Here Comes Trouble: Stories from My Life

"Outstanding…Moore Triumphs! Publishers Weekly

 

The Beginning is Near:
An Evening with Michael Moore & Cornel West

See Mike and Cornel in a special Brecht Forum
benefit today, Friday, May 18th at 7:00 PM at
Hunter College's Assembly Hall (MAP)

* * * * *

 

DOING SOMETHING
Today in Chicago:

 

 

Watch National Nurses United and Tom Morello
in a Rally to Heal America and Tax Wall Street

"We're working on the global scene, and the opportunities to actually have one
world and one people in a way for the first time that I've seen in my life. The
financial transaction tax is seen by all of our allies internationally as a way of
addressing the economy of the world. And that's why it's not the financial
transaction tax in and of itself, it's the reconceptualization of what we
should be as a society of people." – NNU Executive Director Rose DeMoro

UPDATES: #RHT | @NationalNursesUnited | @TMorello

* * * * *

Mike Helps Occupy the U.S.A.:
Michael Moore at OCCUPY WALL STREET, March 17th, 2012
Michael Moore at OCCUPY WASHINGTON, January 12th, 2012
Michael Moore at OWS SPOKES COUNCIL, January 4th, 2012
Michael Moore at OCCUPY TRAVERSE CITY, December 22nd, 2011
Michael Moore at OCCUPY FLINT, November 22nd, 2011 (PHOTO)
Michael Moore at OCCUPY DENVER, November 3rd, 2011
Michael Moore at OCCUPY PORTLAND, October 31st, 2011
Michael Moore at OCCUPY SF, October 29th, 2011
Michael Moore at OCCUPY OAKLAND, October 28th, 2011
Michael Moore at the NYSE, October 24th, 2011
Michael Moore at OCCUPY WALL STREET, October 20th, 2011 (Part 2)
Michael Moore at TIMES SQUARE PARTY, October 15th, 2011
Michael Moore at OCCUPY WALL STREET, October 5th, 2011
Michael Moore at OCCUPY WALL STREET, October 4th, 2011  (Part 2)
Michael Moore at OCCUPY WALL STREET, September 28th, 2011
Michael Moore at OCCUPY WALL STREET, September 26th, 2011

DO SOMETHING:
#NeedsOfTheOccupiers | #OccupyWallStreet | #OWS | @OccupyWallStNYC | OccupyWallSt.org | NYCGA.net | OccupyTVNY | Livestreams

Occupy the Board Room

Occupy Phoenix, AZ | Occupy Los Angeles, CA | Occupy San Francisco, CA | Occupy Denver, CO | Occupy Miami, FL | Occupy Atlanta, GA | Occupy New Orleans, LA | Occupy Boston, MA | Occupy Minneapolis, MN | Occupy Kansas City, MO | Occupy St. Louis, MO | Occupy Raleigh, NC | Occupy Cincinnati, OH | Occupy Philadelphia, PA | Occupy Providence, RI | Occupy Memphis, TN | Occupy Austin, TX | Occupy Houston, TX | Occupy Salt Lake City, UT | Occupy Charlottesville, VAOccupy Seattle, WA | Occupy Washington, D.C.

Open Mike: Mike's Featured Bloggers

Mike Elk

Mike Elk

Labor Journalist

May 17th, 2012

Amid ‘Sabotage’ Investigation, Honeywell Lays Off Plant’s Entire Union Workforce

Crossposted from the In These Times Working blogLast Thursday, May 10, at around 2 p.m., ...

Barbara Ehrenreich

Barbara Ehrenreich

Author

May 17th, 2012

Preying on the Poor: How Government and Corporations Use the Poor as Piggy Banks

Individually the poor are not too tempting to thieves, for obvious reasons. Mug a banker ...

John Feffer

John Feffer

Foreign Policy in Focus

May 16th, 2012

America the Serial Killer

Everybody loves Dexter. He’s handsome. He’s helpful. He works at the Miami Metro Police Department, ...

Alan Grayson

Alan Grayson

Fmr. U.S. Congressman

May 16th, 2012

Unemployment: Why

I recently happened to be at an event where billionaire George Soros was being interviewed. ...

