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Issue 17: July - August 2006
Posted July 12th, 2006 by bc
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Lost In Translation: The Duke Rape, the Immigration Debate & the American Family by Emma Garrett
Frustrations of an Angry Iraqi by Saja
A Media Conference Finds a Home: The AMC Sharpens Its Vision & Looks to Plant New Roots in Detroit by Mike Medow & Josh Brietbart
All In a Day's Work: A New Generation of Labor Activists Emerges by rachel parsons
We Will Not Stand Idly By: An Interview with Elena Herrada by Fred David
The Evil of Banality: The General, the New York Times, & the Gitmo Suicides by Anthony Alessandrini
The Spirit of Hope: Community Theatre in Detroit by Rich Feldman
A Tribute to Vallory Johnson, Water Rights Activist & Highland Park Resident by Marian Kramer & Maureen Taylor
Issue 16: May - June 2006
Posted May 4th, 2006 by bc
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Bricks and Mortar: Charles Simmons Talks about Rebuilding the Northwest Goldberg Community by Fred David
Money for Jobs, Not for War! by Margaret Guttshall
No Less Courage: Political Prisoners' Resistance from Ireland to Guantánamo Bay by Kate McCabe
Seventy Days, Twenty-Five Years Later: An Interview with Lawerence McKeown by Kate McCabe
What Re-segregation Looks Like: A first person account of why Connerly's "Civil Rights Initiative" was wrong for California, and why it's wrong for Michigan now by Khaled A. Beydoun
No Justice for Eric Williams by Abayomi Azikiwe
Detroiters March for Immigrants' Rights by Elisa Gurulé
Workers' Bodies: Mexicans' and Blacks' Unfulfilled Alliance by Susana Adamé
Diwan: Thoughts and Reflections on the Arab Americans in the Arts Forum by Alma Khasawnih
Centro Obrero: A Place for Immigrant Workers by Elena Herrada
FAME: Finding Alternatives to Military Enlistment by Jennifer Teed
issue 15: March - April 2006
Posted March 2nd, 2006 by bc
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Issue 15 brings in spring with a theme of rebirth and renewal, with stories on community and urban gardening, the future of Detroit in a post-Superbowl light, and organizing to save Detroit's rec centers.
Beyond the Superbowl by Jenny Lee, Ilana Weaver and Ben Chodoroff
Detroit Loves Kronk by rachel parsons
Declaring (incomplete) Victory by Ashwini Hardikar
Sold Down the River by Wade Rosenthal
Confronting Eurocentrism in Art Education by Laura Mullkoff
Let It Shine: Odetta at the Arab-American National Museum by Jhon Clark
issue 14: January - February 2006
Posted January 18th, 2006 by bc
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In this issue, Critical Moment presents new perspectives on some of the defining events at the end of 2005: the Delphi/UAW labor struggle, Stanley Tookie Williams' execution, women worker's struggle against CAFTA, and stories from soldiers in Iraq.
What will Delphi's bankruptcy mean for Michigan by Fred David
The Worker's Docket: A Summary of Facts and Ideas from the Delphi Closings by Fred David
Mobilizing@Delphi: Excerpts from the statement from the coalition of six unions representing 33,650 Delphi Workers
The Voice of the Rank and File: Delphi Worker Gregg Shotwell Writes on Work to Rule
The Debate about Factory Takeovers by Sarah Hines
“My Redemption Shines†Stanley Tookie Williams’ Final Message An Interview by Kat Aaron and Leigh Ann Caldwell
Beyond Tookie: Why we Must Expand the Struggle by Susana Adame
The Death Penalty in Michigan by Fred David
Conviction by David Blair
From the Fields to the Factories: CAFTA Hits the Region’s Women Workers Hardest by Melissa Hornaday
Honoring the Dead on the Transgender Day of Rememberance
We've Had Enough: No Concessions Demonstration at the Detroit Auto Show, January 8th by John Martinez
issue 13: November - December 2005
Posted November 11th, 2005 by max
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Crimes of Poverty by rachel parsons.
Why Transgender Day of Remembrance Matters by Cynthia BrianKate
Roots of the Transgender Movement: The 1966 Riot at Compton’s Cafeteria by Susan Stryker
New Divestment Effort Underway at the University of Michigan by Michelle J. Kinnucan
Beyond the Hate: Demanding Community Accountability and Racial Justice at University of Michigan by Jenny Lee and Michelle Lin
Riled up by the Truth: A Southerner's Reflections on Beyond Chutzpah by Catherine Wilkerson
The Current Disaster by Luckey Haskins
Dr. Cornel West Lays It Out in the Cultural Capital of Black America by Tom Stephens
Avocadoes & Fat Bastard by D. Blair
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No Home for the Holidays: Stop Evictions of Katrina Evacuees by Bill Quigley
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