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Posts by Jeff Smith (GRIID)

0February 25, 2026Should the issue of defunding the GRPD be a strategy moving forward in Grand Rapids after the police killing of Da’Quain Johnson?

8February 24, 2026Free Byron Press Conference news coverage and omissions: Another ICE arrest with GRPD collaboration

1February 23, 2026Members of the Grand Rapids Power Structure wrote a love letter to Chief Winstrom because he protect their economic interests

5February 22, 2026The GRPD killed another Black community member: Those in power have a script, but we don’t have to follow it

1February 20, 2026GRIID Class on US Foreign Policy since WWII – Week #6: Global Economic Policies

4February 19, 2026Grand Rapids Chamber of Commerce endorses data centers, regardless of the growing public opposition

1February 18, 2026Another GRPS student walkout took place on Wednesday, where students demanded ICE out of Grand Rapids

0February 17, 2026Don’t expect much from the performative letter and visit from Rep. Scholten and Stevens regarding the GEO Group-owned Northlake ICE Detention Facility

0February 17, 2026William Glenn: Civil Rights Advocate in Grand Rapids, Communist Party member and Internationalist

1February 16, 2026Doug DeVos and revisionist history of Grand Rapids since 1976: How the Capitalist Class always tries to control the narrative