Grand Rapids Anarchists

The G20 protests in Toronto experienced some wonderful victories.  The black bloc tactic that was implemented in Toronto was one of the many components of the protest that helped make it a success. To put this video in context it’s worth reading about the black bloc. http://news.infoshop.org/article.php?story=2010black-bloc-g20

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TORONTO, June 26, 2010 — The intersection of King and Bay is the financial capital of Canada. Within blocks of these infamous cross-streets, amidst iconic skyscrapers, are the headquarters of the banks, corporations, public relations companies and law firms that help drive global capitalism. King and Bay in Toronto is the heart of Canadian colonial [...]

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An anarchist organization out of the Northwestern United States called Common Action has put out a good statement on the upcoming United States Social Forum in Detroit: A message from Common Action to the progressive left on the occasion of the 2010 US Social Forum – Where are we? What can we do? It is [...]

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We’ve been hearing rumblings of this for a while now and are very excited to see it come together: A New World from Below: An Anarchist and Antiauthoritarian Convergence at the 2010 U.S. Social Forum Detroit, June 23-27, 2010 We believe that social forums can greatly contribute to strengthening social movements both in the United [...]

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The 2010 United States Social Forum (USSF) is taking place at the end of the month in Detroit, Michigan. The gathering—billed as the largest gathering of grassroots movements in the United States—will be held from June 22 to June 26. Conference organizers claim that it isn’t just another conference, but rather is a movement building [...]

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Earlier this week, two activists in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula were arrested at the site of a sulfide mine near Marquette. The activists are members of the Keweenaw Bay Indian Community—one of the many groups that have actively opposed the construction of the sulfide mine. The group had occupied the site of the mine for nearly [...]

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A couple of weeks ago in Detroit, a seven-year old girl was murdered by police during a late night “no knock” raid: It has been over a week since the news from Detroit was heard across the country: 7 year old Aiyana Jones murdered by the police during a late night no-knock home raid. An [...]

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All too often, anarchists fail to produce analysis and theory aimed at understanding current political conditions. Even in wake of one of the largest economic crises in recent memory, anarchists were surprising silent when it came to responding to the crisis (this is true both locally and nationally). The Northeastern Federation of Anarcho-Communists (NEFAC) (a [...]

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We are excited to announce the formation of a new anarchist group in Michigan. According to an announcement posted on various anarchist websites, the group is the product of years of shared organizing between revolutionary anarchists: We are the First of May Anarchist Alliance (M1). Formerly we had constituted ourselves as small proto organization, the [...]

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The Detroit-based anarchist group Solidarity and Defense has released a poster about the death of an East Grand Rapids man at the hands of police. Back in November of 2009, Matt Bolick was killed by East Grand Rapids Police who Tasered him multiple times. According to police, Bolick was resisting arrest and refusing to cooperate. [...]

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