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Vandana Shiva’s Address to the Reimagining Work Conference  click for youtube or transciption below by Sabrina Sideris Detroit, Michigan – October 30, 2011 My health has prevented me from being with you. I was so looking forward to this new, exciting wave of transformation that’s overtaking the world, a new hope out of the despair. [...]

LIVING FOR CHANGE We are the Children of Martin and Malcolm By Grace Lee Boggs Michigan Citizen Sept. 17 – 24 2011 We are the children of Martin and Malcolm, Black, brown, red and white, Our birthright is to be creators of history, Our Right, Our Duty To shake the world with A new dream! [...]

THINKING FOR OURSELVES Democratic Actions By Shea Howell Michigan Citizen,  Aug. 28-Sept.3, 2011 Over the last few months, Detroiters have gained important experiences in what democracy does and does not look like. We have seen the imposition of a virtual dictator over the public school system. Emergency Financial Mangers Robert Bobb and Roy Roberts have [...]

CFA Danny Glover

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Moms are Solutionary Revolutionaries By Barbara  Stachowski           Barbara Stachowski is a Weed &Seed site organizer in Hamtramck, Michigan.  She is also a connector to the Hmong community.  A couple of weeks ago Myrtle Thompson of Feedom Freedom Growers and I drove with Grace Boggs to Chicago for TNAR book signing events and radio interviews. [...]

                    photo by Barbara Stachowski  

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http://www.hosteldetroit.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=frontpage&Itemid=55

LIVING FOR CHANGE
Michigan Citizen, April 10-16, 2011
Our Journey to learn how to learn

By Cindy Fadel

A mother’s story of why she decided to home-school her son underscores the need to transform our public schools. Chapter 5 of The Next American Revolution advocates “A Paradigm Shift in our Concept of Education.” —GLB

The decision to op out of of public education and take on the responsibility of my son’s learning was not one I made lightly. I traveled from school to school, trying to find a place where he could explore and begin to understand his world.

Detroit Counts

THINKING FOR OURSELVES Detroit Counts By Shea Howell April 1-8,2011 The U.S. census report pegging Detroit’s population at 713,777 seems to have sent the Mayor and many of his supporters into shock. Their responses included, “I don’t believe it,” “It’s in free fall,” “A breathtaking drop,” “A crying shame” and “Shocking.” The numbers led to [...]





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