Interestingly, the staff designer at AM 1700, had the idea for me to pose with Charlton Heston on a scooter without knowing that, on this Saturday’s episode, I’d be talking with Autumn Rae, a founding member of the Femme Pedals, an all girl moped gang representing southeast Michigan. My plan was to talk with Autumn […]
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Horror, girl gangs, mopeds and radio drama …on this week’s edition of The Saturday Six Pack
Posted in Art and Culture, The Saturday Six Pack, Uncategorized, Ypsilanti Also tagged Allison Laakko, Autumn Rae, Charlton Heston, clowns, Femme Pedals, I Built It Myself, Jim Cherewick, Josh Malerman, Matt Siegfried, mopeds, NoNos, scooters, The High Strung 9 Comments
Derrick Jensen on the necessity of armed revolution, the futility of conservation, and the inherent violence of science
A few nights ago, as a part of Eastern Michigan University’s weeklong “Activism and Education” festivities, noted author and environmental activist Derrick Jensen addressed students and members of the Ypsilanti community at Pease Auditorium. What follow are my very rough notes. As I spent half my time mopping sweat from my red, wrinkled brow, I’m […]
Posted in Civil Liberties, Environment, Uncategorized Also tagged 1942, activism, anti-science, Bhopal, BP, Capitalism, castration, Cheyenne Dog Soldiers, clean water, conservation, David Attenborough, decolonization, Deep Green Resistance, Derrick Jensen, domestic violence, Eastern Michigan University, eco justice, Education, education reform, EMU, energy conservation, fracking, France, Global Warming, global warming denial, Gulf of Mexico, higher education, Huron River, IRA, James Inhofe, Joseph Campbell, Nazi, Nazi Doctors, Obama, oil spills, permaculture, picket pin, potential for violence, racism, radio-contoled cigar cutters, rape, revolution, Robert Jay Lifton, tea party, teaching, Thomas Lindsay, Tony Hayward, trends in American education, Union Carbide, University of Munich, violence, violence vs non-violence, water quality, we need a revolution, White Rose Society 29 Comments
Former Gitmo prisoner Lakhdar Boumediene provides a glimpse of what the NDAA might mean for American citizens
The following letter appeared in the New York Times this weekend. It’s author, a man named Lakhdar Boumediene, was held in U.S. military custody for seven years without an opportunity to defend himself in court, or for that matter, even being told why he’d been kidnapped from his workplace by armed men and shipped off […]
Posted in Civil Liberties, Uncategorized Also tagged Algeria, Belkacem Bensayah, Bill of Rights, Bosnia, Boumediene v. Bush, due process, GITMO, GTMO, hunger strikes, Lakhdar Boumediene, National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2012, NDAA, Red Crescent Society, Richard J. Leon, Sarajevo, Supreme Court, wrongly accused 34 Comments