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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: Indy Media
Revolutionary Anarchist Youth flyer on the Amway co-founders
Editor’s note: A dear friend and comrade, Cole Dorsey passed away recently and one of his family members passed along some of the archival materials he saved, which is what this post is about. In the mid-1990s, the group Revolutionary … Continue reading
Days of Our Lies: Public Access TV show provided independent news and news analysis in Grand Rapids from 1992 – 1998
For nearly seven years (between 1992 – 1998), if people had access to cable TV in the Grand Rapids area, they might have come across a show on GRTV called, Days of Our Lies. The show was started by several … Continue reading
A History of Anarchism in Grand Rapids
Several years ago, Sprout Distro published a 4 part series of zines on the history of Anarchism in Grand Rapids. These four zines not only are well written and well researched, they make it clear that there has been an … Continue reading
Grand Valley Labor News series on Amway – 1980
We recently received a three-part series of articles written by Michael Johnston, a Grand Rapids labor historian and former journalist with Grand Valley Labor News (GVLN). This recently acquired three-part series is important, since he provides important analysis about co-founders … Continue reading
Students confront Richard DeVos at GVSC in 1977
One of our earliest posting here on the GR People’s History site, was a student critique of Amway co-founders Richard DeVos and Jay Van Andel by a Calvin College student in 1971. We recently came across another example of students … Continue reading
Early Years of GRTV: An Interview with Tim Goodwin
We recently conducted an interview with Tim Goodwin about the founding and history of cable access channel GRTV in Grand Rapids. The interview is in 3 parts, but before each portion of the interview, we wanted to include some visual … Continue reading
Interview with Odawa War & Peace Chief 1993
This posting is based on an interview from the independent newspaper, The Fundamentalist in the summer of 1993. The entire interview is linked in the posting, but a summary is what we are providing. One of the co-editors of the … Continue reading
Giving til it hurts others: Another look and Rich DeVos & Jay Van Andel’s benevolence – 1998
(Our post last week was in reaction to a Grand Rapids Press article from 1998 that featured some information on the philanthropy of Rich DeVos and Jay Van Andel. The article is a critique of the GR Press coverage. Today’s … Continue reading
Responding to the GR Press Pro-Amway Propaganda – 1998
“Our people are seeking inspiration all the time, as most people are. Some people find it in the Rotary Club, some people find it at church and some people like to go to Amway meetings.” Rich DeVos, in, “The Power … Continue reading
Posted in Anti-Capitalism/Labor, Indy Media, Religious Right
Tagged Amway, the GR Press and Amway
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When the Public Museum became the Van Andel Museum
his article is reprinted from a January/February 1995 issue of the independent Grand Rapids newspaper, The FUNdamentalist. It is based on a flyer that was handed out during the opening of the Van Andel Public Museum on November 19, 1994. … Continue reading
Posted in Anti-Capitalism/Labor, Indy Media
Tagged Amway fraud, Jay Van Andel, Van Andel Museum
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