Archive for January 20th, 2010
On December 20, 2009, Grace Lee Boggs received an honorary degree from the University of Michigan at the Winter Commencement. < Photos by AmericaJR. READ AND ADD COMMENTS.
Commonwealth by Michael Hardt and Antonio Negri When Empire appeared in 2000, it defined the political and economic challenges of the era of globalization and, thrillingly, found in them possibilities for new and more democratic forms of social organization. Now, with Commonwealth, Michael Hardt and Antonio Negri conclude the trilogy begun with Empire and continued [...]
THINKING FOR OURSELVES The Hope In Afghanistan By Shea Howell Michigan Citizen, December 28, 2009 Each day the situation in Afghanistan seems to be getting worse. The newly-appointed cabinet of President Hamid Karzai did not inspire cheers from those looking to him to root out corruption. Members of parliament challenged the legality of the appointment [...]
LIVING FOR CHANGE Christmas 2009 By Grace Lee Boggs Michigan Citizen, Dec 28, 2009 At the University of Michigan Winter Commencement the weekend before Christmas, I was awarded an honorary doctorate for, among other things, bringing “optimism and aspiration to our state and country.” As I participated in the various weekend festivities with the other [...]
It is 1830. Rutherford Calhoun, a newly treed slave and irrepressible rogue, is desperate to escape unscrupulous bill collectors and an impending marriage to a priggish schoolteacher. He jumps aboard the first boat leaving New Orleans, the Republic, a slave ship en route to collect members of a legendary African tribe, the Allmuseri. Thus begins [...]
THINKING FOR OURSELVES Between Prophets and Presidents By Shea Howell Michigan Citizen, December 19, 2009 In today’s fast-paced, information-laden world we are rarely able to separate the important from the trivial. Gatecrashers to White House parties and celebrity misadventures in marriage are given more coverage than major speeches by the President. President Obama has begun [...]
LIVING FOR CHANGE Obama’s War By Grace Lee Boggs Michigan Citizen, Dec 19, 2009 On Saturday, December 5, the New York Times published “Black In The Age Of Obama,” an Op-Ed piece by African American visual journalist Charles M. Blow. Until then, I hadn’t paid much attention to Blow’s articles which have been appearing every [...]
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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.
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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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