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“We are standing in solidarity in hopefully a national general strike to impress upon the violence that we are seeing done by ICE on to our own ...
Several Omaha businesses plan to close Friday as part of a national strike protesting recent ICE activities in Minneapolis and the deadly shootings of two people there.#omaha #business #strike #icce #minneapolis #littleitaly #sheelytownmarketplantnursery #ameliarosser #protest
Nationwide shut down
January 30
NO WORK
NO SCHOOL
NO SHOPPING
#Politics #USpol #Trump #MAGA #Fascism #Venezuela #Strike #GeneralStrike #Greenland #law #DueProcess #ExcessiveForce #UseOfForce #PoliceBrutality #Constitution #CivilRights #HumanRights #AbuseOfPower #ICE #CBP #Minneapolis #TRUMP #FASCISM
#ReneeNicoleGood #ICE #civilrights #humanrights #PoliceState #USA
#Minnesota #MInneapolis #fuckICE #JUSTICE #FreeSpeech
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Somali Student Association on Instagram: "JUSTICE FOR ALEX PRETTI & RENEE NICOLE GOOD — NATIONWIDE SHUTDOWN We witnessed a historic general strike on Friday in Minneapolis. Just yesterday, ICE killed yet another community member, Alex Pretti. This ICE te
16K likes, 265 comments - ssa.umn on January 25, 2026: "JUSTICE FOR ALEX PRETTI & RENEE NICOLE GOOD — NATIONWIDE SHUTDOWN We witnessed a historic general strike on Friday in Minneapolis.Instagram
Today in Labor History January 26, 1886: In Decazeville, France, miners attacked the home of the mine engineer, Watrin, after he slashed their wages by 10%. He died when they threw him from his window. Paul Lafargue, Cuban-French revolutionary and son-in-law of Karl Marx, who wrote about the strike in June of 1886, considered the strike to be one of the seminal moments for French socialists over the past 15 years.
#workingclass #LaborHistory #strike #marx #wages #Revolutionary #PaulLafargue #socialism #miners #france
"In Minnesota, the epicenter of the strike, people are taking extraordinary risks. In Minneapolis and Saint Paul, where temperatures have dropped to as low as minus sixteen degrees Fahrenheit, workers are calling in sick, walking off jobs, and gathering in the streets to protest the Trump regime’s ICE and Border Patrol operations."
#Minnesota #ICE #strike #solidarity #resistance
/26
"A general strike that began in Minnesota is now spreading to other parts of the country, with workers, nurses, and pro-democracy activists coordinating actions that we have not seen at this scale in roughly seventy years. The goal, shared openly by organizers, is to make this the largest general strike in modern U.S. history."
~ Ben Meiselas
#Minnesota #ICE #strike #solidarity #resistance
/25
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Friday Afternoon News Updates as Americans Go on STRIKE — 1/23/26
As Trump spirals, workers across the country are showing what real power looks likeBen Meiselas (Meidas+)
"I have been actively involved in protest movements for 24 years. I have never seen anything approaching this scale. Minneapolis is not accepting what's happening here. ICE fucking murdered a woman for participating in this, and all that did is bring out more people, from more walks of life."
~ Margaret Killjoy
#Minnesota #ICE #strike #solidarity #resistance
/24
Reich says,
"The decency of Minnesotans is mirrored in a dozen other Minnesota mutual-aid traditions: Lutheran churches seeded what has become the largest refugee population per capita in the United States. Minnesota has had a labor organizing movement since before it became a state. Minnesota created the first high-risk pool in the country to insure 'the uninsurable' in 1976."
#Minnesota #ICE #strike #solidarity #resistance
/23
Robert Reich thinks that today's strike in Minnesota "could be a model for what the nation as a whole does in coming months, to repudiate the Trump dictatorship."
He quotes Ana Marie Cox who writes about how Minnesota is a natural leader in modeling solidarity:
“It is impossible to get through a Minnesota winter without help, and only sometimes does that assistance come from your neighbors."
#Minnesota #ICE #strike #solidarity #resistance
/22
"The Trump regime picked this spot to make its case for breaking Blue America because, in many ways, it represents the best of this country. And rather than be content to be the human sacrifices the regime desired, the people united to take care of each other as much as possible. So look north, not just at who we see in the streets, but who gets that this is our only way forward."
"It’s a good Friday to miss work.
Today, we will see the closest thing to a general strike in the United States since 1946. Much of Minnesota will simply say, 'Hell, no,' to the lawless, vicious, and absurdly unnecessary assault on their neighbors by the Trump regime's Department of Homeland Security."
~ Jason Sattler
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Minneapolis shows us the only way out
This year will decide the rest of our lives. And the people will decide it.L O L G O P (The Cause)
Garrett Bucks shares messages of love to Minnesota that have been submitted to him from readers of his blog in many places, via a form he set up allowing people to send these messages to him.
