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Monthly Archives: June 2014

Activists Organize Water Week To Respond To Detroit, HP Water Crises

June 29, 2014by critmom

Detroit’s decision to cut off water to thousands of residents this month has provoked an international outcry. Yet, while it’s encouraging to hear U.N. experts say the shut off policy […]

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Austerity, Water

Attack of The Puppet Master: Interview with Maurice Greenia, Jr.

June 27, 2014by critmom

Suddenly a fight broke out when the performance started. Louder and louder, it could be heard from the merch table in the next room. The culprit? Long time Detroit multimedia […]

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Arts, Spring/Summer 2014

Poetics and Protest in Prison

June 25, 2014by critmom

Retribution, Resistance, and the Incarceration of Kids By Michael Philip Brown I write poetry for Wednesdays. I have come to cherish Wednesdays despite the sadness they often bring me. Wednesdays, […]

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Prison Issues, Spring/Summer 2014

Letter to the Editors – The Power of Unions

June 24, 2014by critmom

Detroit has a rich history in the labor movement. A union is an organized group of workers who collectively use their strength to have a voice in their workplace. Protected […]

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Spring/Summer 2014

Detroit: Solidarity Needed

June 21, 2014by critmom

Does Seattle’s labor movement have helpful lessons for Detroit? by Nacazqualtia Tecetiliani Last fall, Washington state residents approved by referendum a law that legalized the sale, use and possession of […]

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Spring/Summer 2014, Unions

Gentrification in the Cass Corridor

June 21, 2014by critmom

By Zoe Villegas 2014 has been a year of such drastic changes in Detroit that the shift of the city’s narrative of progress gained some skepticism even from some of […]

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Gentrification, Spring/Summer 2014

On The Street Run: Expanding Access with Street Medicine Detroit

June 19, 2014by critmom

By Anthony McClafferty At Manna Meals in the basement of St. Peter’s Episcopal Church in Corktown, medical students from Street Medicine Detroit (SMD) carry backpacks and boxes of medical supplies […]

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Spring/Summer 2014

From The Collective: Spring/Summer 2014

June 19, 2014by critmom

Spring has finally sprung in Detroit and the seeds of mutual aid are blossoming into hardened stalks of sunflower fields. Another May Day has come and gone, but something very […]

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Spring/Summer 2014

Briefs: May Day Action, MI CATS Freed, Cesar Chavez Academy Contract, Anti-Fracking Update

June 16, 2014by critmom

Detroiters Take Over Streets In May Day Anti-EM Protests The State of Michigan may have occupied Detroit, but that didn’t stop Detroiters from taking back the city’s downtown financial district […]

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Spring/Summer 2014

Green Scare Political Prisoner’s Paintings Coming To Local Cafe

June 13, 2014by critmom

Marie Mason is a name that’s well known to us at Critical Moment and, indeed, to many activists around the world. She’s a political prisoner, an anarchist, earth and animal […]

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