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February 7: National Day Of Action In Solidarity With Minneapolis

February 4, 2026 Fight Back! News. , , , ,
The Legalization for All (L4A) Network is calling on all affiliated cities to act NOW. Community observer Renee Good was killed by ICE on January 7th. This is why L4A is calling for a national day of action on the one month anniversary. As ICE continues their terror — raiding, killing, and disappearing undocumented immigrants and also U.S. citizens, we must stand up and fight back. Together we will protect our Mexicano, Centroamericano, Somali families. As well as anyone under attack by ICE. On January 14th, Nicaraguan immigrant Victor Manuel Díaz (detained in Texas) and Mexican immigrant Heber Sanchaz Domínguez (detained in Georgia) died under ICE custody and under very suspicious circumstances.

Judge Dismisses Bid To End ‘Occupation’ Of Minneapolis

February 4, 2026 Marjorie Cohn, Consortium News. , , , ,
U.S. District Judge Katherine Menendez last Saturday found evidence that ICE and border patrol agents in Minneapolis “have engaged in racial profiling, excessive use of force, and other harmful actions.” Nevertheless, she refused to issue a preliminary injunction temporarily halting “Operation Metro Surge.” The state of Minnesota and the cities of Minneapolis and St. Paul sued Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem and other immigration officials five days after ICE (Immigration and Customs Enforcement) agents murdered Renee Good and 12 days before the public execution of Alex Pretti by border patrol agents in the streets of Minneapolis.

Minneapolis Is A City Of Heroes: Veterans Join Community Resistance

February 3, 2026 Gerry Condon, Popular Resistance. , , ,
“Peace at Home, Peace Abroad” is the vision that has inspired Veterans For Peace for many years.We have watched as the racist violence we witnessed in US wars in Vietnam, Afghanistan and Iraq has been reproduced in U.S. cities by militarized police using gestapo tactics. We are currently seeing simultaneous US wars abroad and at home.  Even as the US has attacked Venezuela, kidnapped its president and threatened to overthrow the governments of Cuba and Iran, thousands of “Homeland Security” troops have invaded and terrorized a major U.S. city, Minneapolis, even murdering two nonviolent protesters.

Minneapolis General Strike: Lessons For The Next Round

February 3, 2026 Gary Wilson, Struggle - La Lucha. , , ,
The first week of January, Trump sent 2,000 ICE paramilitary agents into Minneapolis, targeting Somali neighborhoods, along with Hmong and Latine communities, and turning the city into a domestic war zone.  Minneapolis’ working-class communities responded with an ICE Watch network — thousands of people tracking raids, filming arrests, and rushing to protect each other, often armed with nothing more than Signal chats and tin whistles. When ICE paramilitary officer Jonathan Ross shot and killed 37‑year‑old mother of three Renee Good, a legal observer, on Jan. 7, protests exploded across the Twin Cities and helped fuel a statewide general strike on Jan. 23 against the operation.

A Shadow Network In Minneapolis Defies ICE And Protects Immigrants

February 2, 2026 Tim Sullivan, Next City. , , ,
Minneapolis — If there’s been a soundtrack to life in Minneapolis in recent weeks, it’s the shrieking whistles and honking horns of thousands of people following immigration agents across the city. They are the ever-moving shadow of the Trump administration’s Operation Metro Surge. They are teachers, scientists and stay-at-home parents. They own small businesses and wait tables. Their network is sprawling, often anonymous and with few overall objectives beyond helping immigrants, warning of approaching agents or filming videos to show the world what is happening.

Social Media Working To Protect ICE Clampdown In Minneapolis

February 1, 2026 Ari Paul, Fairness and Accuracy in Reporting. , , , , , , , , , ,
There was a time, not terribly long ago, when the right claimed that the big social media companies weren’t just skewed to the left in terms of moderation, but that they were actually acting in the direct interests of the Democratic administration (House Judiciary Committee, 5/1/24). When right-wing billionaire Elon Musk bought Twitter, eventually rebranding it as X, the right believed that he’d show the world that the popular site was a tool of the Democratic agenda (New Yorker, 1/11/23). The move increased Musk’s profile as a conservative crusader against social progress and economic populism before his brief stint as President Donald Trump’s federal jobs hatchet man in 2025 (Roosevelt Institute, 5/29/25).

Minneapolis: Second General Strike Set for January 30

January 27, 2026 Tom Akaolisa, MinneapoliMedia. , , ,
Minneapolis, Minn - Student unions and campus labor organizations at the University of Minnesota are calling for a second general strike on Friday, Jan. 30, 2026, intensifying a growing movement that seeks accountability for recent fatal encounters involving federal immigration enforcement and the withdrawal of federal agents from Minnesota. The call follows a historic statewide general strike on Jan. 23 that organizers framed as an “economic blackout,” urging residents to stay home from work and school and to refrain from shopping. That first action drew mass participation across the Twin Cities and beyond.

