Grand Rapids, MI – In the wake of over 400 Palestinians being killed by Israel’s repeated violation of the January ceasefire agreement, on March 19 nearly 100 community members rallied at the corner of Rosa Parks Circle in solidarity with Palestine. After chants condemning the actions of both Israel and the United States, the group took to a march towards the Gerald R. Ford Federal Building.

Their anger was pointed out and they had three specific targets. First, toward Israel and its continued violation of the January ceasefire agreement, denying even basic supplies to enter the country, and its endless murder of the Palestinian people. Second, toward their own local government, which is complicit in its repression of both its pro-Palestine movement and its support of Israeli businesses. And third, toward the federal government, which continues to provide direct support for the genocide of the Palestinian people and for its acts of political repression against pro-Palestine activists across the country.

The rally comes after the arrest of both Mahmoud Khalil and Leqaa Kordia on New York’s Columbia University’s campus and demonstrated a continued escalation of repression against the pro-Palestine student movement which began during President Biden’s administration.

Anthony O’Hegarty, a member of Palestine Solidarity Grand Rapids (PSGR), told those in attendance, “This is nothing new for activists – In fact, the Antiwar 23, a group of activists from Grand Rapids, Minnesota and Chicago were raided by the FBI, subpoenaed to a grand jury, and accused of material support for terrorism for their anti-war activism in 2010.”

“Now Israel is promising to send ground troops into Gaza. They’ve killed 400-plus people in mere hours – What’s happening in Gaza right now is extermination. Israel has been given a blank check by the U.S. to exterminate and disappear whoever they wish,” said O’Hegarty.

The mood of the evening was not defeat and despair, but energy and determination. The organizers remained stalwart in their vows against the atrocities and injustices perpetrated by both the United States and by Israel.

In an era of ever-escalating political repression, the people of Grand Rapids are committed to continuing their fight for a free Palestine. The events were a rallying cry to all those who stand against injustice to join the long march alongside them.

#GrandRapidsMI #MI #AntiWarMovement #Palestine #PSGR

Allendale, MI — On Saturday, March 15, Grand Valley State University students and community members took part in a demonstration protesting the illegal ICE abductions of Mahmoud Khalil and Leqaa Kordia. They also demanded that Grand Valley take action to protect its student body from the increased repression of the Trump administration.

The Progressive Student Union at Grand Valley has spent the past couple of months organizing a mass movement to try and get GV admin to declare a sanctuary campus.

“I think it was necessary for us to be out today because what happened to Mahmoud is a direct targeted attack not just on immigrants, but the entirety of the pro-Palestine movement and the right to free speech. It’s been made clear that Mahmoud was abducted due to his activism,” said Dorion Fedwa, a member of the Grand Valley Progressive Student Union.

Dorion continued, “And in response to the government trying to silence the movement, we need to get louder. Which is exactly what I think students need to continue doing – we all should continue protesting, advocating for the protection of immigrants and the Palestinian people, and educating anyone who will listen about fascism creeping further into our own country so that we can fight against it.”

The struggle to free Mahmoud Khalil is not just a struggle of the student movement or anti-ICE movement, but also the anti-war and anti-Zionist movements.

Cassie Veach, a member of Palestine Solidarity Grand Rapids, stated, “Student organizing has long held an important place in the landscape of social movements. Attempts to silence students should rightly be viewed by the wider community as a threat to protected speech more broadly. It is important that community members outside of higher education stand in solidarity with students who are facing unconstitutional authoritarian tactics designed to dissuade students from advocating for an end to the genocide in Palestine.”

Veach added, “The abduction and attempted disappearance of Mahmoud Khalil, a lawful permanent resident, shows the dangers of allowing ICE on college property. The response to his detention shows that the administration’s attempts to silence students have backfired, and more people are choosing to get involved and to stand on the right side of history every day.”

The detention of pro-Palestine student advocates makes the need for sanctuary even stronger. The Trump administration's use of ICE to abduct and deport activists and immigrants has shown that no one is safe from this repression. We must unite all who can be united against the reactionary Trump agenda.

#GrandValleyMI #MI #Palestine #AntiWarMovement

Grand Rapids, MI – On March 5, outside of Corewell Health, the largest employer in Grand Rapids, 30 people rallied outside of the healthcare giant demanding their immediate divestment from Israeli companies and bonds.

Early this month, Palestine Solidarity Grand Rapids launched its “Corewell Health Divest!” campaign in response to the horrific destruction of Palestine’s healthcare system and the company’s connection to the Michigan Israel Business Accelerator – a nonprofit which proudly states itself to be “the only landing zone in the U.S. dedicated to supporting the growth of Israeli companies” and having “hosted 100+ Israeli companies in Michigan.”

Highlighting this and bringing attention to the continued war crimes committed by the Israeli military, PSGR co-chair Emerson Wolfe stated the facts to the crowd, “Israel has completely destroyed well over half of Gaza’s major hospitals. Thousands upon thousands of drone and missile strikes against Palestinian clinics, hospitals, and ambulances have been reported by the World Health Organization. Over 1000 healthcare workers and counting have been murdered by the IOF in Gaza and in their ongoing siege of the West Bank!”

The protesters, waving a banner stating “Corewell divest” and chanting slogans such as “Israeli fundings got to go! CEO Decker has to know!” also talked to healthcare workers going in for the third shift at the hospital.

“It’s really important these folks understand that their employer is caught up in this business of preaching healthcare at home while buying into companies which support genocide overseas,” remarked one community member. “We’re not protesting these workers – in fact we need them to join us – we’re protesting those who make millions from this genocide and the decades long occupation of Palestine.”

Corewell CEO Tina Freese Decker’s trip to Israel in March of 2023 was sponsored by the Michigan Israel Business Accelerator and included other corporate elites from around Michigan. From an article detailing the trip, CEO Decker stated that she felt “inspired and energized” by the visit to the country – the same country that turned the courtyards of the Al-Shifa and Nasser hospitals in Gaza into mass graves.

“We’ve got to keep the pressure up,” said another community member stated. “Israelis have universal healthcare while people in this country go into debt for the simplest of procedures. Why is this? It’s because the U.S. government and private corporations stimulate the occupation’s economy. We need this money at home for people who are struggling.”

