On April 25, 2013 the Detroit Eviction Defense coalition reported that three more foreclosures were stopped by courageous home owners who refused to accept the unjust foreclosure of their homes. Proud home owners display the fresh titles to the homes they fought to keep. From the left, Urealdene Henderson, Mr. and Mrs. Cruz Valdez, and [...]
Mr. Gregorio Martinez was joined by UAW supporters, Detroit Eviction Defense activists, friends and neighbors on March 30, 2013 for an anti-forclosure protest. Martinez advocates met at his home and then marched to the local Chase Bank branch at 7301 Wyoming (at Warren) to protest the Chase foreclosure of Mr. Martinez’s home. Mr. Martinez, a 69 [...]
Two long-time Greek activists spoke recently in Detroit to warn that an extreme and racist political party is reviving Fascism in their country. At an event organized by the First of May Anarchist Alliance, Vangelis Nanos and Thanasis Xirotsopanos described their observations of the Golden Dawn party, which won seats in the Greek parliament in 2012. [...]
According to MarketPlace.org, Michigan is 5th in the nation for the percentage of mortgages that are underwater. Of 1,362,525 mortages, 32% are underwater with a combined debt of $162,345,487,149. MarketPlace.org provides an interactive map that displays this data for each state. While the numbers tell the extent of the problem, they do not describe the [...]
Angry neighbors, concerned citizens and community-support marched Saturday on the sidewalk in front of Metro Property Management, LLC, at 10641 Joy Road in Detroit, to protest the eviction of Urealdene Henderson. Ms. Henderson, who has lived in her paid-off home for more than 36 years, faces eviction because the Wayne County Treasurer’s office mistakenly sold [...]
In a previous post titled “The Philadelphia Experiment“, I provided my experiences from the Occupy National Gathering in Philedelphia last summer. But there was an underlying story that involved an unexpected friend, the Quakers. I will have to admit that I wasn’t aware of the Quakers support for the Occupy Movement, but it was a welcome [...]
More than three years and many court hearings after his battle started, paraplegic Jerome Jackson is still fighting to keep his home — and his supporters have taken the fight to the public in a hearing of their own. Jackson is struggling to maintain his independence in the face of an agency’s decision to stop paying [...]
Today there was a terrible gun tragedy in Connecticut. It was a gun tragedy, it was a mental health tragedy, and above all it was a human tragedy. And I, like most humans, would like to talk about it. It’s in our nature to try to heal together, I think. That said, I’m about to [...]
Click photo to enlarge. All Photography by Terry Hall.
Why Barack Obama didn’t get rid of Edward DeMarco when the guy went rogue remains a bit of a puzzle. The acting director of the agency that oversees Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac is a Bush administration hold-over who got the job when Bush’s actual director resigned. Under DeMarco’s tenure as temporary head of the Federal [...]