Grand Rapids Anarchists

For anarchists, the education system in the United States is symbolic of the many problems with how society is structured. It is an authoritarian system that teaches obedience, patriotism, loyalty, and more through coercive means. Similarly, education has always been about sexism, racism, and classism, especially in terms of who has access to education and [...]

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We saw this piece of anarchist street art the other day while walking around Grand Rapids. Street art and graffiti (and especially stencils) have traditionally been used by contemporary anarchist movements as a way of getting their message out quickly and effectively. For examples, see the websites Media Dissent, Just Seeds, and Not My Government [...]

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The group Good Morning Revolution will be hosting a Really, Really Free Market this Sunday: Really, Really Free Market June 6, 2010 1-5pm Corner of Wealthy and Fuller “Bring what you don’t need, share what you do!” Things to bring: Clothes, household goods, books, electronics, anything! Things to share: Your talents, creativity, skills, ideas, lessons, [...]

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Since launching this site back in September of 2009, we have been a little slow at getting the word out about it. Most of our advertising has been limited to including the website address on various anarchist literature distributed around town. The only other advertising that has been done has been organizers of a recent [...]

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In the following video from the Grand Rapids Institute for Information Democracy (GRIID), May Day organizer Cole Dorsey (of the Grand Rapids IWW) talks about last Saturday’s May Day celebration and the importance of May Day as a celebration of workers’ rights:

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A new website of interest for anarchists in Grand Rapids is the Grand Rapids Activist Calendar. It features a frequently updated list of protests, documentaries, meetings, and other activist related happenings. To be sure, not everything on the calendar would be of interest to anarchists, but it’s a great resource for promoting events or finding [...]

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There isn’t usually “news” in a reporting sense on this blog, but since there was next to no media coverage of the anti-war march (which itself was organized by anarchists from an anarchist perspective) earlier this month, with the exception of a brief interview with the organizer of the march on GRIID.ORG (none in the [...]

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A new anarchist distro has been started here in Grand Rapids. Dragon Distro “is an anarchist literature distributor serving up radical zines, books, stickers, how-to guides, and other inspirational goodies for Grand Rapids, Michigan.” Distros are a critical way for anarchist literature to make it into the hands of interested folks, so by all means, [...]

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The Grand Rapids branch of the Industrial Workers of the World (IWW) is organizing a May Day celebration in conjunction with other groups in town (the event is also listed on Facebook.com) : Celebrate MAYDAY 2010 in Grand Rapids! May 1st in Martin Luther King Jr. Park. To include: Community Potluck, Hip Hop Artists, Bands, [...]

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I. To commemorate the anniversary of the U.S. invasion of Iraq, a group of “activists”—progressives, those who protested the war back in 2003, and lifelong radicals—decide to organize a march in downtown Grand Rapids. The day is what some might describe as a “perfect” day for a protest—the sun is shining and it is unseasonably [...]

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