#GrandRapidsMI #MI #AntiWarMovement #Palestine #PSGR

Grand Rapids, MI – In the heart of downtown Grand Rapids at Rosa Parks Circle, over 2000 community members gathered around the stage and ice skating rink, March 8, for an International Women’s Day rally. Despite freezing winds, the crowd swelled through the afternoon, culminating in a march past City Hall and federal buildings.

The speakers represented a wide range of movements and backgrounds, but their messages united against President Trump and the Republican agenda. The speakers included Michigan Representative Kristian Grant and organizers from the Institute of Global Education, Palestine Solidarity Grand Rapids, Students for a Democratic Society (SDS) of Muskegon Community College, GVSU Progressive Student Union, Grand Rapids Alliance Against Racist and Political Repression, and many more.

Among the voices was Emerson Wolfe of the Institute of Global Education and co-chair of Palestine Solidarity Grand Rapids, who stated, “War is a women’s issue. But what is happening in Palestine is not a war – it is a genocide against an imprisoned population desperate to care for their families, desperate for a safe home, desperate to survive. Many of us know what it means to care for a family and want a safe and loving home. We are not so different from Palestinians.”

Wolfe also criticized Governor Gretchen Whitmer and her complicity in expanding war profiteers in Michigan, stating, “She is pushing to increase the amount of weapons manufacturing in the state of Michigan. She claims they are good jobs to raise a family on. In reality, she's forcing working-class Michigan families to choose blood money to feed our own children, at the expense of Black and brown children all around the world.”

Jessie Plichta, an organizer with SDS at Muskegon Community College, told the crowd, “It is our neighbors, friends, coworkers and families being targeted. Your task today is to stand up and fight back against these attacks, not because you fear for yourself but because you love your neighbor, because you value healthcare and education.”

Hailey Hentz, the chair of the GVSU Progressive Student Union, said, “If we look at the history that Republicans are trying so hard to discredit, we will vividly see that the reason we are here today celebrating International Women's Day is because of Women who fought back against injustice. These were women who were involved in the Labor and suffrage movements over a century ago, yet we are here fighting to continue the work they pursued so passionately.”

Eager to march, attendees prompted organizers to begin early. Despite harassment by the Grand Rapids Police Department (GRPD), no arrests were made.

GRPD is notorious for brutality on protesters. During the George Floyd uprising, a protest that blocked streets was met with riot police and tear gas. Several activists are still battling felony charges for the use of sound amplification devices, stemming from officers' claim that the megaphones damaged their hearing.

The Women’s March led event, supported by the coalition above, stood as a united front against Trump’s agenda. Energy continued well after the march as hundreds remained to help clean and talk with community organizations tabling at Rosa Parks Circle. Over 2000 community members – children, elders, disabled peoples and allies – mobilized to march through downtown Grand Rapids, their collective roar a defiant answer to threats of repression, and celebrate the history of International Women’s Day.

#GrandRapidsMI #MI #WomensMovement #InternationalWomensDay

Grand Rapids, MI – On Saturday, March 1, 30 workers came to Fountain Street Church to learn about raising class struggle in the workplace and fighting back against Trump’s onslaught against unions. Tom Burke, President of IATSE Local 26, spoke on the necessity of union organization and revolutionary leadership. He also explained the FRSO united front strategy, and the strategic alliance between the multinational working class and the Black liberation and other oppressed nationality movements.

The teach-in was put on by the Freedom Road Socialist Organization. It empowered workers in unions to strive to take on leadership and organize other workers on the job, especially in the face of recent attacks on unions by the current Trump administration.

Burke said, “Those of you looking for jobs can seek out already unionized workplaces and strengthen the union movement from within. The Teamsters and Association of Flight Attendants are good unions in industries that are hiring.”

Burke said, “Younger and newer trade unionists can benefit from studying the mass line at the FRSO.org website. Union organizing boils down to listening to other people, to then formulate demands and slogans that unite them to fight the bosses. Unions can lead the fight against Republican attacks on the entire working class.” Burke emphasized the importance of creating slogans that make sense to people.

Burke pointed out the potential for workers in the room to become the militant minority in their workplaces. That the goal of organizing within the union is to make rapid changes in the workplace and society.

“If you’re going to make a revolution, then you have to be in trade unions or strategically aligned with the workers’ movement,” stated Burke.

Burke continued, “You can see it with the way some unions operate already and have a lot of power at work. Then there are other countries, like Venezuela, where workers self-manage some of the factories themselves.”

The audience showed support for Burke’s messaging, including his stating the necessity for trade unions to stand against chauvinism, to stand for women’s liberation, trans and LGBTQ rights, and the duty for white workers specifically to oppose racism and discrimination in the union. He specified that unions must take on broader issues of the whole working class and unite to create change.

During discussion, many union members stood up and explained how they organize within their union and the struggles they waged and continue to fight for. Carsten Forester with the American Federation of Musicians, or AFM, expressed how important it is to organize as a musician, and how many musicians look towards their industry as an individual business and aren’t necessarily made aware they have an opportunity to be part of the union, which prompted another audience member to express their interest in joining the AFM and who was given the resources to do so.

Local activist Wren Burns brought up the issue of public library workers in Grand Rapids unionizing. A two-thirds majority of library pages, a specific job category, signed a petition to join the already existing union. They are asking the library board to recognize them. Burns said, “All of the library pages are hired as seasonal employees even though some have worked there for over ten years! Pages are only making $12 an hour.”

The discussion turned lively when it turned to Trump and the Republican attacks on unions and workers. The list of attacks includes putting many federal employees out of their jobs, laying off healthcare workers at veterans’ hospitals, shutting down of the U.S. National Labor Relations Board that makes rulings on union disputes with bosses. Republicans are bad mouthing the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) and threatening a national “Right to work” law that strips union power.

The American Federation of Government Employees held rallies a week after their members were put out of their jobs by Trump and Elon Musk. In local constituent meetings, union workers showed up at Republicans’ town hall meetings to challenge their U.S. Representatives and denounce the firings and layoffs. There are science rallies being organized across the U.S. on March 7. Motivated by professors, technicians, and other workers at universities and research institutes, one of the main backers is the United Auto Workers union.

The meeting ended with the formation of an International Workers Day committee to host a May Day rally for immigrant and workers’ rights in Grand Rapids. As part of the IWD committee, there is a plan for workers from different unions to organize a fundraiser for the emergency response to ICE raids and defend workers from Trump’s attacks.

