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 […]
Issue #8 available for order now
We are happy to announce that we are resuming with our regular printed issues. Our summer issue invites our readers to return to the tumultuous changes of 2020 that continue to shape our present. Below is the editorial statement and a table of contents of the new issue. The year 2020 gave us a […]
Lest we forget: the coup in Honduras 2009
The following post was initially sent as an email message to a group of close friends. The author agreed to let us post it on Hard Crackers. Friends, As we read about the visits of Vice President Harris to Central America attempting to stem the tide of immigrants fleeing north to escape the poverty, corruption and […]