Author Archives: Jeff Smith (GRIID)

Anti-Afghan War organizing – 2001 Grand Rapids

Posted on February 20, 2019

As we mentioned in a post from February 11, 2019, after September 11, 2001, for many people it became difficult to actively speak out against US foreign policy, whether that was war or economic policy  None of the traditional anti-war … Continue reading →

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New Print Celebrates the legacy of the Womyn’s Action Network in Grand Rapids

Posted on February 14, 2019

A new print from GVSU student Rachael Spring, brings to life the legacy of the 1990s feminist group, the Womyn’s Action Network or WAN. WAN came together in 1992 and began their feminist work with a satirical event that took … Continue reading →

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Organizing against the Central America Free Trade Agreement in Grand Rapids

Posted on February 11, 2019

Last week we posted a story about people from Grand Rapids participating in the 2001 Free Trade Area of the Americas (FTAA) protest in Quebec, Canada. This was part of the ongoing anti-Globalization movement, which had begun years earlier, primarily … Continue reading →

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New Print demonstrates the hypocrisy of GVSU and LGBTQ Equality

Posted on February 7, 2019

A new print by GVSU student Ciara Pink, beautifully depicts not on the historical struggle to win domestic partner benefits at GVSU, but the hypocrisy of the university, which claims to embrace, equity, inclusion and social justice. Grand Valley State … Continue reading →

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Grand Rapids participated in the 2001 FTAA protests in Quebec City

Posted on February 3, 2019

In the first major hemispheric action against anti-globalization action since the 1999 Seattle WTO protest, at least 15 people from Grand Rapids traveled to Quebec City, Canada to participate in the protest against the Free Trade Area of the Americas  … Continue reading →

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New print looks at the 1911 Grand Rapids Furniture Workers Strike

Posted on January 28, 2019

The 1911 furniture workers strike in Grand Rapids was/is critical to our understanding of both the power of organized labor in this community and the ruthlessness of the capitalist class. We have written several pieces about the 1911 furniture workers … Continue reading →

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New artwork looks at the 1967 Riot in Grand Rapids

Posted on January 21, 2019

We have made nearly a dozen posts about the 1967 riot in Grand Rapids in the past several years. Some of these posts have focused on media coverage of the riot, some on internal documents and some of the posts … Continue reading →

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