#GrandRapidsMI #MI #Labor #IATSE #FRSO

Detroit, MI – On Wednesday, February 26, over 30 students, faculty, and community members marched at Wayne State University to defend DEI institutions and demand ICE is kicked off campus. The protest was planned in the wake of a series of emails sent by Wayne State administration, where they did not promise to protect students if ICE appeared on campus, and they stated that they would comply with Donald Trump’s executive orders regarding diversity, equity and inclusion.

The walkout was organized by Wayne State Students for a Democratic Society in coordination with the National Students for a Democratic Society call for a week of action. The Latinx Law Students Association, MI Students Dream, and All Together Campus Ministry were amongst the endorsing student organizations.

A student of the Latinx Law Students Association began the march by chanting, “No fear, not hate, no ICE at Wayne State.” This fed into two speeches that spoke on the importance of defending immigrant students from ICE and defending DEI institutions, courses and scholastic opportunities.

Jo Pico of Students for a Democratic Society admonished Wayne State’s President Espy and the board of governors, saying they have “normalized Trump’s culture of fear and hate,” by “rolling over without a fight every time Trump and his administration asks.”

While the demonstrators were preparing to march, a Wayne State police officer pulled up and demanded they stop using their megaphone. This was preceded by a last-minute email from the associate dean of students, who tried to get Students for a Democratic Society to cancel their march, despite the march being within the bounds of the school’s new policies regarding free speech on campus. After this interaction with the police, the students began to march around campus and the administration building. In drizzling rain, they chanted statements like, “DEI is here to stay, Donald Trump, go away!” and “Protect our education, stop the deportations!”

This was the first protest to protect immigrant students on Wayne State campuses since Donald Trump took office. Despite the fact that over 60% of the students at Wayne are oppressed nationalities , the university has already conceded to the President’s attacks. The students of Wayne State have shown that they will not allow their university to represent the interests of Trump’s racist and reactionary agenda.

#DetroitMI #MI #StudentMovement #ImmigrantRights #SDS

Grand Rapids, MI – At Fountain Street Church in Grand Rapids, Michigan, February 15, around 80 people gathered to hear speakers stressing solidarity with the immigrant and queer communities. The event’s purpose was to spread awareness and further mobilization, while also stressing the connections between the two struggles.

The program began with Shae Smith of the Grand Rapids Pride Center and Protest for Progress, a group known for its Sunday demonstrations in support of trans lives held in downtown Grand Rapids. Smith outlined key actions anyone can take to support the queer community, including pushing back against transphobia and homophobia and vocally supporting any events and organizations supportive of queer rights.

“Gender dysphoria is real,” said Smith. “Taking away puberty blockers and hormone therapy is incredibly stressful for these families and dangerous, to say the least.”

Smith encouraged the audience to get involved and share their own experiences and struggles.

Sheldon Skiver of the Grand Rapids Alliance Against Racist and Political Repression, the organizers of the event, spoke next on the collaboration between local law enforcement and U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE). Skiver laid out a long and sordid history of racial profiling and discrimination against the local immigrant community.

Skiver also highlighted programs such as the Criminal Alien Program (CAP), which is the oldest and largest of the “jail status check” programs. Her speech noted that nearly all information on CAP must be accessed via the Freedom of Information Act and little attention, or oversight is given to the program, which extends all over the country.

“A lot of individuals in jails or prisons are identified by CAP before they are even convicted of a crime,” said Skiver. In 2009, an audit from the Department of Homeland Security found that 57 percent of immigrants tracked by CAP carried no prior convictions.

Skiver also talked about the infamous case of Jilmar Ramos-Gomez, a U.S. citizen and Marine wrongfully turned over to ICE while suffering from an episode of PTSD. The Grand Rapids Police Department’s Captain Curt Vanderkooi was found to have a history of racism and reporting innocent persons to ICE. Vanderkooi was temporarily suspended and the city was forced to pay Ramos-Gomez $190,000 for the incident.

The Grand Rapids Alliance Against Racist and Political Repression will be hosting a film screening of Citizen: The Jilmar Ramos-Gomez Story, a new film by Jose Guadalupe Jimenez on March 1 at 7 p.m. at Fountain Street Church.

The third and final speaker was Gema Lowe, the co-founder of the Michigan chapter of Movimiento Cosecha, a group fighting on behalf of undocumented immigrants since 2017. Lowe gave a “know-your-rights” presentation in the event of ICE raids or arrests and used a projector to present important information.

Lowe also gave a brief history of ICE since 2003 and the government transition from more “civil” treatment of undocumented immigrants to the increasing militancy familiar today. She said ICE is only going to expand its capacity for surveillance and arrests.

After the presentations, organizers led the crowd on a march to Monument Park during rush hour and covered all street corners to chant and hold signs. Chants of “No hate, no fear! Immigrants are welcome here!” were met with supportive honking and cheering from drivers.

The event came on the heels of the February 1 rally organized by the Grand Rapids Alliance Against Racist and Political Repression, which was attended over 500 people and gathered groups as diverse as Planned Parenthood, GR Rapid Response to ICE and the Grand Rapids Climate Coalition.

Organizers with the Alliance said they will continue to build momentum, welcome newcomers to the movement and resist the attacks unleashed by the Trump administration.

#GrandRapidsMI #MI #ImmigrantRights #LGBTQ #NAARPR #GRRR #GRCC

Detroit, MI – On Friday, January 31, a crowd of over 80 people braved pouring rain and rallied outside of the local U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) Headquarters on Michigan Avenue with signs reading “No human is illegal” and “My parents are not criminals.”

The rally started with the chants “Fuck Trump” and “Power to the people! No one is illegal!” This was followed by a speech from Detroit Alliance Against Racist and Political Repression member Marcel Ulacia, who said, “Today we take a stand in front of the racist police institution known as ICE, who have their eyes set on attacking the Chicano, Latino and Hispanic members of our community.”

A member of Wayne State Students for a Democratic Society, Jackson Robak, spoke later, declaring, “We cannot go back to an era of fear, where people fear at their work sites, where students fear in their schools that they will be ripped out of classrooms by ICE.” Robak continued, “We at SDS demand Wayne State declare itself to be a sanctuary school and we demand an end to student deportations and deportations broadly.”

After these speeches, they crowd marched around the ICE Building, waving many Mexican, Honduran and Puerto Rican flags. Protesters were ready to fight for their neighbors, coworkers and family members. They chanted, “El pueblo unido jamás será vencido,” and “When immigrants are under attack, what do we do? Stand up, fight back!”