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I really think you should read these love letters to Minnesota
Because together they tell a story: about why we can win, and howGarrett Bucks (The White Pages)
The Guardian offers live updated feed reporting on the "ICE Out Statewide Shutdown" taking place in Minnesota today.
"A massive general strike has begun in Minnesota. Today, hundreds of Minnesota businesses, workers, and students are participating in the 'ICE Out! Statewide Shutdown,' an economic blackout urging people to skip work, school, and shopping to protest intensified ICE activity in the Twin Cities—sparked by the Jan. 7 killing of Renee Good by an ICE officer"
~ Aaron Parnas
"Citing the killing of Renee Good by federal agent Jonathan Ross, the 'ICE Out' day organizers say the general strike is intended to be a day of nonviolent reflection.
'It is time to suspend the normal order of business to demand immediate cessation of ICE actions in MN, accountability for federal agents who have caused loss of life and abuse to Minnesota residents and call for Congress to immediately intervene,' the website states."
"Friday is 'ICE Out of Minnesota: Day of Truth & Freedom' — a statewide pause of daily activity to 'stand together against the actions of the federal government against the state of Minnesota,' according to the website.
Demonstrators will march and rally in downtown Minneapolis Friday starting at 2 p.m."
"Minnesota’s unions, progressive faith leaders and community activists are calling a general strike on Friday, encouraging Minnesotans to stay home from work, school and refrain from shopping — suspensions of normal orders of business to protest the presence of federal immigration agents in Minnesota."
~ Michelle Griffith
"[Today] people across Minnesota will stay home from work, school, and shopping areas in an 'ICE Out Day' to protest the federal agents in the state. The general strike has the support of businesses, unions, faith organizations, democratic lawmakers, and community activists."
'RECORD NUMBERS ALL OVER THE PLACE!' Trump’s social media account crowed tonight. 'SHOULD I TRY FOR A FOURTH TERM?'”
~ Heather Cox Richardson
"Today, general strikes are rare in the #US largely because they are difficult to coordinate. But lawmakers and the courts for decades have also restricted the power of #unions.
The two largest general strikes in US #history are the #Seattle General Strike of 1919, where the city of 315,000 people stopped working, and the #Oakland General Strike of 1946, where nearly 130,000 workers refused to work and shut down commerce throughout the area."
kaxe.org/minnesota-news/2026-0…
Friday’s ‘ICE Out of Minnesota’ day is a general strike. Here’s what that means.
Citing the killing of Renee Good by federal agent Jonathan Ross, the “ICE Out” day organizers say the general strike is intended to be a day of nonviolent reflection.KAXE
"Minneapolis was home to a landmark #GeneralStrike nearly 100 years ago...
The #strike caused #Minneapolis’ industrial area... to shut down.
#police shot 67 picketing workers — most of them were shot in the back — and 2 were killed. 100,000 people attended the funeral procession for one of the strikers. The governor dispatched the #NationalGuard, and the [business owners] eventually agreed to the union’s demands, making the general strike a success.
kaxe.org/minnesota-news/2026-0…
Friday’s ‘ICE Out of Minnesota’ day is a general strike. Here’s what that means.
Citing the killing of Renee Good by federal agent Jonathan Ross, the “ICE Out” day organizers say the general strike is intended to be a day of nonviolent reflection.KAXE
"A #GeneralStrike is a work stoppage across multiple industries. The overall goal is to pause #economic activity to compel change. General strikes are uncommon in modern #America but were once a staple of #protest politics and are still frequently employed in #Europe.
Citing the killing of #ReneeGood by federal agent Jonathan Ross, the “ICE Out” day organizers say the general strike is intended to be a day of nonviolent reflection."
kaxe.org/minnesota-news/2026-0…
#ICE #Protest #Strike #News #US #USA
Friday’s ‘ICE Out of Minnesota’ day is a general strike. Here’s what that means.
Citing the killing of Renee Good by federal agent Jonathan Ross, the “ICE Out” day organizers say the general strike is intended to be a day of nonviolent reflection.KAXE
"Friday may be the largest worker action in the state’s history, said Christa Sarrack, president of a labor union... Ms. Sarrack said some of the #union members’ employers had decided to close for the day, while others were allowing employees to not come to work.
“We cannot simply sit by and allow this to continue,” Ms. Sarrack said. “We must use every tool that we have to fight back.”"
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#GeneralStrike #Strike #Protest #Resist #ICE #GOP #News #Press #Minnesota #US #USA
"Charles Booker, a #Democratic candidate for the US Senate in #Kentucky, praised the organizations for showing solidarity in the face of a crackdown by federal agents.
“This is what it takes,” he wrote in a social media post. “It is time for the people to stand and take back our power. We need a general strike! Love and solidarity to our family in Minneapolis who are refusing to go along with a status quo... More of this!”"
commondreams.org/news/minneapo…
#Protest #Resist #Strike #News #US #USA
Minneapolis Labor, Community Leaders Join Call for Jan. 23 General Strike to Demand ICE Out
"We are asking every single person, every family member, every teacher, every bus driver, every childcare worker, to come together, to be in community, to stand with one another."brad-reed (Common Dreams)
"Tomorrow, tens of thousands of workers in #Minneapolis are expected to take to the streets in a mass #GeneralStrike. The “Day of Truth and Freedom” has been endorsed by all the major #labor organizations in #Minnesota. Every major #school & cultural institution, as well as hundreds of restaurants & small businesses, are expected to close.
... Minneapolis shows other cities how to fight back when #ICE comes to occupy their cities."
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#Strike #Protest #Resist #News #US
Minnesota Labor Leaders Talk Organizing Lessons as Strike Movement Goes National
“Flexibility is important. I also think having initiative and decentralizing the campaign, letting different people put their own sort of stamp on it, is just a normal way movements exist,” says Knutson.Mike Elk (Payday Report)
"growing #strike movement across the country against ICE's occupation of #Minneapolis. So far... there are Minneapolis #GeneralStrike solidarity actions in at least 215 cities across the #UnitedStates.
... Minneapolis Regional Labor Federation, the Minnesota AFL-CIO, and several large #labor federations around #Minnesota have called for a “Day of Truth of Freedom" as workers intend to strike and walk out on Friday"
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#Protest #Resist #ICE #News #US #USA #UnitedStates
MAP: Minneapolis General Strike Movement Spreads to 300 Cities on Friday
At least 300 cities plan to held solidarity actions with the Minneapolis General Strike.Mike Elk (Payday Report)
‼️ Anti-ICE strike‼️
"Last week, #Minnesota -based faith leaders, unions, and other #community groups called for a #strike and economic #blackout on Jan. 23 in response to the #Trump administration's [attack on #Minneapolis]
That operation has led to ... the death of #ReneeGood, who was shot and killed by Jonathan Ross, an #ICE agent"
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#Protest #Resist #Resistance #DonaldTrump #Fascism #Politics #News #US #USA #UnitedStates
From Harsha Walia (author of Undoing Border Imperialism, 2013):
With so many of us watching the tremendous mobilizations in Minneapolis, culminating in the call to action against ICE today, I wanted to share some of what I have gathered from talking to comrades in Minneapolis over the past few weeks. A few things stood out:
1) The general strike came from organizing for a general strike. Not from social media posting about going on a general strike, but organizing in neighbourhoods, organizing power in unions, and organizations drawing out members and networks.
This is critical because the past two years have seen a lot of viral calls for general strikes on a range of vital issues, but these have rarely materialized into the organizing power & logistical coordination necessary for an actual general strike.
2) Movement history and infrastructure: Every comrade I know is deeply rooted in that city's movement history and infrastructure - whether networks emerging from the American Indian Movement to labour organizing against Amazon to the George Floyd uprising.
This has meant: a grounding in the long arc of struggle helping people avoid repeating some of the same mistakes over and over again; learning across generations; not getting either easily overconfident or easily jaded; and relying on (while sharpening) existing movement infrastructure and informal networks especially around care, movement dynamics, and conflict resolution.
This is totally subjective but I have long felt that the most significant part of movement infrastructure is ensuring that people who are newly politicized to and joining the struggle are: able to keep learning and have their political consciousness expand, able to find political homes to keep organizing, don't burn out when things get long and hard, and people are brought into the absolute longevity of struggle with no false promises or false solutions (to avoid the cycles of fizzling out that we constantly see repeat).
3) The neighbourhood as central to political, social and civic life: It's not a coincidence that we are seeing some of the strongest and most effective rapid response networks in cities like Minneapolis precisely because the ethic of being a good neighbour - despite political differences - still rings true. What many may call mutual aid is basically people looking out for their community members, their neighbours, their teachers, their co-worker, their local street vendor etc.
This is precisely why any kind of organizing that reaches for relationality is central, not secondary - it breaks the capitalist idea of us as atomized, individual consumers and compels us to act in service to and in solidarity with others. And, perhaps more than anything, it's a politics more rooted in cultivating belonging than ideology.
"Push the narrative, especially the narrative not just of the horrors, which is important for people to view, but also the narrative and the actions on the side of the people who are standing with and for each other, who are pitching in for their neighbors, who are actually standing up mutual aid and street by street, block by block ICE watches. We also need to be telling the story of the good people, the heroes."
#Trump #StephenMiller #ICE #Minnesota #immigrants #strike
/19
As Minnesotans organize a general strike tomorrow to oppose the ICE attack on their state — businesses closing, restaurants shuttered, schools shut down, etc. — Anat Shenker-Osorio tells the rest of us how we can support this:
"Be in solidarity."
#Trump #StephenMiller #ICE #Minnesota #immigrants #strike
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