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 […]
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Celebrating May Day in Ypsilanti with warnings of vampires, and camaraderie on Water Street
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, Greece, Haymarket Riot, Jeff Clark, Matt Taibbi, May Day, Occupy Ypsilanti, Peter Linebaugh, Rome, Sulla, vampires, Voltaire, Water Street 14 Comments
On not getting punched in the nose for the Occupation on Black Friday
A couple of days ago, AnnArbor.com ran a story about the Occupy actions planned for Black Friday. I was quoted in the piece, as I’d announced that my friend Jeff and I would be walking around Ypsi with signs, in solidarity with the folks in Ann Arbor and Detroit, who were going into big box […]
Posted in Mark's Life, Other, Uncategorized, Ypsilanti Also tagged AnnArbor.com, attacks, Best Buy, Black Friday, blood funnel, buy local, Confederate flag, Confederate Sons of America, Corner brewery, democracy protests, getting beaten up, Inside the Hall, Jeff Clark, Karl Marx, license plates, Marvel Comics, Marxism, Marxist history, Matt Taibbi, Occupy Wall Street, other Mark Maynards, OWS, Patriotic Order Sons of America, pepper spray, Peter Linebaugh, protest signs, protests, punched in the nose, Sons of America, Spider Man, Ypsilanti water tower 18 Comments
Goldman Sachs, from bailout to billions in bonuses
I was just reading this piece in today’s New York Times on the enormous profits being posted by the investment bank Goldman Sachs, and I was reminded of an article I read a week or so ago in Rolling Stone by Matt Taibbi. Here are clips from both for your consideration. First, the New York […]
Posted in Corporate Crime, Economics, Politics Also tagged bailout, blood funnel, corporatocracy, financial bubbles, Goldman Sachs, Matt Taibbi, New York Times, Rolling Stone, taxpayer money 8 Comments