The rally concluded with two speakers. Jacob Smith of Freedom Road Socialist Organization stated, “In the past two weeks, ICE has been patrolling our communities to harass, intimidate and detain our neighbors, and we're not going to stand for that!”

Smith continued: “This system exploits undocumented people in every conceivable way, making them work long hours in difficult conditions at poverty wages just to make ends meet. We need to build real networks of support to assist our undocumented neighbors in whatever ways we can, up to and including resisting deportations.”

Cole Hamilton of DAARPR gave the final speech, concluding with, “Together, we're more powerful than any president, than any group of jackbooted thugs that think they can intimidate us. That power comes from our solidarity with each other, with our undocumented neighbors.”

Afterwards, many of the protesters expressed their deep frustrations with ICE and their current attacks by continuing to hold space for another hour and a half in front of the Headquarters. They eventually moved to a nearby highway overpass holding signs to the passing traffic. A local business supported the protesters by dropping off food and water.

Less than two weeks into Trump’s presidency, the people of Detroit and people all over this country are fed up with Trump’s racist attacks. This is not the first time their communities have come under attack, nor will it be the last. Nevertheless, Detroiters continue to stand up and fight to defend themselves and their communities.

#DetroitMI #MI #ImmigrantRights #Trump #NAARPR #FRSO #SDS #Trump #Feature

Detroit, MI – At 6 p.m., in near-zero-degree weather, over 40 protesters came out to oppose Donald Trump, January 20, his first day in office.

Protesters rallied at Grand Circus Park as the sun set. They marched to the nearby 36th District Court in a show of force against the new era of political repression that Trump intends to lead.

Many groups came together, including the U.S. Palestinian Community Network (USPCN), Detroit Anti-War Committee (DAWC), Detroit Alliance Against Racist and Political Repression (DAARPR), Wayne State Students for a Democratic Society (SDS), Anakbayan, Engineers Against Apartheid, and Palestinian Youth Movement (PYM). The common thread of the organizations' speeches focused on unity and building a broad people’s movement against Trump’s agenda.

The opening speech of the night from DAWC activist Mykale Woods stated, “Trump will continue his wars right where he left them in 2020. The only promises Donald Trump fulfills are the ones to his friends the billionaires, the war-profiteers, and so-called ‘Israel.’ Our responsibility as American anti-war activists under a Trump presidency is clear – we must resist his wars.”

DAARPR Member Cole Hamilton’s told the crowd, “Billionaires like Donald Trump want to destroy our livelihoods, let killer cops roam the streets, and take away our family members with impunity.”

Hamilton continued, “The fight is just beginning, and the road ahead is hard, but together as long as we dare to struggle and dare to win and dare to organize the people, the people will be victorious in the struggle against Donald Trump and his racist agenda.”

Immigration and the fears around deportations were on the minds of marchers, with chants being heard such as “Power to the people, no one is illegal.”

While stopped outside of the courthouse, Jackson Robak of Freedom Road Socialist Organization stated, “Now is the time to make this country ungovernable; now is the time to fight and resist. As Trump wants to have mass deportations in our community, he wants to come in here with a bunch of pigs called ICE and take people out of their jobs, take people out of their homes, rip them away from their family members.”

Robak continued, “We will defend our communities, we will not allow a single person from Detroit to be deported, we show up to workplaces, to airports and shut down those deportations.”

The march carried the message that the next four years will not be easy, but there are people who are willing to fight, people who intend to bring new fighters with them, and as long as people stand together, we can win.

#DetroitMI #MI #AntiWarMovement #Palestine #Trump

Grand Rapids, MI – Facing snow and temperatures as low as 5°F, residents of Grand Rapids marched January 20 in support of immigrant rights and in opposition to the Trump administrations’ deportation plans.

Over 100 people gathered at Rosa Parks Circle in downtown Grand Rapids and marched to the ICE office nearby. Led by Moviemento Cosecha, a national network of immigrant and undocumented rights activists, the march kicked off the upcoming four years of resistance we expect under the new administration.

Slogans such as “End deportations” and “Papeles si, migajas no – Papers yes, crumbs no” were chanted while the group occupied the building outside the ICE office.

Gema Lowe, Cosecha’s statewide coordinator along with six others from the group, recently participated in a seven-day hunger strike outside the state legislature in Lansing demanding drivers licenses for all. Lowe stated, “Both parties promise things, either for or against us, but what they really do is make us scapegoats for their agendas. We demand that Grand Rapids, and the state, become sanctuaries so the city, county and state police don’t assist ICE with deportations.”

As the group marched from the ICE office, past the Gerald Ford Federal Building, and back towards Rosa Parks Circle, the assembled protesters held up traffic outside the DeVos Place Convention Center.

“Immigrants are human,” Lowe stated, “they need respect and a better world for themselves and their families. They enrich the fabric of this country. There is room for anyone to join this movement.” Lowe also urged people to help protect undocumented immigrants by joining Rapid Response to ICE and other groups.

Moviemento Cosecha started in 2015 and has gone through a decade of sustained struggle against three consecutive presidents who shared bad track records on immigrant rights. The group has held marches in Lansing, the state capital, for the past eight years.

#GrandRapidsMI #MI #ImmigrantRights #Trump #ICE

Grand Rapids, MI – On Saturday, January 19, community members took refuge from the freezing weather outside to attend a discussion and group training on how to take action against the threat of heightened ICE activity. The event took place in the crowded social hall in Fountain Street Church, with nearly 100 participants.

The organization putting on the event, Grand Rapids Rapid Response to ICE, provided the audience with plenty of context as to the urgency of the action. Kent County is home to a total of three ICE offices and it has been active in the area since the George W. Bush administration.

This event served as the launch of the organization and a response to the new threats coming from the Trump administration. Lead organizer Jeff Smith stated, “Expanding available sanctuaries by building relationships with churches and schools will be important. However, ICE officers could soon start to ignore those agreements, with being emboldened by the Trump administration.” Smith also said that they plan on launching campaigns to get the city of Grand Rapids to agree to become a sanctuary city, much like the campaigns active in other cities like Chicago.

The audience also got an introduction to what the Rapid Response training would look like, as attendees got to role play getting between a home targeted by ICE and ICE officers. The goal of the Rapid Response team is to document ICE officers and delay the raid as long as possible. Further training events will be hosted in the future, with the goal of training a large number of local community members to quickly respond to ICE raids in their neighborhoods.

