Tag Archives: Jeff Irwin

Who speaks for the wolves of Michigan? We do.

By Mark | May 4, 2013

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 [...]

Posted in Environment, Michigan | Also tagged Aldo Leopold, Beezy's, book making, books, Christine Hume, Christopher Camuto, circumventing the democratic process, commons, Derrick Jensen, Edible Commons, Franklin Burroughs, friends with books, Fund for Wild Nature, Geoffrey G. O’Brien, hunting, Jack Turner, James Galvin, Jeff Clark, Juna, Keep Michigan Wolves Protected, lame duck, legislative tricks, Marybeth Holleman, May Day, McNaughton & Gunn, Natural Resouces Commission, Norm Bishop, Pure Michigan, Republicans, Rick Snyder, SB 288, Terry Tempest Williams, threats to Democracy, Tom Casperson, Tsilikomah, Ugly Mug, Upper Peninsula, wolf, wolf hunting, wolves | 44 Comments

Michigan Democratic Party Chairman Mark Brewer, without the support of the UAW, faces attacks from within… What’s next?

By Mark | February 2, 2013

According to a report on MLive, Michigan Republicans are demanding that the investigation into Michigan Democratic Party Chairman Mark Brewer’s involvement in a 2010 plot to split the conservative vote in Metro Detroit by running fake Tea Party candidates against establishment Republicans, be reopened. Here’s a clip: …Bobby Schostak, chairman of the Michigan Republican Party, [...]

Posted in Michigan, Politics | Also tagged Bob King, Bobby Schostak, Bruce Rendon, Eclectablog, Jack Lessenberry, James Hoffa, Jennifer Granholm, Jessica Cooper, Kalkaska, lame duck, Lon Johnson, Mackinac Center for Public Policy, Mark Brewer, Michigan Democratic Party, Michigan Republican Party, Mike McGuinness, right-to-work, Sander Levin, tea party, Teamsters, UAW, union busting, unions, United Auto Workers | 32 Comments

For those of you who were wondering what the Republican endgame would look like, just turn your attention toward Michigan, where women’s rights, gay rights, public education, and unions are all being systematically dismantled before our eyes, in one fell swoop

By Mark | December 7, 2012

Not only did both houses of Michigan’s Republican-controled legislature, with the aid of billionaire conservative activists like Dick DeVos and the Koch brothers, jam through controversial right-to-work legislation this afternoon, in violation of long-honored rules, as members of the public were forced from the Capitol by armed police and pro-labor protestors were assaulted with pepper [...]

Posted in Civil Liberties, Michigan, Politics, Uncategorized | Also tagged abortion, Brandon Dillon, Dick DeVos, HB 4054, HB 4157, HB 4466, HB 5711, health care, Koch brothers, public education, Rick Snyder, right-to-work, Roger Kahn, threats to public education, war on women | 51 Comments

Anti-abortion “personhood” legislation comes back to Michigan… with a new twist

By Mark | November 24, 2012

Conservative legislators in several states, knowing that a Constitutional amendment to outlaw abortion is unlikely, have begun attempts to work around the Supreme Court’s Roe v. Wade decision. Most notably, these legislative attempts have involved, in some way, shape or form, the concept of personhood – the notion that a fertilized egg is in fact [...]

Posted in Michigan, Uncategorized | Also tagged abortion, Affordable Care Act, Alabama, fetus, Georgia, House Bill 5684, House Bill 5685, Jud Gilbert, Lisa Posthumus Lyons, Mississippi, Oklahoma, old white men making decisions on women's health, Paul Ryan, personhood, Progress Michigan, reproductive justice, Roe v. Wade, Sanctity of Human Life Act, tax breaks, tax code, tax credits, Todd Akin, Virginia, women's health, Zach Pohl | 19 Comments

As I think it’s probably against the law for me to command you to vote a certain way tomorrow, let’s just call this friendly advice

By Mark | November 6, 2012

Last night, I told you how I intend to vote on Michigan’s six state-wide ballot proposals. And, tonight, my plan, if I can keep from falling asleep, is to tell you what I think about all of the races for elected office, and the local proposals that we’ll be voting on in Ypsilanti. Before we [...]