Phillips/Powderhorn
Just in case
BY ED FELIEN Consider these contingency plans in case Trump wins the presidency. Noam Chomsky did a cursory overview of the Trump voter. He (it’s mostly he) is white, rural or suburban, alienated, thinks minorities and women have been favored, not much education beyond high school. Noam said, “Why aren’t…
Larry Olds, Presente
BY THOMAS O’CONNELL Larry Olds died peacefully at home on Oct. 13, and Minneapolis lost a great educator for social justice. A Powderhorn resident since 1974, Larry was one of this country’s strongest proponents of popular education, an approach made famous by the radical Brazilian educator Paulo Freire, author of…
An anthropologist looks at the world of Clinton and Trump
Hiawatha groundwater and stormwater pumping update
Key activities in Phase Two include investigations that support a full exploration of options related to pumping. While the general implications of two options—continuing pumping at current volumes or stopping pumping—were described in the June meetings, this stage of work will be more explicit in demonstrating the implications of those…
Eyes Wide Open, on the dangers of leftists joining the Popular Front against Fascism represented by Bernie joining with Hillary
Living on the wind: Carnival de Resistance
Vote November 8
Whither Dinkytown?
“Unaccountable” is out in paperback
Remembering Armistice Day
FROM WHERE I STAND: BASUG
Dorothy, after Oz
QUEEN OF CUISINE: Vive la France!
BY CARLA WALDEMAR Barbette 1600 W. Lake St. 612-827-5710 barbette.com What was all that ooh-la-la-ing coming my way from street bands and sultry chanteuses on a recent July weekend? Oh, right: the annual Bastille Day celebration at Café Barbette. Good reminder that I hadn’t supped there in ages, and it…
Occupation of Peavey Park
BY DWIGHT HOBBES Summer 2011 the Minneapolis Police Department struck at the South Minneapolis intersection of Chicago and Franklin. Crack dealers, along with hookers and other junkies, accustomed to complacently setting up camp at the Thrones Plaza entrance to Peavey Park, hardly knew what hit them. Literally overnight, coordinating undercover work, camera surveillance and snitches, …