“No War, No Warming” Critical Mass Bike Ride in Response to McCain Visit

Last Thursday, the local group ACTIVATE organized a “critical mass” bike ride in response to Republican presidential candidate John McCain’s visit to Grand Rapids. While the group’s original plans were to surprise McCain with a protest at the East Grand Rapids home of Peter Secchia where he was to host a fundraiser, plans changed when McCain’s fundraiser moved to Secchia’s Ferrysburg home. Instead, the group of 50 cyclists–most wearing “No War, No Warming” patches on their backs that ACTIVATE distributed–held an energetic bike ride through the streets of downtown Grand Rapids to draw attention to the relationship between reliance on fossil fuels, global warming, and the Iraq War.

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