Wendell Potter

Wendell Potter

Corporate Whistleblower and Author

May 16th, 2012

Palin's rhetoric torpedoed Medicare savings

We’ll be hearing a lot from politicians this summer and fall about the urgency of ...

William Astore

William Astore

USAF Lt. Col. (Ret.), Professor

May 15th, 2012

The National Security State Wins (Again): Why the Real Victor in Campaign 2012 Won’t Be Obama or Romney

Crossposed from TomDispatchNow that Mitt Romney is the presumptive nominee of the Republican Party, the ...

Bill Quigley

Bill Quigley

Law Professor

May 15th, 2012

Five Reasons Drone Assassinations Are Illegal

US civilian and military employees regularly target and fire lethal unmanned drone guided missiles at ...

Dean Baker

Dean Baker

Co-Director, CEPR

May 15th, 2012

Deficit Reduction: The Great Distraction

This is the week of the third annual Deficit Fest, the event sponsored by Wall ...

Donna Smith

Donna Smith

Single-Payer Advocate

May 14th, 2012

In the “Loop” with Morello Standing Against ‘Grotesque Income Inequality’

As Tom Morello prepares to come to his hometown and mine, Chicago, in advance of ...

Tom Engelhardt

Tom Engelhardt

TomDispatch

May 13th, 2012

America as a Shining Drone Upon a Hill: On Staring Death in the Face and Not Noticing

Crossposted from TomDispatchHere’s the essence of it: you can trust America’s crème de la crème, ...

Carl Gibson

Carl Gibson

USUncut

May 13th, 2012

Plutocrats Deserve Public Scorn

While sipping on an iced coffee and getting some work done in a Starbucks in ...

Coleen Rowley

Coleen Rowley

FBI Whistleblower

May 13th, 2012

Militarization of the Mothers: You've Come a Long Way, Baby, from Mother's Day for Peace

Recall that Mother's Day was originated by Juliet Ward Howe not to fill restaurants or ...

Michael   Prysner

Michael Prysner

Iraq War Veteran, Anti-War Activist

May 11th, 2012

Hands off Spc. Etterlee and all soldiers with PTSD!

The crisis in mental health care at Fort Lewis, Wash. is a well-known scandal in ...

Dave Zirin

Dave Zirin

Author, Bad Sports

May 11th, 2012

What If Kobe Bryant Were an Imprisoned Palestinian Soccer Player?

Crossposted from The NationImagine if a member of Team USA Basketball—let’s say Kobe Bryant—had been ...

Michael Klare

Michael Klare

Professor, Energy Expert

May 10th, 2012

The Energy Wars Heat Up: Six Recent Clashes and Conflicts on a Planet Heading Into Energy Overdrive

Crossposted from TomDispatchConflict and intrigue over valuable energy supplies have been features of the international ...

Dean Baker

Dean Baker

Co-Director, CEPR

May 10th, 2012

Bernie Sanders Advocates a Free Market in AIDS Drugs

Drugs are cheap. Patent monopolies are expensive. These are simple facts that everyone should know ...

John Feffer

John Feffer

Foreign Policy in Focus

May 9th, 2012

The Slow Death of Neoliberalism

It's happening in Buenos Aires. It’s happening in Paris and in Athens. It’s even happening ...

Michael Moore

Michael Moore

Author and Filmmaker

May 9th, 2012

About President Obama's Statement in Support of Gay Marriage

I am deeply moved by the announcement made a short while ago that President Obama ...

Joe Lapointe

Joe Lapointe

Reporter

May 9th, 2012

About President Obama's Dramatic Statement

The impetus toward gay marriage – supported dramatically by President Obama Wednesday – is both ...

Wendell Potter

Wendell Potter

Corporate Whistleblower and Author

May 8th, 2012

False Quick Fixes for American Health Care: Silver bullets haven't really reduced costs or improved service

You’ve heard it before. Let’s deep six ObamaCare and replace it with a trio of ...

