We are reprinting a statement from the group Abahlali baseMojondolo dated July 13, 2021. Abahlali is a grassroots organization that represents shack dwellers, squatters and poor people in and around the east coast port of eThekwini (Durban) in the province of Kwazulu-Natal. They have weathered a lot of repression. Here is their take on the […]
Archives for 2021
A Few Thoughts on the Euro 2020/2021 Football Contest
It’s been a bit of a lifesaver, telly wise. The alternatives, mostly bad news, have been Biden’s bipartisan and useless or harmful this and that, and a collapsed building in Florida…and rotten weather, never rule that out. Then there is Britney Spears, the latest rich victim of some sort of controlling elder. Speak to the […]
Michigan Deluge? Capitalist Catastrophe
For all that don’t know, and most outside of the region (Detroit, southeast Michigan and mid-Michigan) don’t know because the national media has had little to no coverage, we were hit really hard by a serious storm this past weekend with mass flooding, power outages and infrastructure destroyed. It also included some tornadoes throughout mid […]
“Like Hell on Earth:” former steelworker shares reflections, reviews Finally Got the News and Noel Ignatiev’s Acceptable Men
My friend Bill retired to Bisbee after working in the Detroit steel mills for decades. When I got my copy of Noel Ignatiev’s Acceptable Men: Life in the Largest Steel Mill in the World, I shared it with Bill. I wanted to see how it resonated with his own experiences, and it did. I told […]
A Few Bad Apples
Since the George Floyd Rebellion last summer it has become common practice to paint all police officers in the United States with a single brush. The average American used to believe that most cops were just doing their job, while the media focused on a few bad apples who do not represent the vast majority […]
An Appeal for Solidarity to Hard Crackers Readers
I’m writing to you to ask for your solidarity and for you to join a gas bill strike, withholding a part of your National Grid gas bill and refusing to pay to be poisoned. National Grid, the gas company for most downstate New Yorkers, has been building a pipeline in North Brooklyn that will bring […]