Victory Against ICE: Trump Recalled Gregory Bovino From Minneapolis

January 27, 2026 Sou Mi, Left Voice. , , ,
Gregory Bovino — the high-ranking Border Patrol commander who oversaw Trump’s anti-immigrant offensive in Minnesota — is reportedly packing his bags and leaving the state today. This pullback, which includes the removal of some federal agents, is clearly a part of Trump’s attempts to de-escalate the situation in Minnesota. It comes on the heels of a phone call between Donald Trump and Governor Tim Walz on Monday, where Trump claimed they were on a “similar wavelength.” Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey confirmed the shift, stating Trump told him “the present situation cannot continue” ahead of Frey’s scheduled meeting today with Trump’s former border czar, Tom Homan.

Target Boycott Enters New Stage: Opposing ICE

January 27, 2026 Jamal Rich, People's World. , , ,
One year ago, a group of local activists, including Nekima Levy Armstrong and Monique Cullars Doty, gathered in front of a Target store in Minneapolis calling for an indefinite boycott of Target until the retailer restored its diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) programs. Under outgoing CEO Brian Cornell’s leadership, five-years prior Target had become a champion among large corporations when it came to supporting Black-owned businesses. It invested $2.1 billion in such initiatives after the brutal police murder of George Floyd and the global uprising that followed shortly after.

Health Care Workers Organize To Defend Their Patients From ICE

January 26, 2026 Marianne Dhenin, Truthout. , , ,
Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents have created a crisis in Minneapolis hospitals since escalating anti-immigrant operations in the Minnesota city in early December. Health care workers who spoke to Truthout report that the number of agents in hospitals has risen sharply since the beginning of the year, with ailing or injured detainees regularly brought into emergency departments at multiple city hospitals at all hours, including overnight. Meanwhile, workers told Truthout that those federal agents have intimidated hospital staff and disregarded federal law, medical best practices, and hospital policies, often with limited pushback from hospital administrators.

No, Tim Walz and AOC, The National Guard Won’t Save Us

January 26, 2026 Mike Pappas, Left Voice. , , ,
On the heels of mass protests demanding justice for those killed by federal agents and demanding ICE out of our communities, the capitalist state has escalated its assault with Customs and Border Protection (CBP) executing ICU nurse Alex Pretti in broad daylight.  In response, Donald Trump’s deputy chief of staff Stephen Miller posted on X, “A would-be assassin tried to murder federal law enforcement and the official Democrat account sides with the terrorists.” Meanwhile on Truth Social, Donald Trump called Pretti a gunman, justifying the killing and attacking various Democrats.

Federal Agents Crash Noise Demo At Hotel

January 26, 2026 L. Cam Anderson, Unicorn Riot. , , ,
Minneapolis, MN – A noise demonstration at the Home2 Suites hotel in Minneapolis’ Prospect Park neighborhood on Jan. 25 was interrupted by federal agents, who filled the street with tear gas and threatened arrests while escorting masked people out the back. The noise demonstration was in response to rumors that ICE agents were being housed at the hotel, indicated by a flyer that circulated on social media only hours before the event was scheduled to begin. The protest lasted for three hours before three federal agents arrived, running up the sidewalk with no vehicle in sight.

Some Paratroopers Ordered To Minneapolis Might Just Say ‘No Sir!’

January 25, 2026 Mike Ferner, Popular Resistance. , , ,
Some 1,500 paratroopers from the Army’s 11th Airborne Division at Fort Wainwright are on standby for immediate deployment to Minneapolis.   Because of Veterans For Peace member Rob Molford's tenacity, a certain number of them will have seen the signs he's held every month for a year and a half and read the flyers he's passed out at base gates telling them “REFUSE ILLEGAL ORDERS. IT’S THE LAW AND OUR DUTY!”, “THE PATH TO FASCISM IS PAVED WITH ILLEGAL ORDERS!” and “SIR, NO SIR!” the title of a documentary about GIs who refused to fight in Viet Nam.

Federal Arrests Over ICE Protest In Church Ignite Fierce Resistance

January 25, 2026 Devin B. Martinez, People's Dispatch. , , ,
Two well-known activists were arrested by federal agents in Minneapolis on Thursday, January 22, days after they disrupted a Cities Church service. David Easterwood, the church’s pastor, is also the St. Paul ICE field office director. The activists chanted “ICE out!” and “Justice for Renee Good”, condemning the “dual roles” that Easterwood plays in the city. The Department of Justice characterized the protest as violent, claiming “we do not tolerate attacks on places of worship”. They have suggested charges like conspiracy and obstruction of the right to worship.

300 Cities Answer Minneapolis’ General Strike Call Against ICE

January 25, 2026 Struggle La Lucha. , , , ,
On Jan. 23, 2026, Minnesota was locked in a deep freeze. Temperatures dropped to 16 below zero, with wind chills reaching minus 30. Instead of staying home, more than 100,000 people filled the streets of Minneapolis and St. Paul. They were joined by solidarity actions across the country. In the days leading up to Jan. 23, support for the Minneapolis general strike spread rapidly, jumping from plans in “dozens” of cities to confirmed actions in at least 300 cities tied directly to the strike call. Workers, immigrant rights groups, students and community organizations acted together across the country, making clear that what was unfolding in the Twin Cities was not a local dispute.
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