Minnesota Prepares Friday General Strike to Demand ICE Action
TL;DR
Minnesota organizers, including unions, progressive faith leaders, lawmakers, and community activists, are calling for Friday’s “ICE Out of Minnesota: Day of Truth & Freedom” general strike, urging residents to stay home, skip work and school, and refrain from shopping. Demonstrations are planned in downtown Minneapolis with more than 100 local businesses closing. The move aims to pause economic activity to press Congress to curb ICE actions and address a deadly incident involving federal agents. General strikes are rare in the U.S., though historically pivotal, with past notable examples in Seattle (1919) and Oakland (1946).
- Friday’s ‘ICE Out of Minnesota’ day is a general strike. Here’s what that means. minnesotareformer.com
- ‘High Alert, All the Time’: Minneapolis Sees ICE Around Every Corner The New York Times
- ‘We have to stand together’: Minnesota economic blackout organizers push to take demonstrations nationwide The Guardian
- Businesses close, Minnesotans to stay home Friday in protest of ICE Star Tribune
- Walker Art Center joins growing list of organizations closing on Jan. 23 bringmethenews.com
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