Category Archives: People’s History Artwork

New print celebrates the life of Anarchist Voltairine De Cleyre

Posted on February 24, 2019 by

This new print, created by GVSU student Katie Los, celebrates the life of American anarchist Voltairine De Cleyre. Emma Goldman once referred to Voltairine De Cleyre as, “The most gifted and brilliant anarchist woman America ever produced.” In the early … 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 by

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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New Print demonstrates the hypocrisy of GVSU and LGBTQ Equality

Posted on February 7, 2019 by

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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New print looks at the 1911 Grand Rapids Furniture Workers Strike

Posted on January 28, 2019 by

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 by

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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New Artwork exposes Settler Colonialism as part of the founding of Grand Rapids

Posted on January 9, 2019 by

Four years ago we wrote two pieces that looked at the foundation of the oppressive politics which led to the creation of Grand Rapids. The first piece was entitled More White Lies: Grand Rapids and Settler Colonialism. In that piece … Continue reading →

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Print honors the legacy of Cole Dorsey and West MI for Animals

Posted on May 12, 2018 by

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 →

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