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Recent Posts
- A People’s History of Grand Rapids book is now available
- Revolutionary Anarchist Youth zine highlights benefit show in Grand Rapids for political prisoner Geronimo Pratt in 1996
- Revolutionary Anarchist Youth flyer on the Amway co-founders
- Just after the Depression years, the Grand Rapids City Government provided direct relief and created a public works project for those unemployed
- Some examples of the conditions for blacks in Grand Rapids and what types of discrimination blacks faced on a daily basis in the early part of the 20th Century
Category Archives: Animal Rights/Animal Liberation
New Prints celebrate the Animal Rights/Animal Liberation Movement in Grand Rapids
As we have noted in previous posts, there has been an organized effort fight on behalf of animals in West Michigan since the 1980s. One of the first groups that came together was West Michigan For Animals. This group was … Continue reading
Print honors the legacy of Cole Dorsey and West MI for Animals
Nearly three years ago we interviewed Cole Dorsey, one of the activist and organizers with the 1990s group known as West Michigan for Animals. This new print, from GVSU student Mackenzie Fox, both celebrates and honors the legacy of Cole … Continue reading
Artwork highlights a People’s History in Grand Rapids – Print #19: 21st Century Animal Rights Movement
Last semester, art students in Brett Colley’s GVSU class on printmaking, invited me to come talk about the Grand Rapids People’s History Project. The intent of the class was to have students investigate their own part of a People’s History … Continue reading
Artwork highlights a People’s History in Grand Rapids – Print #11 – Animal Rights Movement in West Michigan
Last semester, art students in Brett Colley’s GVSU class on printmaking, invited me to come talk about the Grand Rapids People’s History Project. The intent of the class was to have students investigate their own part of a People’s History … Continue reading
It’s not important that we win every battle. What’s important is that we fight. Interview with Cole Dorsey on the History of Animal Rights Organizing in West Michigan
We recently interviewed Cole Dorsey, who was an active member of West Michigan for Animals in the 1990s in Grand Rapids. How old were you when you joined West MI for Animals? What motivated you or inspired you to get … Continue reading
Anti-Fur campaigns were part of West Michigan for Animals Direct Action efforts in the 1990s
In the past week we have posted stories about the anti-vivisection work of West Michigan for Animals (WMFA) and their campaign to fight animal abuse at area rodeos in the 1980s and 90s. WMFA was also deeply committed to … Continue reading
West Michigan for Animals and Anti-Vivisection organizing in the early 90s
A few days ago we posted a story on the birth of the group, West Michigan for Animals (WMFA). Beginning in 1992, WMFA began organizing around Animal Rights/Animal Liberation, with some of the earliest campaigns around challenging various rodeos that … Continue reading
The Birth of West Michigan for Animals and their Anti-Rodeo Campaign
Last winter, we posted an introductory article about one of the earliest known Animal Rights/Animal Liberation groups in the Grand Rapids area, known as West Michigan for animals. In that initial posting we made the point that the current efforts … Continue reading
Fighting for the Rights of Animals has a long history in Grand Rapids
This is the first posting in a series of articles and interviews that deals with the organizing around animal rights and animal liberation in West Michigan. There has been some new attention given to Animal Rights in Grand Rapids, with … Continue reading
Grand Rapids People's History Project 