Solidarity & Defense, Huron Valley
We are a network of people committed to providing solidarity and defense to communities under attack. We organize along directly democratic and participatory lines and are independent of all political parties and their affiliated groups.
We believe in and support people young and old; queer and gender non-conforming; immigrants and refugees; working people, students, the poor; indignados; the ungovernable and those seeking a new society. We remember Trayvon Martin. We fight alongside the Standing Rock Water Protectors and the people of Flint who struggle against the poisoning of our water. We stand with the New York Transit Workers Alliance and the masses at airports demanding to be reunited with their families. When we work together to realize a world where we can live and love as equals, we practice solidarity.
We are Solidarity & Defense Michigan and in order to live and love, we must fight!
February 24, 2018, 7:00 pm
Ann Arbor, MI
Learning to Resist: Student Struggles against Capital & State
Join us to watch this new 35-minute film by the good folks at subMedia, "Learning to Resist," and stick around for a discussion.
On this, the 50th anniversary of the global uprisings of 1968, subMedia pays homage to the insurgent...
January 17, 2018, 6:00 pm
Ann Arbor, MI
Trouble ep. 5 viewing: "You Are Being Watched"
Join us in the AADL Freespace (downtown branch of the library, 3rd floor) for a viewing of episode 5 of the "Trouble" series put out by sub.media!
This 34-minute episode focuses on government surveillance of activism and dissent,...
December 17, 2017, 4:00 pm
Ann Arbor, MI
Community Conversation against Fascism
WHITE SUPREMACIST RICHARD SPENCER has demanded space on the University of Michigan’s campus to spread his message of HATE and GENOCIDE. His speech will bring the violence of Nazis, Klan members, and bigots of all cloth into our city. ...
December 7, 2017, 6:30 pm
Ann Arbor, MI
From Antifascist Street Fighting to Anti-Racist Action (ARA)
Join us for this history lesson that has political and strategic relevancy for today. Two founding organizers of Anti-Racist Action (ARA) will discuss the fight against fascism beginning with Nazi skinheads in the 1980s' counterculture scene to...
October 25, 2017, 7:00 pm
Ypsilanti, MI
A Discussion on State Repression and Fundraiser for J20 Defendants
Join us for a discussion on escalating state repression and help us raise legal funds for our local friends and J20 defendants. Nearly 200 people (including 8 from Michigan and 4 from Ypsilanti) are facing 75 years in prison for protesting...
October 10, 2017, 7:00 pm
Ann Arbor, MI
Book Talk w/Mark Bray: Antifa: The Anti-Fascist Handbook
Join author Mark Bray for a talk and conversation about his new, timely book, "Antifa: The Anti-Fascist Handbook." Details to come soon.
Books will be available at the event, or can be purchased ahead of time from the publisher,...
October 9, 2017, 5:00 pm
Ann Arbor, MI
Indigenous People's Day: March of Indignation
Come join us for an action on the diag at 5pm. The walkout is for Indigenous People's Day, and is speaking out against the injustices against indigenous people both here and around the world. We will be situating this rally and its demands...