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“The everyday anarchism of the Minneapolis revolution is its greatest strength.”
The fight against federal mercenaries persists in Minnesota and beyond. Popular sentiment opposing ICE has swelled. Since we last wrote, we’ve published two new articles from the frontlines in the Twin Cities, as well as reports from solidarity protests in Portland and Philadelphia ([link removed]) . Every few days we learn of new developments and adaptations to disrupt ongoing ICE operations: hotel noise demonstrations ([link removed]) , neighborhood filter blockades ([link removed]) . Simultaneously, the federal assault on civilians continues, and politicians clamor to quell anti-ICE sentiments.
On January 23, a huge swath of Minneapolis-St. Paul residents abstained from work or school for a day to protest the federal invasion of the city. The following Friday, people across the U.S. joined them for a second one-day strike. Some businesses shuttered for the day. High schoolers and college students walked out of school across the country to protest ICE, many braving retribution and disciplinary action for their protest. In a new analysis ([link removed]) , participants in the resistance to ICE operations in the Twin Cities reflect on the lessons of the strikes of January 23 and January 30, looking for ways to expand and strengthen the movement in the face of appeasement by politicians, and leftist vanguardism.
“Because the movement in the Twin Cities grew up in a process of organic experimentation, offering space for everyone’s ingenuity and initiative and recognizing strength in diversity rather than in the control of a preexisting leadership, it has been able to grow bigger, stronger, and smarter than any single party ever could. People try out tactics and strategies and stick with the ones that work, not the ones that benefit a leadership cadre.“
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** Tear gas in Portland
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For the last year, Portland protesters have consistently gathered outside the federal building and field office that ICE operates out of. In the past week, more have joined them. Federal agents attacked and tear-gassed two demonstrations against immigration enforcement in Portland, Oregon.
Our new reports from the frontlines share heartwarming and heartwrenching stories. A demonstration sticks together ([link removed]) , embracing the philosophy “it’s safer in the front,” and returning a volley of tear gas canisters back to the feds. Days later, ICE agents repeat their assaults—this time, on a march full of children ([link removed]) .
“What happened that night was not disorder. It was collective refusal. It was people deciding, in real time, that they would not quietly accept state terror in their city. It was grief turning into action. It was rage turning into protection. It was the understanding that when the government murders someone for defending others, the only moral response is to stand up. Together.”
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We’ve published three new posters, including two designs ([link removed]) in solidarity with Minneapolis. We’ve also updated ([link removed]) one of our classic poster designs from the Iraq War era for the current moment: “When the shooting starts, America stops.”
Please print these out and distribute them widely.
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