Fight to Win street paper
Articles published in GDC’s street paper
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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 centers for conversation and collaboration of leftists and anti-capitalist organizations from around…
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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 evictions and horrible conditions, as well as running and assisting with survival…
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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 at the hands of paramilitaries and cartels. While direct armed conflict between…
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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 that help the future?” Grief, disbelief, but above all else, fury &…
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Dispatches from the Class Struggle
The covid-19 pandemic has been a process of adaptation for communities across the country and the world. In the initial shock of the societal impact of Covid, rent freezes, food banks and financial support programs helped ease the transition into (and out of) quarantine but also gave many working class…