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Posts by Jeff Smith (GRIID)

2March 17, 2022Amway announcement to pause operations in Russia is really their way of throwing a tantrum for not being able to continue to peddle their soap and vitamins

2March 16, 2022A Brief history of Women-led Movements in Grand Rapids: Part II – The Reproductive Justice Movement

2March 15, 2022Starbucks workers in Grand Rapids wanting a union, need your support! But this isn’t the first time Starbucks workers fought to unionize in this city

3March 14, 2022The same people who created the Housing Next fund in West MI, are the same people who oppose paying workers enough to afford housing

0March 13, 2022Exploitation, maintaining order and protecting systems of power: Is this what Mark Murray means by Virtuous Leadership?

1March 10, 2022US, NATO and the Russian Invasion of the Ukraine: Part II – Historical Context and a broader Geo-Political framework

1March 9, 2022GRIID Class – The Function of Policing in the US and how we can work towards a world Without Police: Part VIII

0March 8, 2022Don’t call it Genocide: Proposed Michigan legislation on the history of Native Boarding Schools is almost the exact language of the anti-CRT legislation

3March 7, 2022A Brief history of Women-led Movements in Grand Rapids: Part I – The Women’s Suffrage Movement

1March 6, 2022Whitewashing Chief’s Payne tenure with the GRPD: How the Grand Rapids commercial news media defends systems of power and excludes activist voices