US EditionMinnesota AG Keith Ellison Accuses White House of "Politics and Retribution"
Nearly 700 Minnesota businesses joined the strike, demanding ICE leave the state and accountability for the killing of Renee Nicole Good, organizers said.
- On Friday, January 23, ICE Out of Minnesota called a statewide strike with a mile-long march at 2 p.m. to the Target Center and a 3 p.m. rally, urging ICE to leave Minnesota.
- Organizers said the strike aims to compel ICE to exit Minnesota and to obtain accountability for Renee Nicole Good, with faith leaders and groups like Rise & Remember and Griot Arts joining in solidarity.
- Over 200 businesses closed statewide for the day, with organizers expecting nearly 700 to join the blackout, while protesters gathered at Minneapolis–St. Paul International Airport and Fort Snelling ICE facility despite wind chill near-20°F.
- Local families reported missing school and appointments as children stayed home, while many businesses pledged to donate profits or host organizers during Friday's strike.
- Organizers called on U.S. Congress to investigate and halt ICE actions in Minnesota, while national solidarity events across the U.S. and United Nations Human Rights Chief Volker Türk condemned the Trump administration’s practices on Friday.
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Minnesota General Strike unites labor and community against ICE surge
MINNEAPOLIS—“When injustice becomes policy, something else happens, too. The people will rise up because the only alternative is surrender…and I don’t think Minnesota is going to surrender.” Those were the words of Service Employees International Union President April Verrett speaking to the tens of thousands who demonstrated in downtown Minneapolis on Friday for the Truth and Freedom March—an event now widely referred to as the “Minnesota Gener…
Undeterred by Freezing Temps, Statewide Minnesota Strikes Demand ‘ICE Out Now’
By Julia Conley for Common Dreams Twin Cities residents are weeks into the Trump administration’s deployment of thousands of federal immigration agents in an operation that has seen a legal observer and young mother fatally shot; US citizens dragged out of their homes and vehicles by masked officers; one of President Donald Trump’s top Border Patrol officials lobbing a gas grenade at lawful protesters; children as…
Happy Minnesota General Strike Day to all our friends! Wonkette One A Day for 1/23/26.
Let’s start with this one, since it includes some happy Minnesota General Strike Day pix. (And the one that hurts.)And here’s the unbelievable bullshit the DHS goons are trying to get away with. Did a friend send you this news roundup? You should We began our day, as usual, with tabs. Then Evan joyously watched Michael Fanone barely restrain himself from beating the shit out of a guy.This sucks. This doesn’t! (Do please read and see the Republic…
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