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Lansing GDC Runs Monthly Pullover Prevention Program
Lansing General Defense Committee has launched Pull Over Prevention, a monthly repair clinic to help drivers avoid interactions with police. The free program is hosted by community volunteers who assist participants by fixing broken headlights, tail lights, and…
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Support Krystal Clark
Krystal Clark is incarcerated at the Women’s Huron Valley Correctional Facility in Ypsilanti, MI. From the website freekrystal.com: “Krystal Clark is a 39-year-old mother of four, devoted friend and caring community member.” She has been incarcerated for the last…
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Community BBQs at Empty Lot, Landlord Calls Cops
Since the eviction at Growing Hope Marketplace Hall on Wednesday August 23, 2023, Shelter Now has grown from an impromptu coalition of community members and organizations to a force to be reckoned with. Over the past two months,…
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Resist Genocide in Gaza – By Any Means Necessary!
Demands From Palestinian Youth Movement Since 2007, Gaza has been an open air prison. Israel has imposed an illegal land, air, and sea blockade on Gaza: a siege which has had devastating impacts on the 2.3 million Palestinian…
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We Make the Community by Defending It
Neighborhood resists eviction of homeless people by local nonprofit board and business owners Growing Hope, Growing Fences Wednesday, August 23, 2023 the board of the local nonprofit Growing Hope called the cops and evicted all people staying underneath…
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Solidarity with the Haitian People
As this issue of FTW goes to print it is the end of Black August, a month to celebrate Black resistance to white supremacy, colonialism, and capitalism and those who have died or been captured and imprisoned during…
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“Down on the Ground”: Over 200 people attend GDC’s Organizing Against Capitalism Conference in Ypsilanti
July 28-30 2023, the streets of Ypsilanti welcomed visitors for the first ever Organizing Against Capitalism conference, hosted by local anti-capitalist organization Michigan General Defense Committee. Solidarity Hall, Ypsilanti Freighthouse and Growing Hope’s Incubator Kitchen were all vibrant…
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Home is Where the Struggle is
The Michigan General Defense Committee has prioritized struggles around housing and homelessness. Each of our chapters in Washtenaw County, Lansing, and Detroit have ongoing participation in organizing campaigns to address the lack of affordable housing, to fight back against…
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In Solidarity with EZLN
The Michigan General Defense Committee stands in solidarity with the autonomous communities of the Zapatista National Liberation Army (EZLN) in the aftershock of the paramilitary attack on compañero Jorge López Santíz, and in the face of escalating violence…
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DPSCD Lays Off Support Staff
A tearful conversation in the hallway – “They’re making us decide by Friday. I don’t know where I will go.” Powerful words from a student – “If we are the future, then why are you firing the people…