Noam Chomsky

Noam Chomsky

Linguist/Activist

May 8th, 2012

Plutonomy and the Precariat: On the History of the U.S. Economy in Decline

Crossposted from TomDispatchThe Occupy movement has been an extremely exciting development. Unprecedented, in fact. There’s ...

Ann Wright

Ann Wright

Retired State Dept. Official

May 8th, 2012

The Dark Side of the Prestigious Marine Barracks

According to Marine Corps lore, semper fidelis, a Latin phrase for “always faithful,” commands Marines ...

Laurel Krause

Laurel Krause

Director, Kent State Truth Tribunal

May 8th, 2012

To the Hague: Justice for the May 4th Kent State Massacre?

A KSTT email to the Int'l Criminal Court at the Hague:May 7, 2012To the International ...

Jeff Cohen

Jeff Cohen

Director, Park Center

May 7th, 2012

2012 and Beyond: Progressive Election Strategy and the Norman Solomon Campaign

We can't devise a successful electoral strategy for "The Left" -- meaning the forces of ...

Tell Your Story!

We all have a story to tell. Submit a nonfiction short story from your life and Mike will publish his favorites in an online book in 2012.

Living Room Tour

Enter now for a chance to have Mike do a book reading in your own living room, with you and your friends!

Mike's Gift To Local Libraries

At each stop on his tour, Mike is giving half of all his royalties for each book sold that night to a library in that city that is most in need. Please join him and support your local library.

Tonight: I'm talking w/ @CornelWest on stage @ 7 pm @ Hunter College, NYC. Benefit for Brecht Forum. All r welcome! http://t.co/LrSDijtI

May 18th
11:58 AM
Retweet This

Calling all Chicagoans! Join @TMorello & @NationalNurses 2day @ noon in DaleyPlaza to call for a tax on Wall Street http://t.co/9Q0Hsm4t

May 18th
11:51 AM
Retweet This

Tonight's walk is 6:30pm ET Times Square (or wherever u are). This is Day 61, baby!

May 17th
5:36 PM
Retweet This

Great piece from Barbara Ehrenreich: http://t.co/vr037L2w

May 17th
5:33 PM
Retweet This

Big victory in federal court: Daniel Ellsberg, Chris Hedges convince judge to block new NDAA law (trying US citizens in military court)!

May 17th
11:38 AM
Retweet This

Looking forward to my conversation w/ @CornelWest tomorrow night (Fri) at 7 pm at Hunter College, NYC. Please come! http://t.co/LrSDijtI

May 17th
11:27 AM
Retweet This

Feet seeking virtual company: 10pm ET walk tonight

May 16th
8:36 PM
Retweet This

@TeoMitrovich: @MMFlint where was this walk?” Here. There. Everywhere. And Burbank. #miketakesawalk

May 16th
2:37 AM
Retweet This

He's handled 1 more opportunity 2 go after WallStreet & not only can he NOT do it, he has to preface it by talking about how great they are.

May 15th
10:54 PM
Retweet This

President Obama, today on 'The View': JP Morgan Is "One of the Best-Managed Banks" http://t.co/QtSZr5bN

May 15th
10:53 PM
Retweet This

Stephen Wright: "Everywhere is within walking distance if u have the time." I have the time. U 2? 8pm PT 11pm ET (apologies to east coast)

May 15th
10:34 PM
Retweet This

This is where I walked, amongst the flora & the fauna, mostly fauna. Can u guess where it is? http://t.co/v1Rl9prm

May 14th
9:58 PM
Retweet This

"@82ndVet: @MMFlint why don't u walk down the streets of your beloved #Detroit?" Honestly sir, that is probably the safest place 4 me 2 walk

May 14th
9:03 PM
Retweet This

Tonight's stroll down the Left Coast will begin at 6pm PT. Where's the best place to go for a walk between Seattle and San Diego?

May 14th
7:47 PM
Retweet This

http://t.co/9IZTVTkG One thing I'm sure of: College students will not take this abuse much longer. The rumblings are everywhere.

