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Posts by Jeff Smith (GRIID)

0November 4, 2025What a strange performative response from faith leaders and the Mayor of Grand Rapids: What solidarity really looks like

1November 4, 2025The War Criminal Dick Cheney is dead and people gave him hell when he visited Grand Rapids while he was Vice President

6November 3, 2025Kent County Sheriff refuses to provide information or practice transparency over ICE holds at the County Jail

0November 3, 2025New video shows how economic and political power functions in Grand Rapids to benefit the those who have deep pockets

3November 2, 2025Commemorating immigrants that have died while in US Detention Centers during a Day of the Dead vigil in Grand Rapids

0November 1, 2025Palestine Solidarity Information and Analysis for the week of November 2nd

0October 30, 2025I was invited to submit some entires for the Zinn Education Project’s social media popular education platform known as This Day in History

0October 30, 2025The threat to cut SNAP benefits and why we need to radically imagine a different approach to make sure everyone has enough to eat for the rest of their lives

3October 29, 2025What are the Sanctuary policies that Cosecha and GR Rapid Response to ICE are demanding from Grand Rapids and Kent County? Part II

0October 29, 2025Indivisible Grand Rapids omits critical analysis of ICE in their most recent “deep dive” post, along with the groups actually resisting ICE in Kent County