Author: Gary Wilson

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The Minneapolis General Strike: Lessons for the next round

February 2, 2026 Gary Wilson
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 […]
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Red Lake Nation blocks ICE entry, asserting sovereignty as agents move north

January 31, 2026 Gary Wilson
On Jan. 13, the Tribal Council of Red Lake Nation voted unanimously to restrict ICE and other federal immigration agents from entering Red Lake lands without a court order signed by a judge with jurisdiction. […]
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‘Shutdown’ protests disrupt commerce and schools in resistance to ICE operations

January 31, 2026 Gary Wilson
Tens of thousands of workers, students, and community members walked off jobs and out of classrooms Jan. 30 in a coordinated National Shutdown demanding the removal of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement from local communities. […]
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ICE adopts ‘Amazon Prime’ model, turning detention into industrial-scale cruelty

January 30, 2026 Gary Wilson
The Department of Homeland Security is transforming immigration detention into an industrial logistics operation — warehouses, transport routes, and processing centers linked like a delivery network — that treats human beings as freight. ICE Director […]
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Sanctions failed. Now Washington moves warships toward Iran

January 29, 2026 Gary Wilson
Jan. 29 — For decades, the United States has tried to starve the Iranian people into submission. From banking bans to the assassination of scientists, Washington has used sanctions, sabotage, and covert force to break […]
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Gold tops $5,100 — why it means more war at home and abroad

January 28, 2026 Gary Wilson
The lines at the grocery store in early 2026 tell a story that the evening news tries to hide. While officials in Washington brag about a rising Gross Domestic Product, the person ahead of you […]
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ICE now has more funding than the militaries of most countries

January 26, 2026 Gary Wilson
As protests continue in Minneapolis following the killings of ICU nurse Alex Pretti and lesbian mom Renee Good, and with another government shutdown looming at the end of this week, many are asking whether Congress […]
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Minneapolis under occupation: the war machine comes home

January 24, 2026 Gary Wilson
Jan. 24 — Early Saturday morning in south Minneapolis, masked federal paramilitary agents surrounded Alex Pretti outside Glam Doll Donuts, wrestled him to the ground, and beat him. Then, while he lay motionless beneath them, […]
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In the U.S.

300 cities answer Minneapolis’ general strike call against ICE

January 24, 2026 Gary Wilson
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 […]
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In the U.S.

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 […]