Author Archives: Diane Bukowski

 By Caitlin Devitt December 11, 2014 “Most of bonds new credits with new interest rates, maturities, or pledges.” Pledges: Detroit income and property taxes, state revenue sharing, assets (VOD: photos and captions are not part of original Bond Buyer story) … Continue reading →

Some of thousands of Innocent lives taken by police: (top down) Aiyana Jones, Detroit, 2010; Michael Brown, Ferguson 2014; Eric Garner, NYC, July 2014; Tamir Rice, 12, Cleveland, 2014; Aura Rosser, Ann Arbor, 2014; Lamar Grable, Detroit, 1996; Brandon Moore, … Continue reading →

Detroit March Against Capitalism Friday, December 12 @3:00pm Spirit of Detroit statue (Woodward and Jefferson) After the march meet at 5920 Second Ave. for potluck/discussion All around the world from Detroit, Ferguson, to Ukraine the capitalist class is on the … Continue reading →

  Police executed dozens of other Black and Brown people across the U.S. as Ferguson grand jury decision was awaited; killings continue “A case can be made for the complete withdrawal of the police from Black and Brown neighborhoods” http://sfbayview.com/2014/12/why-we-wont-wait-resisting-the-war-against-the-black-and-brown-underclass/ Dec. … Continue reading →

Police attack protesters in Berkeley, CA Dec. 6. Deborah Dupre   By Deborah Dupre, Human Rights Examiner The Examiner December 8, 2014 Berkeley, CA — Police, not protesters, provoked one of the most intense confrontations in the Bay Area in … Continue reading →

“It’s ‘open season for killing black men,’ according to a community leader in Phoenix where another unarmed black man is dead at the hands of local police. An officer said he felt threatened by Rumain Brisbon before shooting him twice … Continue reading →

December 4, 2014 NEW YORK (AP) — The cellphone video of the last moments of Eric Garner’s life showed a white police officer holding the unarmed black man in a chokehold as he repeatedly gasped, “I can’t breathe.” Despite the … Continue reading →

Brown’s cousin Ty Pruitt interviewed on CNN in video above The usual M.O. in the Police States of America: blame the victims  Aiyana Jones’ family was similarly tortured and punished in Detroit  Holiday appeal for funds for her family St. Louis … Continue reading →

Pinkney spoke in Detroit again Nov. 17 Attorneys filing pretrial motions: “We’re going to rock their world” Detroit strategy meeting Sat. Dec. 6 @ 1 pm Central Methodist Church By Diane Bukowski November 30, 2014 DETROIT –An announcement of Rev. … Continue reading →