the minnesota 15, indicted by the federal government for their work against ICE, leave the federal courthouse in downtown minneapolis after their first appearances and are joined by supporters waiting outside

Cape Verde advance!!!!! From the Cape Verdean Association in Bridgeport, Connecticut

Another death by JBS. How many more will it take? www.startribune.com/meat-process...

When a Jew wins a landslide election in the most Jewish city in the United States, where massive numbers of Jews turned out to reject a terrorist org that lobbies for genocide:

Please read this important investigation into how AI is being used to monitor bus drivers in Rochester, MN. ATU Local 1005 has been complaining of invasive surveillance. A city official acknowledged that the monitoring is "intrusive" in a message obtained via FOIA docs. Reporting by Isabela Escalona

Fundraiser for the 15 folks in Minnesota indicted yesterday for anti-ICE organizing, from a vetted source: chuffed.org/project/1865...

Good morning Blusky! Have I got the newsletter for you! Lots of juicy bits! twincitieslaborreport.substack.com/p/twin-citie...

Good morning to everyone! A new Twin Cities Labor Report is here!! Come for my sarcasm about the AFL CIO convention, stay for my St Paul Public Works reporting twincitieslaborreport.substack.com/p/twin-citie...

Statement from the Star Tribune Guild in response to management’s plans to lay off 15% of staff, including union members in the newsroom:

Hey Network, my staff union MACE is seeking donations from our greater community to support Khalid Abdi's young family. Those donations will go directly where they will have the greatest impact. gofund.me/7a0e6e036

NESTERAK: President Trump has granted clemency to numerous individuals who have stolen hundreds of millions in Medicaid funds. Can we expect any of these folks to be shown the same mercy? McDONALD: I'll take a different question

Happy Birthday to the most fabulous, very groovy Kate Pierson, vocalist with the The B-52’s, born 4/27/1948. #B52s #KatePierson

Here it is, your official May Day guide for the twin cities! Read and share! twincitieslaborreport.substack.com/p/twin-citie...

BREAKING: Teamster President Sean O'Brien Podcast Nears Historic 600 View Record on Youtube

Undoubtedly the coolest 60-year-old out there.

New newsletter! My thoughts on the UFW. AMPI dairy on strike Allina-Sutter deal Habitat for Humanity union victory! And more! twincitieslaborreport.substack.com/p/twin-citie...

When anyone reads labor history, 2 things become pretty clear. 1- the absolute heroics of so many workers in the face of the grinding misery that bosses put us through. 2- the absolute betrayal of so many so-called leaders. Many in the former category are women, most of the latter are men.

Book rec no particular reason I quote former UFW member Bardacke in my book: "people in the fields had no structural power within the union." Attributes to governance structure with no locals and with staffer/activist preeminence over members. Union models matter www.versobooks.com/products/221...

Minnesota’s Waffle House Index equivalent

My new newsletter has arrived! twincitieslaborreport.substack.com/p/twin-citie...

Sean O'Brien sucks

Newsletter writers for cursive education!

Good morning!! A new Twin Cities Labor Report dawns! twincitieslaborreport.substack.com/p/twin-citie...

No U.S. war on Iran! No to the Pahlavi monarchists! Solidarity with the people of Iran! End U.S. imperialism! tempestmag.org/2026/02/no-w...

This is disturbing. The Chief Justice of the MN Supreme Ct met with Homan, worked out an agreement, and never announced it publicly. ICE appeared to violate it days later by violently tackling a person in the Gov Center w/out a judicial warrant. We need transparency.

I didn't see this in the theaters but the ending to Tar was the most racist thing I've seen in quite some time and I couldn't believe that most people didn't remark on it.

My new edition of the Twin Cities Labor Report is LIVE! twincitieslaborreport.substack.com/p/twin-citie...

Good morning! A new edition of the Twin Cities Labor Report is LIVE! twincitieslaborreport.substack.com/p/twin-citie...

"Within our workplaces, we aim to be the most consistent, strategic, and effective fighters around immediate issues that affect every single one of our members. Our role as socialists is . . . to build our members’ confidence, encouraging them to take a step in the direction of collective action."

My newest newsletter, with more thoughts and analysis on 1/23. Was this "our super bowl"? Do we have a real militant minority ? Read, share, and respond! twincitieslaborreport.substack.com/p/twin-citie...

Tighten rules on warrants? Body cameras? HOW ABOUT A SIGNED JUDICIAL WARRANT FOR EVERYTHING! HOW ABOUT THEY LEAVE MINNESOTA AND NEVER CARRY OUT ANYTHING AKIN TO MINNESOTA IN ANY OTHER STATE. I DON'T WANT BODY CAMERA FOOTAGE OF THE ATROCITIES I WANT THEM TO STOP. I AM SO FUCKING FURIOUS!!!!

BREAKING- my newsletter is up. Please read, share, and subscribe Blu sky!

The founders wrote the 2nd Amendment for a reason: So you could hold a cool gun while you nod approvingly at what the government is doing.

Kare 11 local news just read, in full, this statement from Michael and Susan Pretti, the parents of Alex Pretti. "Please get the truth out about our son."

I am a local labor journalist! I have already heard tons of stories about workplaces shutting down for the 23rd after huge collective workplace action by the employees. If you or your friend has organized your workplace to shut down on the 23rd, please send me deets!

Two community members stand on the street corner of Central Ave and 18th St, watching over a local business in 5° temps with a wind chill of -15°. They are patrolling the area, keeping an eye out for ICE activity, doing what they can to protect their immigrant neighbors.

It’s ironic that they’re like “if we do ethnic cleansing we’ll have a high trust neighborly society” and then Minneapolis is literally doing high trust neighborly society and they’re like nooooo

Please consider helping one of our employees who was blatantly racially profiled by ICE, detained, and is now facing deportation. Funds go to support his wife who is still here and afraid to go to work because of what happened to him. Any amount helps. THANKS. gofund.me/9295faaf5

Another ICE brownshirt confirming that Renee Good was killed because that's what happens when you bother them.

Yes, JD. Let’s ask them if they think a stay at home mom, avowed Christian, and widow of a veteran deserved to be shot in the face and left to bleed out in her own car after dropping her 6-year-old off at school, for the crime of looking out for her neighbors. Let’s ask everyone running for office.

EMERGENCY ALERT! THIS IS AN ALL HANDS ON DECK MOMENT! A LEGAL OBSERVER WAS SHOT AND KILLED BY ICE IN SOUTH MINNEAPOLIS AT 34TH AND PORTLAND S THROUGH THEIIR CAR WINDOW. WE NEED EVERYBODY OUT IN THE STREETS OF SOUTH MINNEAPOLIS RIGHT NOW TO DRIVE ICE OUT OF OUR CITY!! GET IN THE STREETS NOW!!!

How many pogroms has MAGA tried to start in the last year alone? www.startribune.com/day-care-fra...

Tempest sends condolences to the friends and family of Asad Haider, who passed away last week. Tempest conducted an extensive interview with Asad in 2020. Rest in Power!

Can someone please tell me why "urbanists" are so obsessed with Aldi, the crappy non-union grocery store?

Really sad to hear this, Asad was a total genius! Remembering this Black Panther movie which turns into both a meditation on Huey Newton's political thought and an appreciation of Detroit Techno act Drexciya.... One of a kind. RIP viewpointmag.com/2018/03/05/b...