Tag: Ypsilanti

Destroy the Table: Speeches at the 7/20/20 #BLM Action

Destroy the Table: Speeches at the 7/20/20 #BLM Action

Isaac Levine

On July 20th, Terril “Goochie” Cotton organized his third Black Lives Matter demonstration in downtown Ypsilanti. When asked if he is ever going to stop organizing protests he responded, “I don’t want to—if I could I’d do it everyday.” What’s Left captured 2 speeches from…

Street Interviews at the 6/20/20 #BLM Action

Street Interviews at the 6/20/20 #BLM Action

interviews/editing/music by Isaac Levine, camera by Donald Harrison

On June 20th, Ayanna Bennett organized a Black Lives Matter demonstration in downtown Ypsilanti and highlighted that “#BLM is not a moment—its a movement.” What’s Left captured moments from the action and interviewed demonstrators in the street asking, “can you imagine an Ypsi without police?”…

An Injury to One is an Injury to All: Ask a Wobbly #1

An Injury to One is an Injury to All: Ask a Wobbly #1

Jason Bombach

I would be willing to bet you hate your job. You probably work too many hours, for terrible wages, and live one paycheck away from desperation. You might even be like me and have two or more jobs—that is if you’re lucky enough to have…

Timeline of Mayor Beth Bashert’s Pattern of Anti-Blackness

Timeline of Mayor Beth Bashert’s Pattern of Anti-Blackness

Brian Geiringer & Amber Fellows, with organizing help from Ruth Cassidy and other What's Left Contributors

Ypsilanti, Michigan Mayor Beth Bashert made national news on Wednesday, June 17, 2020, after video surfaced of her comment from the previous night’s City Council meeting (full video here). During a vote to reinstate Ka’Ron Gaines as a Human Relations Commissioner, Bashert states “since I…

Collective bravery: #BLM protest in Ypsi

Collective bravery: #BLM protest in Ypsi

Interviews by Amber Fellows

June 6th was a hot day in Ypsilanti; a day when over a thousand people took to the streets in support of the Black Lives Matter movement and to protest domestic terrorism from the police. Upon entering downtown Ypsilanti it was difficult to miss the…