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Monthly Archives: May, 2016

Michigan and the Battle for Democracy in America

The imposition of emergency manager dictators in Michigan and beyond is an expression of how far the corporate ruling class has already moved to ...

The workers’ fight for a new society and the elections

As automation of the workplace becomes the norm in America, workers are either out of a job permanently or forced to accept progressively lower wages, .

Pastors and housing advocates occupy Palm Sunday

The first thing you see at the Julia C. Lathrop Homes, the only public housing development on Chicago’s north side, are the fences that surround boarded ...

The historical importance of Cabrini Green

Our cities are undergoing a profound transformation. Industrial manufacturing is being replaced by high-tech production. But while technology gives ...

Homeless—Life on the streets

In America today, the homeless are cast out of society by the economic crisis and then brutalized by the police, the protectors of private property ...

L.A. says homeless can’t own more belongings than fit in a garbage can

“This is an attack on individual property. This is the confiscation of a person’s personal property, which is forbidden by the U.S. Constitution. This is a ...

Eulogy for Matt Day

In November of 2015, we lost a good man. No one knew it because he was homeless. The man's name was Matt Day, or Mad Matt, as we called him. ...

“People have a right to water,” says Michigan water warrior

Maureen Taylor says America needs to wake up. Access to water is a basic human right. She’s trying to make it a national issue. I don’t work in a bankrupt city ...

Emergency managers dismantle Detroit’s school system

Detroit Public Schools (DPS) have been under emergency management for six years. In that time, the elected school board has never accepted losing the right to ...

Flint: Two years too long

After two years, the fight for safe affordable water in Flint, MI., continues. It's like we’re living in a third world country,” still living off bottled water for drinking, ...

Outraged Flint residents and supporters speak out!

“Flint’s governor and officials need to be convicted of crimes against humanity.” “What happened to the water program Hillary promised before Michigan voted? ...

Humboldt Park water warriors show solidarity with Flint

Flint, Michigan is devastated. Pure evil did this. I mean an evil in government that knew the truth yet allowed disaster to happen. Over 8,000 children in Flint have been ...

May Day 2016: “We must provide the necessities for the people,” says labor leader

“May Day presents the opportunity to examine what is happening to the working class—with technology replacing labor. After the 2008 depression, working ...

Disappearance of jobs demands a new society

“I do think that . . . people . . . over the past century, [have been] replaced by machines and will continue to be.”—Sergey Brin co-founder of Google. ...

America is slipping into a full-blown fascism: we must act!

Tens of thousands of us stand in horror as “America the beautiful, the land of patriot’s dreams,” stripped of the 4th Amendment, guns youth down like dogs, ...

Stop handing public education to corporations

On April 1, Chicago teachers, along with parents, students, and other workers—20,000 strong in downtown Chicago—sent a message to Governor Bruce ...

Chicago State U. fights for its future

Spring break at Chicago State University (CSU) was canceled in April. The entire workforce—913 employees—prepared to lose their jobs, while its 2016 ...

“Can a disturbed society be molded into a healthy one?” asks teacher

I wish that we on the front lines were able to draw from public funds and public support to be able to help our students navigate through the unhealthy ...

Pandemic in Chicago: mental illness

N’Dana Carter from Chicago’s Mental Health Movement organized a Body Bag protest at Mayor Rahm Emanuel’s office on February, 17, 2016, to raise ...

all shall pass away

all shall pass away heaven & earth as they say but they'll still
 be

Abandoned library

visiting the library today looking at the joy of my friends face as memories light their face like electricity going to a light bulb

Rev. Pinkney’s appeal will be heard May 11!

Let the truth be told! I will have a hearing in Grand Rapids, MI at the Court of Appeals on May 11, 2016 at 10 a.m. An all white jury, holding a deeply ...

Free Reverend Pinkney

May Day, May 1, 2016 marks the 503rd day that Rev. Edward Pinkney has spent in jail for a crime he did not commit. No evidence against him was ...

The immorality of draconian water shut offs to the poor

Gary Brown, director of the Michigan Water and Sewerage had this to say on Facebook: Ms. Kaucheck, in the past year we have tripled the number of residential customers in ...

Flowers in Hell

Of course
there are flowers in hell.
Some people smell them every day.
The blossoms of bigotry

“Revolution Blues” Adam Gottlieb & OneLove featuring Andy Willis

Live at Sub-T 10/19/15 (Filmed by Zandra Rivera)