In 2018 it was made public that the city of Grand Rapids had an extensive contract with ICE, including holding those in ICE custody in the Kent County Correctional Facility. The city of Grand Rapids was even being paid, by ICE, $85 per detainee each day they were in jail. The following year, ICE ended the contract – not at the request of the city, but only because of the mass support that protesters were receiving at city council meetings.

In order to allow at-risk community members to get in contact with the organization, a hotline has been created with bilingual members on the other end. The network of trained response members will then be contacted and deployed to defend the target of the ICE raid. A person in the audience shared their experience with direct action, saying, “Through community support like this, my brother was able to avoid apprehension by ICE and deportation.”

#GrandRapidsMI #MI #ImmigrantRights #ICE

Grand Rapids, MI – On December 14, 30 people gathered at Fountain Street Church, a non-denominational church and event space in downtown Grand Rapids, for a teach-in about the role greenwashing plays in the ethnic cleansing of Palestine.

Hosted by the Palestine Solidarity Grand Rapids (PSGR), the event educated community members on the struggle for environmental sovereignty and national liberation in Palestine. The teach-in also connected this struggle to similar struggles around the world, including here in the U.S.

Greenwashing is a term used to describe a deceptive strategy employed by companies and politicians that uses the environment to sell products and projects.

“The environment and economy of Israel and Palestine are inseparable,” says Tony O’Hegarty, who has a background in science and a longtime political interest in the environment. “Israel’s weaponization of the environment is just one tool used to justify its existence and to displace Palestinians from their homes.”

O’Hegarty connected the plight of migrant farm workers and day laborers in California to the experiences of Palestinian farm workers under Israeli occupation.

“Human beings are treated as commodities,” O’Hegarty said. “When the bombs stop falling, Palestinians will be forced to clear the rubble, and Israel will take no responsibility for its crimes.”

Teach-in attendees viewed clips of interactions between the Israeli occupation forces and Palestinian farm workers in the West Bank. The clips showcased the tactics of intimidation and violence used by settlers to forcefully remove Palestinians from their farmland.

Attendees also discussed greenwashing as a public relations strategy for Israel and the Jewish National Fund dating as far back as the 1940s. Pre-Nakba and post-Nakba Zionist propaganda was compared to similar propaganda used by colonizers during westward expansion in the U.S.

“Imperial violence generates ecological waste,” says O’Hegarty.

The best thing for the environment in Palestine is a free Palestine.

#GrandRapidsMI #MI #Environment #AntiWarMovement #Palestine

Grand Rapids, MI – On December 7, 30 people gathered at Scorpion Hearts Club, a coffee shop near downtown Grand Rapids, to listen and sing along to folk and bluegrass performed by Carsten Forester and the Grand Industrial String Band.

Hosted by Freedom Road Socialist Organization (FRSO) and the Grand Rapids chapter of the Industrial Workers of The World (IWW), the event honored music from the labor movement.

The five-piece band which includes Carsten Forester on mandolin, Ben Kolk on guitar, Keala Venema on fiddle, Kyle Pitcher on upright bass, and Hannah Meixner on banjo played songs such as Dirty Old Town by Ewan MacColl, Union Man by Blue Highway, and the traditional fiddle tune Squirrel Hunters.

“My goal with The Grand Industrial String Band is to bring together various types of working-class music in a way that moves people towards a greater sense of solidarity,” Carsten Forester replied when asked what his goals are for the group moving forward. “I would say my biggest inspiration in that regard is Hazel Dickens, who is well regarded both as a bluegrass trailblazer and a working-class feminist icon.”

Earlier in the day, the anti-war group Palestine Solidarity Grand Rapids protested outside the entrance of General Dynamics Land Systems, a war profiteer directly complicit in the ongoing genocide in Palestine. Afterwards, folks from Palestine Solidary Grand Rapids, FRSO, IWW, the Grand Rapids Tenants Union, and the Grand Rapids Alliance Against Racist Political Repression all converged at the show to unwind. Trade unionists from IATSE Local 26, the Grand Rapids Educators Association, and American Federation of Musicians Local 56 were also in attendance.

Rather than having a standard merch table, FRSO sold copies of the Communist Manifesto, as well J. Sykes’ The Revolutionary Science of Marxism Leninism, alongside the Political Program of FRSO to interested showgoers.

Tom Burke, the president of IATSE 26, sees a lot of shows at his job, and he and ranked the performance among the top three he’d seen that year, listing it alongside Hozier and Billy Strings. “What’s not to like about a room full of movement builders and revolutionaries singing along to an American string band?” adding it was “a real hootenanny!”

The quintet played for just under two hours. Towards the end of the performance, the crowd stood up and sang along to Solidarity Forever, originally written by Ralph Chaplin. Afterwards, the band played They’ll Never Keep Us Down by Hazel Dickens. “We always finish our sets with [that] anthem of working class resistance,” Carsten Forester stated. “I have always found that song to be particularly powerful when you have just been singing about how bad the conditions people have faced and continue to face. We are committed to making music that brings joy, hope and solidarity, while also fearlessly facing the reality that we live in and the history we have inherited.”

In January, Carsten Forester begins his elected term to the executive board of American Federation of Musicians Local 56; a big win for working musicians in West Michigan.

#GrandRapidsMI #MI #Culture #Music #Labor #AFM #IATSE

Detroit, MI – On December 7, 30 protesters marched on Theodore Levin Courthouse advocating a people’s agenda, an end to political repression and for the city to divest from institutions that benefit Israel.

As protesters marched upon the Federal Building, they chanted, “Free, free, Palestine” and “No Trump, no KKK, no racist USA!” The protest, led by the Detroit Anti-War Committee, was joined by groups with similar interests.

“There’s only so much we can do from our own homes or through our phones – attending protests like today’s is an important way to take tangible action. And it also reminds ourselves and the people who see us marching that what’s happening in Palestine matters here,” said Cara Dietz when asked why they joined the march.

Another member of the march, Daanyal Syed, said, “I joined the march today because as citizens we have a duty to ensure that our money and resources do not go to places that commit war crimes like those committed by Israel to Palestinian people. And for that reason, as a member of DAWC, I want to make it apparent that the city of Detroit must divest from all funding to the so-called state of Israel and any other ties to wars around the world.”

Jackson Robak of Freedom Road Socialist Organization spoke to the crowd, “We are out here to continue our demands: to continue to call for an end to political repression after seeing what happened on campuses all over this country where administration is suspending, expelling or arresting students.”