May 13th
11:21 PM
Retweet This

1st walk in California. The 9th week begins. 11 weeks ago tonite a teenager in FL went 4 a walk... http://t.co/LonMToKl

May 13th
10:59 PM
Retweet This

Hello west coasters - I'm in your time zone now. The sun's still up - let's go for a walk. 7pm PT #miketakesawestcoastwalk

May 13th
9:31 PM
Retweet This

Happy Mothers Day to all the mothers out there. Here's where the idea came from: http://t.co/o09H95yK

May 13th
11:28 AM
Retweet This

Only 2 days left of free streaming for my musical contribution to the benefit CD "Occupy This Album" Listen here: http://t.co/AQEU0qmn

May 13th
11:21 AM
Retweet This

"@Moneysnatcher69: How much weight have u lost?" Sorry, this must've landed in my Twitter feed by mistake. I think its meant 4 someone else.

May 12th
6:01 PM
Retweet This

Watch Tom Morello and National Nurses United right now in a rally and concert to tax Wall Street and heal America, live from Chicago's Daley Plaza: ...

May 18th
2:25 PM
Read More

ICYMI, I'll be speaking with Cornel West in a special benefit for New York City's Brecht Forum tonight, Friday, May 18th at 7:00 PM at Hunter...

May 18th
1:01 PM
Read More

DO SOMETHING today in Chicago: Join National Nurses United and Tom Morello in a rally to heal America and tax Wall Street, 12:00 Noon at Daley Plaza: Nurses...

May 18th
5:38 AM
Read More

Today is the tenth anniversary of the premiere of my film Bowling for Columbine, at the Cannes Film Festival on May 17th, 2002: "Bowling for...

May 17th
2:55 PM
Read More

Preying on the Poor: How Government and Corporations Use the Poor as Piggy Banks ...by Barbara Ehren www.michaelmoore.com The trick is to rob them in ways...

May 17th
2:45 PM
Read More

ICYMI, I'll be speaking with Cornel West in a special benefit for New York City's Brecht Forum this Friday, May 18th at 7:00 PM at Hunter...

May 16th
9:27 PM
Read More

Palin's rhetoric torpedoed Medicare savings ...by Wendell Potter www.michaelmoore.com Palin so poisoned the well that not a single Republican will go...

May 16th
1:31 PM
Read More

'Occupy This Album,' with 99 songs performed by David Crosby & Graham Nash, Steve Earle, Tom Morello, Willie Nelson, Ani DiFranco, Third Eye...

May 15th
10:15 AM
Read More

Deficit Reduction: The Great Distraction ...by Dean Baker www.michaelmoore.com Once again our "leaders" are distracting the public from the...

May 15th
10:13 AM
Read More

In the “Loop” with Morello Standing Against ‘Grotesque Income Inequality’ ...by Donna Smith www.michaelmoore.com I listen to the lyrics of one of Tom’s songs...

May 14th
6:06 PM
Read More

This week's This Modern World on DailyKos: Daily Kos: The Austerions www.dailykos.com Readers should imagine the Austerions speaking in full, booming...

May 14th
2:44 PM
Read More

Plutocrats Deserve Public Scorn ...by Carl Gibson www.michaelmoore.com The only way to get the GOP (Guardians Of Plutocracy) out of office is to vilify them...

May 14th
2:13 PM
Read More

One thing I'm sure of: college students will not take this abuse much longer. The rumblings are everywhere. Student Loans Weighing Down a Generation...

May 14th
5:16 AM
Read More

Mother's Day for Peace www.youtube.com Gloria Steinem, Vanessa Williams, Felicity Huffman, Fatma Saleh and Alfre Woodard read the Mother's Day...

May 13th
5:48 PM
Read More

Militarization of the Mothers: You've Come a Long Way, Baby, from Mother's Day for Peace ...by Colee www.michaelmoore.com The five most powerful...

May 13th
5:13 PM
Read More

Happy Mother's Day to all the mothers out there. Here's where the idea came from: Mother's Day Proclamation, by Julia Ward Howe, 1870...

