Tensions and conflicts in movement work: How we move forward in the goal of shutting down the North Lake Detention Center

Tensions and conflicts in movement work: How we move forward in the goal of shutting down the North Lake Detention Center

(Editor’s note: Before writing this post I sought out lots of input from those involved in shutting down the North Lake Processing Center, especially people who have been involved with No Detention Centers in Michigan since 2019.) “Solidarity is not a humanitarian gesture, it is a political intervention rooted in a material understanding of power. In the context of ICE raids, deportations, and carceral violence, to show up is not to perform resc…