Really cool to see Rebekah Modrak take the baton from Keep Ypsi Black and carry on with the critique of the colonial mission of lifestyle brand Shinola. Be sure to check out Modrak’s excellent intervention: Rethink Shinola.
By Black Ink
From Antifascist Street Fighting to Anti-Racist Action
Thursday, December 7, 2017 6:30–8:30 pm, Ann Arbor Library, 343 5th Ave., Freespace, 3rd fl. Organized by Solidarity & Defense, Huron Valley Join us for this history lesson that has political and strategic relevancy for today. Two founding organizers of Anti-Racist Action (ARA) will discuss the fight against fascism beginning with Nazi skinheads in the…
Genocide as Perspective
Elizabeth Birr Moje, Dean of the School of Education at University of Michigan, asked faculty last week to not engage in protesting Richard Spencer’s probable visit to campus. “We urge you not to participate in such a protest, which gives power to the people who spread falsehoods and hate,” she wrote. “Instead, we urge you…
Self-Defense with Rana and Mar
It’s easy to freeze up in a tense or dangerous situation. We made the Self Defense Starter Kit because it has happened to us: we were threatened and we froze up—we didn’t know how to react, and that made us vulnerable in a bad moment. We wanted to know what to do if it ever…
Black Liberation and the Abolition of the Prison Industrial Complex: An Interview with Rachel Herzing
True Leap Press (TLP): Hi Rachel, thank you so much for taking the time to do this interview. We are excited to have you as a contributor in this inaugural edition of Propter Nos. Our publishing collective thinks the specific timing of this issue is important to highlight, as it is set to be released…
Bernstein & Spencer
Regent Mark Bernstein said the only thing worse than Spencer being on campus would be stopping him from being campus. “We could do the easy thing. Others have,” Bernstein said. “We could ban Richard Spencer. Everyone would celebrate. The board would be cheered. President Schlissel would be applauded. But we would be dancing on our own grave. And on…
Abolition as Divestment
[Note: this thread by Nick Estes reminds us—especially now that Ypsilanti will be given a few hundred thousand tax dollars which its mayor has earmarked for hiring more cops—that we need to abolish, not remedy, the system of policing.] 1. we are conditioned to view police violence in the spectacular. what evidence shows us is…
Vigil for Aura Rain Rosser
On Thursday, November 9, 2017, at 6:00 p.m., the community will gather to remember Aura Rain Rosser, an artist and mother, who was fatally shot by Ann Arbor Police Department’s Officer David Ried in 2014. The community will meet at the Justice Center at 301 E. Huron, for a public speak out to remember Aura…
The Problem with Community Policing
[Editor’s note: this zine was written by the Abolition Research Group. Download a printable PDF here.] For a brief moment, it appeared that state and federal officials were ready to reform the U.S. policing system. In March 2015, President Obama’s Task Force on 21st Century Policing issued its recommendations to police departments nationally, to address…
Nancy De Los Santos: Chicana Fotos
Reception Friday, October 6, 4:00–6:00 p.m. Lane Hall, 204 State St., Ann Arbor Featuring photographs by accomplished filmmaker and writer Nancy De Los Santos, Chicano Fotos offers a striking depiction of struggles for social justice among Mexican Americans in the 1970s. The exhibit, which makes its way to Lane Hall from Wayne State University’s Walter…
