Archive for March, 2008
The Next American Revolution By Grace Lee Boggs Left Forum Closing Plenary, Cooper Union, New York, March 16, 2008 I have decided to talk about the next American Revolution because I believe it is not only the key to global survival but also the most important step we can take in this period to build [...]
By: Barbara Stachowski [...On Growing Green Beans was featured on Detroit Today, a public radio show on WDET.] Gardens can teach us many wonderful things. How do I know? My grandfather taught me so! I grew up in a wonderfully extended Polish Catholic family in the Detroit suburb of Warren. My father recently reflected how, [...]
Back in February, Detroit City of Hope held two events called MLK’s Words, Our Conversations. Those that gathered explored how Martin Luther King’s legacy should impact our current work in Detroit. During the event, we divided into small groups and used activities to engage certain themes. Those of us in the writing/theater group reflected on [...]
Juan Cole places Obama speech in Detroit context in his posting on Informed Comment.
Please check out Adrienne Maree Brown’s posting on WireTap Magazine’s blog, where she explores her excitement about Obama’s speech on race.
By: Zakia Carpenter I have noticed a break down in youth-adult functionality that I’m just beginning to articulate. From what I have read about the millennial generation, i.e. youth born between 1977 and 1998, I’ve learned that experts predict this generation to be more separate from previous generations due to the technological divide; however, this [...]
Please check out Rebecca Solnit’s, Detroit Arcadia: Exploring the post-American landscape. This article, originally published in the July 2007 issue of Harper’s Magazine, is a very significant study on how Detroit points the way for 21st century cities. Thanks to Rebecca and Harper’s for adding this piece to Unending Conversations of Hope.
By: Frank Joyce The forces changing our world are not those that are measured by years or even decades. We are in the midst of changes that are measured by centuries. We all know something about the transformation from feudalism to capitalism or the shift from an economy based on agricultural production to an economy [...]
Grace Lee Boggs, The Boggs Center, and Detroit City of Hope will be featured at the 2008 Left Forum, Cracks in the Edifice, in New York City from Mar 14-16. Watch the video for more information and check out conference website for program details.
By: Rich Feldman In 1968, I volunteered for Eugene McCarthy, traveled across the country to campaign against the war in Vietnam, danced in the streets of Wisconsin when LBJ announced that he would not run for a second term and demonstrated in Chicago against the pro-war policies of the Democratic Party Leadership. This was my [...]
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NOW AVAILABLE AT THE BOGGS CENTER STORE The American Revolution: Pages from a Negro Worker’s Notebook (2009 edition)Revolution & Evolution in the Twentieth Century (2008 edition)
Living for Change (Signed by Grace Lee Boggs)
Conversations in Maine: Exploring Our Nations Future
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