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- 1970 document sheds light on the housing crisis in Grand Rapids and the lack of political will to solve it
Tag Archives: anti-globalization organizing
Organizing against the Central America Free Trade Agreement in Grand Rapids
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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