Category Archives: Anti-War/Anti-Imperialism

Anti-Iraq War Organizing in Grand Rapids from 2002 – 2008: Part I

Posted on March 7, 2019 by

Recently, we posted a piece about the Anti-Afghan war organizing that took place in Grand Rapids in 2001 – 2002.  Part of that organizing grew out of a Teach-In that took place just weeks after the 9/11 attacks, in early … Continue reading →

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Anti-Afghan War organizing – 2001 Grand Rapids

Posted on February 20, 2019 by

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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1991 Resistance to the Gulf War in Grand Rapids: Part II

Posted on August 29, 2018 by

In Part I of this article, we looked at how people in Grand Rapids resisted the US military attack on Iraq in the early part of 1991. In today’s post we will look at the aftermath of that US war … Continue reading →

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1991 Resistance to the Gulf War in Grand Rapids: Part I

Posted on August 21, 2018 by

In the summer of 1990, it began clear that the US government was beginning to marginalize Iraq, with the intent of going to war with the Middle Eastern nation. The US was claiming that Iraq’s border dispute with Kuwait was … Continue reading →

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New Print captures the anti-war organizing during the 2003 US invasion/occupation of Iraq

Posted on March 25, 2018 by

In 2003, there was a group called the Grand Rapids People’s Alliance for Justice, which was the main anti-war organizing group in Grand Rapids opposing the US invasion/occupation of Iraq. This group had begun to organize in response to the … Continue reading →

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Haiti and Grand Rapids: Part 3 (1993)

Posted on December 20, 2016 by

This is the third part of three articles from 1993, written about the Haiti/Grand Rapids connection, a series which appeared in the Independent newspaper, The Fundamentalist. Part 1 looked at a Grand Rapids-based company, H.H. Cutler, which had moved their … Continue reading →

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Resisting the Vietnam War: Interview with Paul Milanowski

Posted on December 8, 2016 by

This interview was conducted in December of 2016 by the Grand Rapids People’s History Project. Fr. Paul Milanowski talks about how he got involved in doing anti-Vietnam War work in the mid-1960s, his involvement with doing draft counseling, doing tax … Continue reading →

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