May 13th
4:59 PM
Read More

...and here's my segment talking to Rachel about the Silverdome, and how Michigan is capitalism's laboratory: Rachel Maddow Show www.msnbc.msn.com...

May 12th
3:12 PM
Read More

Here's the segment from The Rachel Maddow Show just before I was on, about the Pontiac emergency manager selling the Silverdome for $500,000: Rachel...

May 12th
3:08 PM
Read More

Rachel Maddow will have me on her show tonite at 9:00 PM ET/6:00 PM PT on MSNBC. Among other things, we'll talk about the State of Michigan's...

May 11th
4:19 PM
Read More

What If Kobe Bryant Were an Imprisoned Palestinian Soccer Player? ...by Dave Zirin www.michaelmoore.com Imagine if a member of Team USA Basketball were seized...

May 11th
12:30 PM
Read More

The Energy Wars Heat Up ...by Michael Klare www.michaelmoore.com Here are the six areas of conflict – all tied to energy supplies – that have made news in...

May 10th
7:50 PM
Read More

I will do a special live Facebook Q & A tonight at 11pm ET to discuss the historic announcement by President Obama today that same-sex marriage should be...

May 9th
11:37 PM
Read More

I am deeply moved by the announcement made a short while ago that President Obama has gone back to his original position in 1996 and come out publicly in...

May 9th
7:27 PM
Read More

Turns out the city of Chicago is terrified of Tom Morello and a bunch of unionized nurses: City of Chicago Pulls Permit for Nurses Rally After Event Adds Tom...

May 9th
1:27 PM
Read More

This week's This Modern World from Tom Tomorrow on Daily Kos: Daily Kos: Circular debate www.dailykos.com

May 8th
11:20 AM
Read More

To the Hague: Justice for the May 4th Kent State Massacre? ...by Laurel Krause www.michaelmoore.com The killing of American protesters remains effectively...

May 8th
10:20 AM
Read More

My conversation and Q & A with all of you tonight was a blast! Let's do this again. My spirits are lifted by all the good people out there who care...

May 8th
12:07 AM
Read More

I'm back from the daily walk with me. I'll be here on Facebook from 10pm to 10:30pm ET tonight if anyone would like to ask me any questions or talk...

May 7th
10:00 PM
Read More

Wow. There's been over 60,000 downloads/listens of my version of "The Times They Are a Changin'" in just the first 72 hours! Thank you!...

May 7th
7:03 PM
Read More

Five Stories I Am Currently Following

Today, May 18th, 2012

Michael Hastings: 'Obama's Biggest Mistake in the World'

President Obama will arrive in Chicago this weekend to participate in a charade that has one not-so-hidden goal: Get the hell out of Afghanistan.

... Read More

No, we're not in constant danger from all corners of the globe: the theory and practice of political threat hyping

After yet another foiled terrorist plot, what does the United States really have to fear? Editor Gideon Rose discusses "threat hyping" with author Micah Zenko, who argues that the nation is much safer than politicians and government officials would lead the public to believe.

... Read More

Jefferson's sweatshop: after 14 years of fighting, Living Wage campaign at UVA is on a winning streak

A living-wage campaign at the University of Virginia has been pressing the university’s six-figure-salary administrators to treat its workers better for the past 14 years, sometimes winning higher wages, but always watching them be wiped out by the soaring cost of living in Charlottesville.

... Read More

Israeli hospital bans students and teachers from speaking to each other in Arabic

If you’re plugged into the Internet, chances are you’ve seen a TED talk – the wonky, provocative web videos that have become a sort of nerd franchise.

... Read More

The Onion: 'Evolution of President Obama's Gay Marriage Stance'

"You know, I can't really do this anymore ... unless those of you who are watching this in the theater want to join me. I hope you will. And please – speed it up." – Michael Moore asking audience to join him in an uprising against Wall Street at end of 2009's 'Capitalism: A Love Story'

Irish Times: 'The Occupy Wall Street movement seems a direct answer to Moore's appeal'

Check out Rage Against the Machine's 'Sleep Now in the Fire,' the video shot on Wall Street in 2000 by Michael Moore that forced the NYSE to lock its doors: