Month: January 2026

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ICE kills in Minnesota, then moves to crush protest

January 22, 2026 Gary Wilson
Federal authorities arrested civil rights organizers in St. Paul, Minnesota, after a protest at a Southern Baptist church that demanded accountability for an ICE killing. Among those arrested were Nekima Levy Armstrong, an ordained minister […]
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Remembering the revolutionary spirit of Rev. Martin Luther King in Brooklyn

January 22, 2026 Stephen Millies
Cold weather didn’t stop people from marching in the Bedford-Stuyvesant neighborhood of Brooklyn, New York, to commemorate Dr. Martin Luther King’s holiday on Jan. 19. The action was called by the December 12th Movement. The […]
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New York nurses strike over patient care, demand hospitals bar ICE

January 22, 2026 Gary Wilson
Bronx, New York, Jan. 22 — Nurses at Montefiore Medical Center in the Bronx walked off the job this week, shutting down routine operations as they pressed a demand that has not previously appeared in […]
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Solidarity actions for Minneapolis general strike spread to 250 cities

January 22, 2026 Gary Wilson
Solidarity actions called for Jan. 23 in support of the Minneapolis general strike have spread rapidly across the United States, jumping from “dozens” of cities to at least 80 in just four days. The expansion […]
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‘The Yankee Empire is in irreversible decline’: Cubans respond to Trump’s threats

January 21, 2026 Pablo Meriguet, Zoe Alexandra
In the wake of the unilateral U.S. attack on Venezuela, an emboldened empire has sought to intimidate and threaten other nations which threaten its total hegemony. Three weeks later, the ramifications of the unprecedented U.S. […]
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New Orleans high school students stage walkout against ICE

January 20, 2026 Gregory E. Williams
New Orleans, Jan. 20 – High school students at three city schools staged a two-hour walkout against ICE on the one-year anniversary of Trump’s second term inauguration. The schools were NOCCA (New Orleans Center for […]
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From Minneapolis to Texas: ICE means death, get ICE out

January 20, 2026 Gary Wilson
On Jan. 14, Immigration and Customs Enforcement reported that Victor Manuel Diaz, 36, had died in federal custody. He was pronounced dead at 4:09 p.m. at Camp East Montana, an immigration detention site in west […]
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‘Full Circle’: AIM patrols back on Minneapolis streets as tensions rise

January 20, 2026 Stewart Huntington
Supporters are pouring in from across Indian Country to protect the Minnesota community from ICE The wave of federal immigration agents swarming the Minneapolis area might be unprecedented in law enforcement history, but the response […]
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As Trump threatens Cuba, a solidarity visit shows the impact of U.S. sanctions

January 20, 2026 Mark Ginsburg
Between December 21 and January 3, I traveled to Cuba to participate in events organized to celebrate the 65th anniversary of the Cuban Institute for Friendship with the Peoples. I stayed at ICAP’s “Julio Antonio […]
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80 years without a general strike. Then ICE came to Minneapolis

January 19, 2026 Gary Wilson
For most of U.S. history, general strikes have been rare — not because workers lacked the will to fight, but because the ruling class moved quickly and violently whenever that power surfaced.  When workers across […]