A member of the Detroit Anti-War Committee stated, “Our resolve as anti-war activists is ironclad. As Inauguration Day approaches, we must work together to oppose Trump’s wars and his administration’s attacks on all of us and our communities.”

The city council, so far, has failed to pass a resolution which addresses the financing of genocide in Palestine, while other cities, like Dearborn, have successfully done so.

#DetroitMI #MI #AntiWarMovement #Palestine

Organizadas por Palestine Solidarity Grand Rapids (PSGR), Kalamazoo Nonviolent Opponents of War (KNOW), varias organizaciones estudiantiles y otros aliados locales, estas manifestaciones destacaron la demanda de los residentes de Michigan de poner fin a la ayuda estadounidense a Israel y redirigir los fondos hacia las necesidades de la clase obrera estadounidense.

El sábado 26 de octubre, más de 30 personas se reunieron frente al Wings Event Center de Kalamazoo, sosteniendo carteles con mensajes como “Embargo de armas a Israel” y “Derechos humanos sobre la fuerza militar”. Marissa Wagner, representante de KNOW y de Estudiantes por la Justicia en Palestina en la Universidad de West Michigan, subrayó la urgencia de estas protestas.

“Estamos exigiendo un embargo de armas a Israel”, declaró Wagner. “Kamala Harris corre un grave riesgo de perder la elección si no toma medidas reales para apoyar a nuestra comunidad palestina. La administración Biden/Harris dice que apoya un alto al fuego, pero continúa financiando a Israel mientras ataca a sus vecinos. Así que estamos aquí para dejar claro a la campaña de Harris que no son bienvenidos a menos que empiecen a escuchar a sus electores.”

El viernes 18 de octubre, más de 40 manifestantes se reunieron en el Riverside Park de Grand Rapids mientras Harris hacía campaña en la ciudad. “Nuestros impuestos están financiando el asesinato masivo de palestinos”, dijo Wren Burns, residente del oeste de Michigan. “La administración Biden-Harris debe rendir cuentas por estas atrocidades, especialmente mientras los trabajadores de Michigan luchan por satisfacer sus necesidades básicas”.

Los manifestantes repartieron folletos a los asistentes al evento, educándolos sobre la participación de Estados Unidos en acciones militares en el extranjero y destacando el propio papel de Michigan a través de iniciativas como el Michigan Israel Business Accelerator, que fortalece los lazos estatales con los contratistas militares y los fabricantes de armas.

La manifestación en Grand Rapids también llamó la atención sobre el aumento de la retórica anti-inmigrante y xenofóbica dentro del Partido Demócrata.

“La clase trabajadora de Michigan exige el fin de estas atrocidades”, dijo Emerson Wolfe, presidente de PSGR. “Poner fin a la ayuda estadounidense a Israel es política popular”.

Estas protestas están ocurriendo en medio de una alarmante tendencia de represión política contra las voces anti-guerra, incluyendo las recientes acciones de la fiscal general de Michigan, Dana Nessel, quien presentó cargos contra 11 manifestantes antí-genocidio del campamento estudiantil en la Universidad de Michigan.

“La adopción por parte del partido del nacionalismo de derecha y las tácticas de represión están alejando a más votantes cada día”, dijo Wolfe. “La dirección actual de los demócratas está traicionando los valores de su propia base”.

Las manifestaciones en el oeste de Michigan son una clara advertencia de que el apoyo del Partido Demócrata a la ocupación de Israel y su adopción del militarismo corporativo son incompatibles con los valores de muchos de sus votantes en Michigan. A medida que se acercan las elecciones de 2024, los residentes de Michigan exigen un cambio que refleje las necesidades y valores de las comunidades trabajadoras en el estado. Para los votantes de Michigan, esto significa poner fin a la ayuda estadounidense a Israel, y priorizar los derechos humanos sobre los intereses políticos y corporativos.

#GrandRapidsMI #MI #AntiWarMovement #Palestine #2024Elections #Harris

Grand Rapids, MI – In a powerful display of solidarity, pro-Palestine protesters gathered across West Michigan’s two largest cities this past week to condemn Vice President Kamala Harris's support of the U.S./Israeli genocide.

Organized by Palestine Solidarity Grand Rapids (PSGR), Kalamazoo Nonviolent Opponents of War (KNOW), several student organizations and other local allies, these demonstrations highlighted the demand from Michigan residents to end U.S. aid to Israel and redirect funds toward the needs of working-class Americans.

On Saturday, October 26, over 30 people gathered outside Kalamazoo’s Wings Event Center, holding signs with messages like “Arms embargo on Israel” and “Human rights over military might.” Marissa Wagner, representing KNOW and Students for Justice in Palestine at Western Michigan University, underscored the urgency of these protests.

“We’re demanding an arms embargo on Israel,” Wagner stated. “Kamala Harris is at a serious risk of losing the election if she fails to take real action towards standing with our Palestinian community. The Biden/Harris administration claims to support a ceasefire but continues to fund Israel as it attacks its neighbors. So, we’re here to make it clear to the Harris campaign that they’re not welcome unless they start listening to their constituents.”

On Friday, October 18, more than 40 demonstrators gathered in Grand Rapids Riverside Park as Harris campaigned in the city. “Our tax dollars are funding the mass killing of Palestinians,” said Wren Burns, a West Michigan resident. “The Biden/Harris administration needs to be held accountable for these atrocities, especially while working people in Michigan are struggling to meet basic needs.”

Protesters handed out literature to event attendees, educating them on U.S. involvement in military actions abroad and highlighting Michigan’s own role through initiatives like the Michigan Israel Business Accelerator, which strengthens state ties with military contractors and arms manufacturers.

The Grand Rapids demonstration also drew attention to rising anti-immigrant and xenophobic rhetoric within the Democratic Party

“Working-class people in Michigan are demanding an end to these atrocities,” said Emerson Wolfe, chair of PSGR. “Ending U.S. aid to Israel is popular policy.”

These protests come amid an alarming trend of political repression targeting anti-war voices, including recent actions by Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel, who filed charges against 11 anti-genocide protesters from the student encampment at the University of Michigan.

“The party’s embrace of right-wing nationalism and suppression tactics are alienating more voters by the day,” said Wolfe. “The Democrats’ current direction is betraying the values of its own base.”

