harbor, blood funnel, commons, Corporate Crime, corporate state, corporate takeover of politics, Dracula, Edward Pinkney, Emergency Financial Manager, Goldman Sachs, Haymarket Riot, Jeff Clark, Matt Taibbi, May Day, Occupy Ypsilanti, Peter Linebaugh, Rome, Sulla, vampire squid, vampires, Voltaire, Water Street 14 Comments