In the first week of the new year, 2,000 federal agents (ICE) were deployed on the streets of Minneapolis over so-called “welfare fraud” in the Somali community. This crackdown by the Trump administration had monstrous, […]
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Mary Gagnon: White Grief
I grew up in East Dearborn, the daughter of Arab immigrants, learning early that my body was always suspect. After the towers fell, my sister and I counted coins from a jar under our shared […]
Memorial to Eddie Slovik ~ By Tyler Vosgerchian
It’s Memorial Day 2025, a holiday dedicated to U.S. military personnel who died in the line of duty, as opposed to Veterans Day, which is dedicated to those who lived through their service and, in […]
New Work New Culture
New Work New Culture Reader Prototype Edition Table of Contents7 Preface By Frank Joyce 9 Introduction: A Conversation about new work new culture What’s Wrong with “Old” Work? 19 The JOB System 20 Is Progress […]
War is 100% “America” and Michigan wants its fair share ~ By Deb Hansen
“I love the military,” said Sen. Elissa Slotkin in a recent interview. A $1 trillion budget for war in 2026 is a lot of love. War in the U.S. is the norm — tolerated and […]
Data Centers. A buzzword for a phenomenon that is affecting many communities across the Great Lakes Region ~ By Caribou
Data Centers. A buzzword for a phenomenon that is affecting many communities across the Great Lakes Region, these “centers” are warehouse-sized computers that consume enormous amounts of energy and water, disturb local ecologies and economies, […]
Intelligence Is Not Wisdom By James W. Perkinson
Intelligence Is Not Wisdom James W. Perkinson 9-13-25 AI—a gargantuan topic, both as something talked about and as an embodied Subject. Hard to know how to focus and limit the reflection to a thousand-plus words—especially […]
Student voices and University Silence:
WSU student encampment for Palestine By Monica Isaac In November of 2010, University students in Dublin descended upon the city center to protest bloated registration fees and cuts to essential school funds. Nearly 40,000 students […]
Decolonizing the Mind
By Monica Isaac “It is the final triumph of a system of domination when the dominated start singing its virtues.” Kenyan writer Ngugi wa Thiong’o wrote this as part of a collection of essays in […]
Failure is not an option
by Monica Isaac I recently heard a clip from a speech with Journalist and Author Chris Hedges proclaiming very solemnly that we, as people living in the US empire, have failed the people of Palestine. […]
AUDRE LORDE AND PALESTINIAN RESISTANCE
In 1977, Audre Lorde wrote a series of questions entitled, “The Audre Lorde questionnaire to oneself”, adapted from The Cancer Journals. In it, she poses a few questions to herself reflecting on transformation, finding language, […]
The World Stands With Palestine
“We are millions, we are billions, we are all Palestinians!” This chant has been a rallying cry for over 42 days. It has decimated the notion that the world has sided with the apartheid state, […]
Block Cop City direct action press release
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE, NOVEMBER 13th 2023 CONTACT: media@blockcopcity.org HUNDREDS MARCH TO COP CITY SITE FOR NON-VIOLENT ACTION, POLICE RESPOND WITH TEAR GAS AND FLASHBANGS; FOREST DEFENDERS PREVAIL: CONSTRUCTION STOPPED TODAY Press Conference and Vigil Scheduled […]
