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VIDEO: Virg Bernero on Rachel Maddow warning about Emergency Financial Managers

VIDEO: Virg Bernero on Rachel Maddow warning about Emergency Financial Managers

By Bonnie Bucqueroux on April 20, 2011

Including a look at what’s happening in Benton Harbor.

Posted in Activism, News | Tagged benton harbor, democracy, emergency financial managers, Lansing, Michigan, msnbc, rachel maddow, state takeover, virg bernero | Leave a response

Koran-burning pastor plans Good Friday rally outside mosque in Dearborn – with guns

Koran-burning pastor plans Good Friday rally outside mosque in Dearborn – with guns

By Bonnie Bucqueroux on April 19, 2011

Saner heads (Wayne County Prosecutor Kym Worthy) are trying to prevail.

Posted in Activism, News | Tagged burn koran, Dearborn, Michigan, moaque, pastor, rally, terry jones | Leave a response

Michigan man was one of the first heroes of the Civil War

Michigan man was one of the first heroes of the Civil War

By Bill Castanier on April 12, 2011

Reenactors to play dead to honor 14,000 Michigan men and women killed in Civil War

Posted in Literary Lansing, News | Tagged Civil War, Custer, Dome Magazine, Jack Dempsey, Michigan, Sumter | Leave a response

Dubious distinction: Michigan becomes first state to shorten unemployment benefits

Dubious distinction: Michigan becomes first state to shorten unemployment benefits

By Bonnie Bucqueroux on March 29, 2011

Poking yet another big hole in our shamefully inadequate social safety net.

Posted in Community & Opinion, News | Tagged benefit cut, koch brothers, Michigan, rick snyder, safety net, unemployment | 1 Response

The GOP Education Agenda: Why earning a diploma will no longer buy you a job or a middle-class life

The GOP Education Agenda: Why earning a diploma will no longer buy you a job or a middle-class life

By Bonnie Bucqueroux on March 27, 2011

Right-wing assaults on education and collective bargaining will hasten the race to the bottom for college-educated workers.

Posted in Community & Opinion, News | Tagged budget cuts, collective bargainingm, college degree, emergency financial managers, free universities, higher education, mackinac center, Michigan, protests, rick snyder | 9 Responses

New Iowa law would criminalize photographing crops or farm animals

New Iowa law would criminalize photographing crops or farm animals

By Christopher Bedford on March 17, 2011

Industrial agriculture wants to deny us the chance to see what they are doing.

Posted in Activism, News | Tagged agriculture, animals, Chris Bedford, farm, gmo, iowa law, Michigan, Muskegon, photograph | 3 Responses

Rally at the Capitol: A new day or more hollow political theater?

Rally at the Capitol: A new day or more hollow political theater?

By Bonnie Bucqueroux on March 17, 2011

The folks who rallied at the Capitol yesterday deserve leaders who are worthy of them.

Posted in Activism, Community & Opinion, News | Tagged Capitol, GOP, gretchen whitmer, Lansing, Michigan, rally, tea party, unions | Leave a response

Can we undo the damage? Michigan makes recall and repeal tough

Can we undo the damage? Michigan makes recall and repeal tough

By Bonnie Bucqueroux on March 10, 2011

As Michigan joins Wisconsin and other Midwest states ruled by new GOP governors, the question becomes how to mitigate the damage until the next election.

Posted in Community & Opinion, News | Tagged collective bargaining, financial managers, GOP, governors, Michigan, recall, referendum, repeal, rick snyder, scott walker, unions | 3 Responses

Protests at the Capitol on Saturday – take a number?

Protests at the Capitol on Saturday – take a number?

By Bonnie Bucqueroux on February 23, 2011

US Uncut will ask Bank of America to pay its fair share of taxes so we don’t face $100M in cuts to Pell grants. And MoveOn.org is looking for someone to host a protest at the Capitol.

Posted in Activism, Community & Opinion | Tagged bank of america, Capitol, Lansing, Michigan, MoveOn, Pell grants, protests, uk uncut, us uncut | Leave a response

Capitol Protests/Day Two: Firefighters and police battle against repeal of PA 312

Capitol Protests/Day Two: Firefighters and police battle against repeal of PA 312

By Bonnie Bucqueroux on February 23, 2011

Video of firefighters and police at the Capitol.

Posted in Activism, Community & Opinion, News | Tagged 4205, Capitol, collective bargaining, firefighters, Joe Haveman, Lansing, Michigan, PA 312, police, protests, public employees | 1 Response

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"Let Freedom Ring - P.A. 4 Emergency Manager Act Forum" was a public forum on Michigan’s local government takeover law that directly assaults American democratic liberties. Rev. Edward Pinkney of Benton Harbor was the keynote speaker, followed by a panel discussion and audience Q&A. This is the recording Rev. Pinkney's keynote address.

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