Archive for January, 2010
On Saturday, January 30, 6pm @ Urban Network Bookstore (5740 Grand River), Yusef and the Inca of the Greensboro Almighty Latin King & Queen Nation chapter will be co-hosting a conversation on “outsiders.” In 1963, James Boggs wrote in the American Revolution that a generation of “outsiders,” those marginalized by the introduction of automation, would [...]
THINKING FOR OURSELVES A New Beginning By Shea Howell Michigan Citizen, Jan 17, 2010 The new Detroit Mayor and City Council got down to work this week. At the ceremonial inauguration at the Fox Theater, Mayor Dave Bing pledged, “We will no longer be defined by the failures, divisiveness and self-serving actions of the past.” [...]
LIVING FOR CHANGE Ringing In A New Decade By Rochelle Taylor (Guest Columnist) Michigan Citizen, Jan 17, 2010 I am often asked why I am so confident that “Another America is Possible.” This article is one answer. A former Detroiter, Rochelle Taylor is President and CEO of the National Youth Sports Program Foundation in Columbia, [...]
How to Think About China by Immanuel Wallerstein Agence Global, Jan 15, 2010 If one asks throughout the world the question, what do you think of the United States as a country and a world power, you will get very clear answers. Everyone has an opinion — North and South, rich and poor, men and [...]
Support Haiti through the earthquake crisis. Click here to learn about the Haiti Emergency Relief Fund. READ AND ADD COMMENTS.
THINKING FOR OURSELVES Acting For Peace By Shea Howell Michigan Citizen, Jan 10, 2010 During the New Year’s holiday the attention of people throughout Europe and the Middle East was focused on the Gaza Freedom March. The March, organized by more than 1000 people from 43 different countries, began with arriving in Egypt with the [...]
LIVING FOR CHANGE Is Another America Possible? By Grace Lee Boggs Michigan Citizen, Jan 10, 2010 Over the holidays I re-read The Middle Passage, the award-winning novel by Charles Johnson, the African American English professor and MacArthur genius who describes himself as “first and foremost, a writer of philosophic fiction.” I first read The Middle [...]
The New York Times reports on some of the new small businesses opening up in Detroit. …this adventure in entrepreneurship was never completely about making money. It was also about creating a more livable community. Read the full article here. READ AND ADD COMMENTS.
This is a very penetrating analysis by Vijay Prashad on the shift from armed struggle to popular organizing in Latin America. The Long March in Latin America: The Future of Bolivarism By VIJAY PRASHAD In mid-2008, the FARC (Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia) came under strong criticism from both Brazil’s Lula and Venezuela’s Chavez. Lula [...]
Grace Lee Boggs and Shea Howell shared their reflections on the 00′s in this new year issue of the Metro Times. Read their reflections here. READ AND ADD COMMENTS.
The Boggs Center
NOW AVAILABLE AT THE BOGGS CENTER STORE
The Next American Revolution (Signed by Grace Lee Boggs)
ON Being Krista Tippet
Becoming Detroit
January 19, 2012
We travel to Detroit to meet the civil rights legend Grace Lee Boggs. We find the 96-year-old philosopher surrounded by creative, joyful people and projects that defy more familiar images of decline. It's a kind of parallel urban universe with much to teach all of us about meeting the changes of our time.
boggscenter.org
The Boggs Center was founded in 1995 by friends and associates of James Boggs (1919 -1993) and Grace Lee Boggs (1915 - ) to honor and continue their legacy as movement activists and theoreticians.Our aim is to help grassroots activists develop themselves into visionary leaders and critical thinkers who can devise proactive strategies for rebuilding and respiriting our cities and rural communities from the ground up, demonstrate the power of ideas in changing ourselves, our reality, and demystify leadership.
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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
Let's Talk About Malcolm & Martin
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