The rallies in West Michigan come as a clear warning that the Democratic Party’s support for Israel’s occupation and its embrace of corporate militarism are incompatible with the values of many of its Michigan voters. As the 2024 elections approach, Michiganders are calling for a shift that reflects the needs and values of working-class communities in the state. For Michigan’s voters, this means ending U.S. aid to Israel, and prioritizing human rights over political and corporate interests.

#GrandRapidsMI #MI #AntiWarMovement #Harris #Palestine

Grand Rapids, MI – On October 7, roughly 80 people in more than 25 cars drove from Grand Rapids, Michigan to protest at Woodward Zeeland, an engineering firm with locations worldwide which has been connected to the genocide in Gaza.

After the U.S.-funded attacks on Lebanon and Palestine, and the escalation of the genocide, organizers led by Palestine Solidarity Grand Rapids (PSGR) launched a campaign targeting local war-profiteers that culminated in the rally and die-in outside of Woodward Zeeland.

Gathering at a church in Grand Rapids, the group painted their cars with slogans demanding an end to U.S. aid to Israel, pointing out the complicity of Woodward in the genocide, and for Representative Hillary Scholten to end her support of Israel. The caravan drove from Grand Rapids to Zeeland, a small community outside Holland, Michigan. On their way the caravan passed Scholten's house, honking their horns and getting thumbs up from neighbors.

Other groups involved in the protest included FRSO Michigan, the Grand Rapids Alliance Against Racist and Political Repression, and Students for a Democratic Society at Grand Valley State University.

In an online statement, PSGR elaborated on why this company is a prime target: “Woodward Zeeland tests fuel spray nozzles and jet engines for combustion. This is an important connection point to other war profiteers in the state, where different military contractors work together to spread out responsibility for genocide.”

The group stayed outside the facility from 1 until 3 p.m., where they rallied, gave speeches, and spoke to workers leaving the facility during the shift change. “You deserve to feed your families without having to work three jobs. You deserve affordable rent and safe clean housing!” said Emerson Wolfe, the cochair of PSGR, directly addressing the Woodward workers. “You deserve public healthcare and education without having to pay thousands and thousands of dollars! You deserve all of this without having to build bombs.”

As the action ended, the protesters held a die-in outside the facility to directly signal Woodward’s direct complicity in the genocide and the invasion of Rafah.

Wren Burns, a Zeeland based organizer with PSGR, spoke on how the devastation of Gaza makes them feel as a parent: “How can community or family be the cornerstone of this town when places like Woodward are how we make a living? War makes the deaths of children measurable in dollars and cents. If you can’t quantify the life of your own child, how can you do that with someone else’s?”

Another community member spoke on this importance of educating the next generation about the horrors of imperialism. “My son has been coming to events with me all year and today I realized he needed to be there too, so I took him out of school early to join the rally.” She continued, “Our kids have to see and understand what this country is doing. We owe them the respect and dignity of giving them space to life their voice and come to terms with what’s happening.”

The historical significance of the date wasn’t lost on the organizers, either. Answering the Antiwar Action Network’s national call for a week of action in early October, Grand Rapids joined dozens of cities across the nation by organizing marches, rallies and direct-actions to make clear their immediate demand, ending U.S. aid to Israel now.

Outside of the Woodward facility, the assembled protesters commemorated the importance of the Al-Aqsa flood. “A year ago today, I woke up and texted my comrades and said ‘look at the news! The people of Gaza have liberated themselves,’” said Sam Tunningley, of Freedom Road Socialist Organization. “It was one of the most incredible days of my life.”

A Palestinian community member stated, “This is the moment! This is the year! We will tear down imperialism from its core! By this time next year, we will see a free Palestine! We will see a free Masjid Al-Aqsa and we will pray there in safety!”

“This year of resistance – witnessing the strength and determination of the Palestinian people – is teaching us what liberation looks like,” Emerson Wolfe said, signaling at the diverse array of protesters, ranging in age from children to elders from all walks of life.

Woodward has been under fire since fragments of Boeing bombs dropped on Rafah contained identifier codes linking them back to Woodward. Direct actions outside of the Woodward headquarters in Colorado brought together 300 people late last year. In February, 33 people were arrested outside of the Niles, Illinois Woodward location for blocking entrances to the facility. After the Zeeland action on October 7, three out of the nine publicly known Woodward locations in the U.S. have been targeted by anti-genocide protesters in the past year.

#GrandRapidsMI #MI #AntiWarMovement #Palestine #WeaponsIndustry #PSGR #AWAN #FRSO

Grand Rapids, MI – Around 30 people gathered on the evening of October 6 at Rosa Parks Circle to mourn and remember the life of Khaliifah Ibn Rayford Daniels, who was executed by the state of Missouri on September 24. The vigil was organized by the Grand Rapids Alliance Against Racist and Political Repression.

The stage faced the statue of the legendary civil rights activist Rosa Parks, a long-time Michigan resident for whom the plaza is named. The community activists and organizers spoke from the heart and put the blame for Daniels’ execution on Missouri Governor Mike Parson and connected his murder to the history of apartheid in the southern U.S.

The event included speakers from Freedom Road Socialist Organization Michigan, Grand Valley State University Students for a Democratic Society (SDS), Palestine Solidarity Grand Rapids and For Everyone Collective.

Eric Johnson, a student organizer with Grand Valley State University SDS, made it clear that Daniels was lynched by the United States, as no amount of popular support, evidence and testimonies that prove his innocence could persuade Governor Parson.

Emerson Wolfe, co-chair of Palestine Solidarity Grand Rapids, linked the genocide in Gaza to the historical genocide of indigenous peoples and other oppressed nationalities in the United States today, stating, “Violence and domination is the legacy of the United States. The principles of Manifest Destiny that drove the genocide against the indigenous people are the same principles Israel uses to commit genocide against the Palestinians.”

An organizer with the Grand Rapids Alliance Against Racist and Political Repression stated, “The devastation of this loss, and the unanswered cries for justice and accountability that remain in this community for Samuel Sterling, for Riley Doggett, and for Patrick Lyoya have not diminished our will to fight. But we affirm that greater actions are still required of us all, and by honoring their names, we make that call tonight.”

Sam Tunningley from FRSO Michigan and the Grand Rapids Alliance Against Racist and Political Repression closed out the speakers by reading Daniels poem, The Perplexing Smiles of the Children of Palestine.

“When I read his poem The Perplexing Smiles of the Children of Palestine, I wept,” said Tunningley. “I wept knowing this man was about to lose his life. I wept knowing that in his final year he had been following the atrocities committed against the Palestinian people by our government.”

