Grand Valley’s Radical Poets—Making Resistance Sound Good—1894 to Club Q
Poetry and song have always been a part of resistance movements, verse seems to have the power to strengthen one’s resolve—to move people…
Category: Anti-War
To Feed the Flies: The Anti-War Article Brought Down the Last Socialist Newspaper in the Grand Valley
This anti-WWI article in the local socialist paper was not popular by the new Super-Patriots at the time. The Sentinel, the Post-Master, and…
Vigilantes, Sugar Beets, and ‘Evacuees’: the Japanese Settlement of the Grand Valley, a story of Both Racism and Refuge
The bombing of Pearl Harbor by the Japanese in December of 1941, led directly to one of the darkest moments in American history,…
“No War:” Dissidents, Resisters, and Pacifist thru Grand Valley History
In early 2001, months before 9/11, two young men living in Grand Junction signed up to serve their county, and “get out of…
Why “A People’s History of the Grand Valley”
This project really began in 2006, I was writing for the short live radical paper, “The Red Pill.” Grand Junction was celebrating its…
Vigilantes Shut Down Anti-War Socialist Paper
In the years leading up to the first world war, the only vocal local anti-war voices were the voices of the Socialists. The…
Carl Gleeser: Grand Junction’s First Radical
Before Grand Junction was even a town, a radical and organizer called the Grand Valley home. Meet Carl Gleeser, anarchist, labor organizer, publisher,…
Radical Mom, Will Be Missed
“When I first met Connie she was a young idealistic revolutionary posing as a college student, but living as an activist—studying the world…