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Posts by Jeff Smith (GRIID)

0June 29, 2020The Power of Social Movements and Organized Resistance: Part I – GRPS back tracks on School Budget cuts in the face of community opposition

3June 28, 2020Local news reports Cop exonerated from shooting civilian with 40mm chemical round during the May 30 uprising in Grand Rapids, but fails to discuss the Riot-Control Industrial Complex

8June 26, 2020Defund the GRPD campaign makes clear demands on the City of Grand Rapids during Press Conference

0June 25, 2020The dominant narrative of Grand Rapids is Whiteness: A deconstruction of the We Are GRStrong video

2June 23, 2020Why we can’t go back to the way things were in Grand Rapids: Part IV – Climate Justice, Environmentalism and White Supremacy

5June 22, 2020The Grand Rapids-based Acton Institute has essentially declared war on the Movement for Black Lives

1June 21, 2020What we can learn from the 1967 riot/uprising in Grand Rapids and how it compares to what is happening in 2020

0June 19, 2020The Billionaire class continues to profit during the COVID-19 pandemic, like Hank & Doug Meijer

8June 18, 2020Grand Rapids Police Officers Association releases statement against the calls for Defunding the GRPD

0June 18, 2020State Representative Lynn Afendoulis is crafting legislation that would classify rioting as Social and Domestic Terrorism