Tag Archives: Trayvon Martin

ALEC, the move to codify the extremist Republican agenda, and the Michigan connection

By Mark | March 26, 2012

Reading a column by Paul Krugman just now on the role of the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC) in pushing so-called “Stand Your Ground” legislation around the country, I was reminded by a recent article in Mother Jones about how ALEC, working through the Mackinac Center, played a role in passing Michigan’s Public Act 4, […]

Posted in Civil Liberties, Michigan, Politics | Also tagged ALEC, American Legislative Exchange Council, Amway, anti-immigration, Brit Satchwell, Center for Media and Democracy, collective bargaining, conservative legislation, crony capitalism, Dick DeVos, Emergency Financial Manager Act, Emergency Financial Manger, Exxon Mobil, gun laws, Jonathan Williams, Koch brothers, Local Government and School District Fiscal Accountability Act, Louis Schimmel, Mackinac Center for Public Policy, Paul Krugman, Pontiac, privatization, Progress Michigan, Public Act 4, Rick Snyder, stand your ground, tax the rich, the growing gap between rich and poor, union busting | 10 Comments

Hoodies take to the street in Ypsi in memory of Trayvon Martin, Monday at 6:00 PM

By Mark | March 26, 2012

As I mentioned a few days ago, I think Geraldo Rivera did the people a America a big favor when he went on FOX News and said that Trayvon Martin deserved some of the blame for having been murdered, seeing as how he chose to wear a hooded sweatshirt, “like a gangster.” In doing that, […]

Posted in Ypsilanti | Also tagged activism, Geraldo Rivera, hoodies, memes, Michigan Avenue, Occupy Ypsilanti, sweatshirts | 29 Comments

Guns don’t kill people… Hoodies kill people

By Mark | March 23, 2012

Earlier this morning, in a segment on FOX News, self-important pseudo-journalist Geraldo Rivera suggested that it wasn’t just George Zimmerman who was responsible for the recent shooting death of Trayvon Martin, an unarmed black teenager who was gunned down while walking though a gated community outside of Orlando, Florida. No, according to Rivera, it seems […]

Posted in Civil Liberties, Media, Other, Politics, Uncategorized | Also tagged Basic Training, blame the victim, famous people who have shoved me, Florida, George Zimmerman, Geraldo Rivera, guns, Harvard Law, John Stossel, Kindle, Kurt Vonnegut, meme alert, memes, race and the American justice system, race inequality | 19 Comments

The killing of Trayvon Martin, and what it signals for the future of America

By Mark | March 19, 2012

By now, you’ve probably heard about Trayvon Martin, the 17 year old who was recently shot to death in a gated Florida community by an armed, criminally-overzealous-at-best member of a neighborhood watch group. Martin, who was black, was making his way back to his father’s home, after having purchased some candy and an iced tea […]