Afterward, Tunningley opened it up for anyone to speak about Daniels or other concerns affecting the community.

One student spoke passionately of his political awakening, which drove him to join SDS at GVSU. This concluded the vigil on an uplifting note, despite the heavy subject and content of the speakers, with community members conversing and asking how to get involved.

#GrandRapidsMI #MI #InjusticeSystem #policecrimes #naarpr #sds

Detroit, MI – On Sunday, June 30, The recently formed Detroit Anti-War Committee (DAWC) announced their campaign to divest the city of Detroit from Israel, with a banner drop over a city highway.

DAWC is demanding that the Detroit city council withdraw any funds granted to or invested in companies which do business with the apartheid state. Additionally, DAWC is demanding that the Detroit Police Department be banned from any future training with the Israeli military or police.

DAWC member Luis Rivera commented on the importance of the Committee’s demands. “Financial investments should reflect our ethical values. Divesting from Israel aligns Detroit’s investments with our city’s commitment to justice, peace and human rights,” said Rivera. “It's a powerful statement that Detroit stands against apartheid and in support of Palestinian freedom.”

The new anti-war committee did a banner drop to announce and popularize its campaign. The group is growing bigger as it prepares to take on the city council and Detroit police.

DAWC holds regular bi-weekly meetings, which are open to the public and announced on their Instagram, @detroitantiwar.

#DetroitMI #MI #AntiWarMovement #International #MiddleEast #Palestine #DAWC #divestment #Feature

Detroit, Michigan – The encampment at Wayne State University, known as the Popular University for Gaza, Detroit campus, was raided by police in riot gear in the early hours of Thursday morning, May 30.

Around 5:30 in the morning, those staying overnight at the Popular University were woken by the Wayne State Police Department issuing a dispersal order through a megaphone. With only minutes left before the cops broke in, the students organized to decide how they would respond.

Students noted that despite the use of a megaphone, the police very quietly issued the order, such that some students would not have woken up, and been put in danger of the police raid. This became reality for one student, who was pulled from his tent by police and arrested. The students remained for as long as possible, until they were pushed out of the Popular University by cops brandishing riot shields and batons.

Two of the students, who chose to stay, were arrested. One of them was Ridaa Khan, a student of Wayne State and organizer with Students for Justice in Palestine (SJP) at Wayne State.

“I was one of the first students arrested,” said Khan. “There were fewer people at the encampment than usual, most of them being organizers, and the cowardly administration and police took that as an opportunity to dismantle our popular university. The reason I was arrested was because I promised to defend and keep up the camp until our school reached divestment and so I stood in the face of the cops coming to recklessly destroy what the students and community had built.”

Khan continued, “I was detained in a truck for trespassing at the school I pay tuition for and serve on the student senate of. To me it symbolized the hypocrisy of my institution in failing to meet the bare minimum standards of communicating with and understanding the perspective of students, faculty, and alumni who were pleading for a meeting about divestment. Their ‘meeting’ came in the form of absolute repression and largely radicalized, Islamophobic violence.”

Minutes after the raid, the students reorganized on the edge of Wayne State’s campus. Twice, the students bravely attempted to return to the popular university, as cops were busy dismantling it as quickly as they could. In both of these attempts to return, more students and community members were arrested by cops in riot gear. During the second attempt, Wayne State Police surrounded and beat the marching protesters. Three women had their hijabs torn off, an elderly man was pulled by the back of his shirt while trying to escape, and a mother had to run with her young child due to the danger posed by the police.

Another Wayne State University student and organizer with Wayne State SJP, Jackson Robak, was thrown to the ground and pinned down by multiple cops during the first attempt to return to the Popular University.

Robak stated, “Students were arrested and attacked as an intimidation tactic by police and they violently violated our First Amendment rights. I personally was arrested and attacked by police with threats of being tasered for simply not allowing them to maim another protester. I stayed in jail for several hours being moved from a felon pen to solitary confinement at different points before the tireless efforts of student protesters and the Michigan Council for American Islamic Relations saw me and other protesters released.”

After experiencing all of this brutality, and with most of the core organizers of SJP in handcuffs, leadership among the protesters was quickly reorganized. Despite the arrests, the crowd grew with each passing minute, as students and community members around Detroit woke up to the scenes of police violence on social media.

A large crowd of 100 to 200 rallied at the front entrance of Wayne State campus. A banner reading “Stop funding genocide” was draped over the Wayne state logo at this front entrance. Over a dozen Palestinian flags were brought to the rally, which flew strong in the wind as student organizers and faculty spoke to the crowd and the press. At this rally, it was announced that faculty would organize a vote of no confidence in Wayne State University President Kimberly Andrews Espy. If this vote of no confidence succeeds, Espy could be fired as university president.

With renewed numbers, the protesters got in their cars and drove to the Detroit Detention Center, where six of the 11 arrested students and community members were being held by the Detroit Police Department. The other five arrested had been temporarily held by Wayne State Police before being released with tickets for trespassing on their own university. Among those released was Ridaa Khan.

From shortly before noon until 5:30 p.m., the people rallied on the lawn in front of the detention center, which looks like a prison with high fences topped by barbed wire. The police watched the protesters from behind their cars for the full afternoon, as if keeping guard on their jail where the prisoners were held. The half of SJP’s leadership which was free, along with their Arab and Palestinian allies from Detroit, led chants to the crowd for hours under the hot sun. Between the chants were occasional fiery speeches, as well as taunts aimed the police, keeping up the energy and the morale of the crowd. A canopy was set up to provide some shade, as well as a kitchen to feed the people. During these hours, the Popular University that had lived on the campus of Wayne State was alive and well again on the lawn in front of the jailhouse.

The crowd was prepared to rally and chant for as long as it took, into the night if necessary, for their students and community members to be released. The remaining six were released, marching out in a line from the barbed wire fences with their arms locked at 4:50 p.m. The crowd cheered and took to the street which separates their lawn from the high fences of the jail. When they met the line of freed protesters, friends and allies embraced in hugs with them. Those released gave speeches before the crowd on the lawn.

The Students for Justice in Palestine, and the people of Detroit are not finished with their struggle to make Wayne State divest from the genocidal Zionist state, and to end the training of Wayne State Police by the Israelis.

#DetroitMI #MI #AntiWarMovement #International #MiddleEast #Palestine #StudentMovement #SJP