Comments for Grand Rapids Anarchists

Comment on Interview on Collectives and Consensus Decision Making by Lucky

Lucky — Mon, 01 Mar 2010 18:48:16 +0000

I ordered this book a little over a week ago and I’m pretty excited for it to come. It looks like something everybody should ~~have to~~ read when working with others on projects.

Comment on Anarchist Historian Howard Zinn Dies by Sam

Sam — Tue, 16 Feb 2010 21:26:59 +0000

Amazing read. I’m going to reread People’s History again. Zinn, you will be missed.

Comment on More from the Olympic protests by Lucky

Lucky — Mon, 15 Feb 2010 05:01:00 +0000

Great article, a-team. It looks like that action was very successful, and it’s good to see a well-planned, well-executed, goal-oriented action go well.

Comment on More from the Olympic protests by the a-team

the a-team — Sun, 14 Feb 2010 19:56:35 +0000

Here is a good article about the Heart Attack march that looks at the organization behind the march:

http://friendlyfirecollective.info/2010/?p=132

It covers everything from the street tactics to the advance organizing that went into making the black bloc work.

Comment on How To Organize A Protest March by Lucky

Lucky — Sat, 13 Feb 2010 01:24:31 +0000

Thanks, this is very extensive, and it’s good to have a local perspective on this kind of work.

Comment on Announcement: Iraq War Protest March 13 by Lucky

Lucky — Thu, 04 Feb 2010 22:43:30 +0000

It’ll actually be 12 pm; I’d better go check to make sure that’s what I put on the Facebook event though. But yeah, the flyers say noon. Thanks y’all, this is the best website in the world.

Comment on Wind Power and the Status Quo of Environmental Destruction by more

more — Wed, 06 Jan 2010 19:22:31 +0000

Here’s a good article on wind power that offers a critique of wind power as a “solution” to global warming. Taken from the Earth First! Journal:

http://www.earthfirstjournal.org/article.php?id=482

A useful excerpt:

“Industrial wind power is on the fast track to devastate the remote mountain ridges of Maine. Mainstream groups would have you believe that wind power is the next best solution to climate change; however, many Maine residents are beginning to realize that the only thing green about industrial wind power is the money that lines the corporate CEOs’ pockets. Activists from around the state are joining Earth First!ers’ to fight the most recent “green-washed” corporate attempt to pillage the mountains of Maine.

This threat is particularly relevant and frightening in the face of our current climate crisis. Wind power, amongst mainstream environmental groups stands as the answer to the crisis. Industrial wind power is not the answer to our current climate situation. Most wind power projects actually require more energy for their construction than they are able to produce, not to mention the energy needed to manufacture all of the elements for such projects. (To manufacture one of the cement pads that the average industrial wind turbine is placed upon produces 250,000 pounds of carbon.) However, nothing compares to the ecosystem destruction necessary to implement these projects in remote areas. Conservation, preservation and restoration of forested landscapes is one of the most valuable solutions to the effects of climate change on this planet’s non-human inhabitants. Yet the thousands of acres of clear-cutting, miles of new road-building, grading and clearing of sensitive alpine forests necessary for industrial wind power is being justified in the name of climate change. Allowing these sensitive mountain ecosystems to remain intact as wilderness corridors and carbon sinks provides an opportunity for these forests to regenerate; to eventually be capable of re-wilding the North Woods to its natural forested state, stretching from Maine to Minnesota, adding to this planets’ overall stability. Mountain ecosystems are also extremely important in the role they play in the hydrological cycle, with snow melt acting as a head water to rivers, streams, and ponds. Erosion and sedimentation that are often associated with wind power has the potential to contaminate these fresh water supplies: poisoning the life blood of this planet.”

Comment on Local Army Recruiter Wins Award for Preying on Poor People by Lucky

Lucky — Thu, 17 Dec 2009 21:49:40 +0000

I hoped I wasn’t the only one who noticed how fucked up that article was…

Comment on Anarchists Protest COP15 by Lucky

Lucky — Thu, 17 Dec 2009 21:47:39 +0000

Thanks, it’s been kind of overwhelming and hard to find a good, easy to read summary of what’s being going on in Copenhagen.

Comment on Anarchists Protest COP15 by anonymous

anonymous — Wed, 16 Dec 2009 20:14:39 +0000

Some additional autonomous actions:

- Chevron was attacked for their contributions to global warming:
http://indymedia.dk/articles/1855

- Cars owned by DONG Energy torched:
http://www.autonominfoservice.net/cop15-news-infos/