Grand Rapids Anarchists

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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Last week, we posted a few items about anti-Olympic protests in Vancouver (read more: here and here). In the past week, a few really good analyses have been published online that look at the politics behind the organizing and evaluate the effectiveness of the tactics being employed. They range from discussions of how specific actions [...]

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Nick Griffin—a member of the British National Party (BNP) and a longtime figure on the racist right—was scheduled to speak at Michigan State University (MSU) on February 18. The talk—booked as part of a brief tour of the United States
that would take Griffin from Lansing to Washington, DC for speaking engagements at colleges and the [...]

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Back in 2007, the RNC Welcoming Committee—a group that formed to provide logistical support for anarchist protests against the 2008 Republican National Convention (RNC) in the Twin Cities—produced a short satirical video promoting the RNC protests. The video—which featured images of anarchists “getting ready” for the protests—was used to build hype around the RNC.
Not surprisingly, [...]

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I’ve been following the anti-Olympic actions for a bit now. Here’s an update from yesterday’s happenings. Go team!
Also a nice article about the protest

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Protests against the 2010 Olympics in Vancouver are starting today with a march planned to protest the Olympics opening ceremonies and then another day of protests tomorrow to mark the start of the games. The protests on Saturday include the anarchist organized “2010 Heart Attack: Street March to Clog the Arteries of Capitalism.”
Even before the [...]

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Last month, we posted a bit about anarchist protests at the Copenhagen United Nations Climate Change summit (officially called UN COP15). The protests were pretty uneventful, despite a lot of hype coming from both anarchist and more traditional left sectors.
In the weeks following the summit, a really good critique of the both the COP15 actions [...]

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This year, the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver—held on unceded indigenous land—will take place from February 12-28. In what will culminate several years of intense organizing by indigenous and anti-capitalist groups, there will be a two-week convergence that will confront the Olympic games with a variety of protests. The protests will focus on indigenous issues, [...]

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Earlier this week, historian and anarchist Howard Zinn passed away at the age of 87. Zinn was a radical historian who published over twenty books, including his well-known A People’s History of the United States. Moreover, Zinn has a long history of involvement in social struggles, perhaps most famously with his involvement in the Civil [...]

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The RNC 8—eight anarchists arrested and charged with felony conspiracy charges for their role in organizing surrounding the protests against the 2008 Republican National Convention (RNC)—have released a new letter to supporters that looks at state repression against the anarchist movement. It’s well-written and underscores the need for anarchists to support each other:
January 2010
Dear friends, [...]

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