Year: 2026

Walkout
In the U.S.

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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In the U.S.

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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Indigenous peoples

‘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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Cuba

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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In the U.S.

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 […]
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Im/migrants and refugees

Renee Good’s murder shines spotlight on far-right war on queer women

January 19, 2026 Melinda Butterfield
Previous articles in this series: ‘We will get ICE out of Minnesota’: Community, unions mobilize for Jan. 23 The siege of Minneapolis: testimonies from the front lines “If they are going to shoot us and […]
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Cuba

‘We fought until almost all of us were down’: Cuban combatant recounts U.S. attack in Venezuela

January 19, 2026 Struggle - La Lucha
The weight of death By Elia Rosa Yera Zayas Bazán Adelante CAMAGÜEY, Cuba — Yohandris Varona Torres saw the photos of the 32 Cubans killed in Venezuela on Jan. 3 and could not help but […]
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In the U.S.

MLK 2026: From the “demonic suction tube” of war to the fight against tech-capitalism

January 19, 2026 Colby Byrd
In 2026, there are three lessons from Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. – and the Civil Rights struggle he played a major role in – that will aid us in our continuing fight to destroy […]
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In the U.S.

The siege of Minneapolis: testimonies from the front lines

January 18, 2026 Melinda Butterfield
In an effort to provide readers with a clearer picture of events in Minneapolis, Struggle-La Lucha has spoken to local activists and community members and gathered testimonies from other participants in the local response to […]
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Labor and strikes

Kaiser nurses set to strike as health care giant profits from ICE detention camps

January 18, 2026 Gary Wilson
When 31,000 Kaiser Permanente nurses and health care workers walk off the job on Jan. 26, they will be fighting for safe staffing at a nonprofit health system sitting on $66 billion in reserves — […]