Get the Flock Out of Kalamazoo, a SWMI DSA led campaign, has obtained, through a Michigan Freedom of Information Act request, the Kalamazoo Department of Public Safety’s (KDPS) Flock Safety camera search-audit log: 140,561 individual search records covering January 1 through July 1, 2026. What the data we received shows: “This data confirms what residentsContinue reading “Public Records Request Reveals Kalamazoo Police Camera Network Searched 772 Times a Day, Mostly by Outside Agencies”
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Statement on YMCA Firing
Southwest Michigan DSA is appalled by the recent firing of a YMCA of Greater Kalamazoo worker for exercising their First Amendment rights and speaking out against the rise of fascism in our communities. At a moment when communities across the country are confronting escalating authoritarian threats, the YMCA’s claim of political neutrality is anything butContinue reading “Statement on YMCA Firing”
No ICE in Kzoo
In a country where state violence is routine, this moment is horrific but not new. In 2025, state agents killed an average of three people a day, with Black people three times more likely to be among those killed than their white neighbors. For decades, our immigrant neighbors have been disappeared, abused, and killed byContinue reading “No ICE in Kzoo”
NO MORE GAZA WAR!
Earlier this week, presidential candidate Kamala Harris visited Kalamazoo on a campaign stop. During her speech, SWMI DSA member Sean D. interrupted her in protest of her stance on the ongoing genocide in Gaza. Here’s why he did it: My name is Sean Duross and I am the social media coordinator for the Southwest MichiganContinue reading “NO MORE GAZA WAR!”
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