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Posted in Events, Grand Rapids on Mar 10th, 2010
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, Speakers, [...]
Posted in Grand Rapids, Organizing on Feb 12th, 2010
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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 warm [...]
Posted in Events, Grand Rapids on Feb 9th, 2010
Feminist, prison abolition activist, former member of the Black Panther Party and lifelong activist Angela Davis is speaking in Grand Rapids on Wednesday:
Angela Davis: Frameworks for Social Justice
February 10, 2010
GRCC Diversity Lecture Series
7pm – Fountain Street Church (24 Fountain St NE)
Angela Davis is known internationally for her ongoing work to combat all forms of oppression. [...]
Posted in Events, Grand Rapids on Feb 3rd, 2010
This was passed on to us (find it on Facebook if that is your thing):
Iraq War Protest
Saturday, March 13 – 12:00pm
Fulton and Division
Downtown Grand Rapids
Posted in Events, Grand Rapids on Jan 21st, 2010
I recently finished reading Bob Torres’ Making a Killing: The Political Economy of Animal Rights (from the excellent publisher AK Press). In it, Torres argues that veganism should be a critical part of the anarchist movement as humans’ domination over animals is a form of hierarchy inconsistent with the principles of anarchism (of course, this [...]
Posted in Events, Grand Rapids on Dec 15th, 2009
This weekend, the Grand Rapids chapter of the Industrial Workers of the World (IWW) and The Bloom Collective are hosting a fundraiser for workers who organized a successful and widely publicized factory occupation last fall at Republic Doors and Windows in Chicago. The workers—who were organized with UE Local 1110—occupied the factory after management fired [...]
Posted in Grand Rapids on Dec 1st, 2009
On “Black Friday”—the so-called kick-off to the annual consumer shopping frenzy in the United States—members of the Grand Rapids Branch of the Industrial Workers of the World leafleted a Grand Rapids area Kohl’s department store about Bissell’s firing of warehouse workers outside of Chicago. According to Warehouse Workers for Justice, Bissell fired the warehouse workers [...]
Posted in Grand Rapids on Nov 24th, 2009
On Monday, The Grand Rapids Press reported that a Grand Rapids area military recruiter recently received an award from the Michigan Army National Guard for being the Guard’s top recruiter (“Ionia recruiter for Army National Guard is tops in Michigan – again”). Of course, owing to its underlying goal of supporting the status quo and [...]
Posted in Grand Rapids on Nov 15th, 2009
For those who are curious about the history of anarchist organizing and anarchism more generally in the Grand Rapids area, the article “A History of Anarchist Organizing in Grand Rapids” by Ed Cutlip is a great starting place. The article was published on the now defunct MediaMouse.org and it provides a great overview of anarchism [...]
Posted in Grand Rapids, Inspiring Actions on Oct 15th, 2009
I am lucky to have in my possession a really priceless and powerful tool, and probably one which will, single-handedly, cause the collapse of capitalism. It’s called the Anarchy Dragon.
It was once a boring red shopping cart at a local corporate chain, but, luckily, it was rescued from its dull life and underwent a beautiful [...]
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