The Revolutionary Workers League, a tiny opportunistic Trotskyite organization in Detroit that I first reported on as an undergraduate at the University of Michigan has revived an old organizational facade to apparently attempt to instigate confrontation in Toledo. A number of white supremacists held rally in Toledo this past Saturday, which remained peaceful largely as […]
Back In DC
I just got back into D.C. and am catching up on email and other business. I just heard about this event tomorrow at the National Archives — a conversation between the head of the archives and the director of the Smithsonian’s new museum of African American History and Culture: Washington, DC…On Tuesday, December 13, 2005, […]
Further Michigan Daily Reading
Dumi has some coverage of the Daily scandal over at the Blackblog, and I trust I’ll follow it more closely than I can. Here he is making an excellent point on a Daily story that put boycott in the title although nobody is considering one this time around: Why does this matter, you ask? And […]
Michigan Daily Criticized for Cartoons
This email is making the rounds in Ann Arbor: ——– Original Message ——– Subject: the michigan daily is unacceptable From: amoffett at umich.edu Within the last two weeks, the Michigan Daily has published two extremely racist comics against the black community. After the first one was published the community went to the daily to express […]
Maine Activists Launch ‘Rolling Justice’ Tour
A coalition of activists in Maine are launching an massive road tour on December 12 through the state they are calling “Rolling Justice” where community leaders will discuss the threat Samuel Alito could pose to our basic rights if appointed to the U.S. Supreme Court. Here’s the announcement: Please join members of the Maine Fair […]
‘Wellstone!’ Screening in D.C. Tommorrow
Tomorrow (12/8) there’s a screening of a documentary about the life of the late U.S. Senator Paul Wellstone, “Wellstone!,” here in Washington as part of the Washington Jewish Film Festival. The screening is at 1529 16th St. NW and tickets (available online) cost $10. (If you can’t make it, the DVD is $20)
Blog Work
I just installed the “recent-comments” and “most-commented” plugins written by Nick Momrik. I had no trouble at all installing either, I only wish the recent comments plugin had the option to display the date of the comment. I’ve also sprinkled some Google ads around (might as well, right?) and am considering tweaking the layout slightly […]