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Comrade Hunter
Cohort Introduction My name is Hunter. I’m 24 years old, I was born at Sparrow Hospital in Lansing, Michigan but raised in or around Austin, Texas. My family life was relatively complex, my mother and father were never…
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Building the 2025 Michigan delegation to Cuba
Nine organizers from the state of Michigan attended the 2023 National Network on Cuba’s 16th annual May Day Brigade. We didn’t know Michigan had one of the greatest state representations until we were in the country, so when…
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Housing
Housing is a core need that determines how people are able to show up in the world, how autonomously we can move, live, and exist, what sort of support we’re able to give others, and the amount of…
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Abolitionism
Position paper by the GDC Abolitionist Working Group. In the United States the Black Liberation struggle has been central to nearly every potentially mass insurrectional / moment of revolutionary potential in its history.
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International Cancel RIMPAC Campaign convenes, mobilizes in the streets of San Diego
The Cancel RIMPAC Campaign conducted a summit and mobilized people to the streets of San Diego June 28-30 and GDC was in attendance! RIMPAC, or Rim of the Pacific exercise, are the largest maritime warfare exercises led by…
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Abolitionist solutions to mental health crises
On June 18, 2024, Wayne police showed up at the home of John Zook Jr. and shot him six times after he called 911 in the midst of a mental health crisis. Zook’s murder throws into sharp relief…
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Pull Over Prevention: What and Why?
Pull Over Prevention is a free bulb replacement and safety check to avoid police harassment. POWER TO THE PEOPLE! ABOLISH THE POLICE! HOUSING FOR ALL! END U.S. IMPERIALISM! END THE BLOCKADE ON CUBA! FREE PALESTINE! Lansing: First Sunday…
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Southwest Detroit Latinx Community Struggles Against Police Repression
Southwest Detroit, a largely Latinx community, also known as ‘Mexicantown’, held its yearly Cinco de Mayo parade. This parade is one which all of Southwest looks forward to, with its low-riders, dancers, and many Latinx heritage organizations represented.…
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Wayne demands from City Council: Release the body camera footage, Release the cop’s name
On August 5, 2024, dozens gathered for the Wayne City Council meeting to demand justice for John Zook Jr., a Wayne resident who was killed by police after calling 911 for help during a mental health crisis. Though…
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Remembering Johnny and Why We Struggle for a Society Without Police + Prisons
772 people have been killed in the U.S by police so far this year alone. And those are only the people we know of. 16 people have been killed in Michigan by the police so far this year…