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 [...]
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 [...]
Click photo to enlarge. All Photography by Terry Hall.
With everything on the line, Detroit wastewater workers stayed out on the picket line despite a temporary federal-court injunction ordering them to go back to work. In Michigan, it is illegal for public employees to strike. The Detroit Water and Sewerage Department workers are among approximately 950 represented by Local 207 of the American Federation of State, [...]
When it gets down to having to use violence, then you are playing the system’s game. The establishment will irritate you – pull your beard, flick your face – to make you fight. Because once they’ve got you violent, then they know how to handle you. The only thing they don’t know how to handle [...]
Protest: a disorganized and chaotic reaction by activists and other people to political or economic actions extremely likely to affect their lives negatively. To the uninitiated, this definition might make sense. But now that I’ve participated, I realize that a successful demonstration is neither disorganized nor chaotic. Here’s one case: On January 16, 2012, a [...]
In the continuing struggle over a consent agreement that takes control of City of Detroit finances and operations and puts them into state hands, Mayor Dave Bing again urged the Detroit City Council to stop fighting it. Bing spoke to the council a day before a scheduled hearing on a case challenging the validity of the [...]