Per @washingtonpost.com "More than 34,000 Minnesotans have signed up to be trained as U.S. ICE observers with various activist groups in recent weeks..." That's about 12% of the city's population. Deduct for children and those endangered by ICE & it's a hell of a big percentage of the city's ppl.

Absolutely true!

Good to know! Thank you, @btarrington.bsky.social !

States under attack have to stick together, learn from each other.

The “Mississippi Plan” all over again 151 years later. It kept Freedmen voters and white supporters away from polls then through violence and intimidation then and thus ended Reconstruction. We are facing another such inflection point for democracy now. www.mississippifreepress.org/timeline-ins...

ICE activity has not noticeably tapered off yet here and in fact this week they seem to be focused on terrorizing kids at bus stops and schools.

"Stay woke" - A prayer.

There are many reasons people in the US fail to see the genocide in Gaza w moral clarity. The main one, I believe, is that it is 2 close to our own history. The United States has never truly reckoned with the violence thru which it took Indigenous land.

Thank you so much for sharing this @ruthhburns.bsky.social ! Many here are aspiring to live up to these high ideals: @mplsnightmayor.bsky.social @ilene-dawn.bsky.social @ebonyteach.blacksky.app @vincempls.bsky.social @jtspartz.bsky.social @archaeomather.bsky.social

Read down through the post to quotes from @adamserwer.bsky.social piece that capture the heart of what we're doing in MN. @vincempls.bsky.social @mplsnightmayor.bsky.social @snackeru.bsky.social @chrissteller.bsky.social @ilene-dawn.bsky.social @ebonyteach.blacksky.app @jtspartz.bsky.social

As @racketmn.com has done throughout this crisis, here's a weekly summary of what's going on in Minnesota.

The original, in case you don't want to scroll through, is from @zinnedproject.bsky.social Thank you to the ZEP for always showing the way.

IOthers would agree: @ilene-dawn.bsky.social @jtspartz.bsky.social @archaeomather.bsky.social @piperformissouri.bsky.social @snackeru.bsky.social @donnerkay.bsky.social @timothysnyder.bsky.social @drangelasutton.bsky.social @ebonyteach.blacksky.app I'm calling out peeps & thanking for support.

This has the potential to be quite interesting.

This is being demonstrated very clearly in Minnesota Dr. Martin Luther King said: "We are caught in an inescapable network of mutuality, tied in a single garment of destiny. Whatever affects one directly, affects all indirectly. @atrupar.com @vincempls.bsky.social @mplsnightmayor.bsky.social

“If…the machine of government…is of such a nature that it requires you to be an agent of injustice to another, then, I say, break the law.” ~Henry David Thoreau, “Civil Disobedience.” Image: National Portrait Gallery.

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See the posts I just made to @lailluminator.com on this exact distinction. If local law enforcement expands its sense of responsibility, then that will decrease the community's trust in local law enforcement.

Essential truths: "There is no such thing as other people’s children" and "Mpls is the front line for everyone else, 'cause they're coming for all of us."

Here's a gift link to Will Bunch's column that I mentioned earlier as a "must read." Sorry about my oversight. If you don't read his work regularly, you're missing outstanding commentary. Subscribe to the @inquirer.com if you can afford to! share.inquirer.com/vSCKiu

I think this may be only the second time I have said that something is a "must read." This is a must-read.

Important addition: @mississippifreepress.org does not just cover Mississippi. They write thoughtful, fact-based stories about other major news, such as the current crisis in Minnesota.

There's something happening here What it is ain't exactly clear There's a man with a gun over there A-telling me I got to beware I think it's time we stop Children, what's that sound? Everybody look what's going down

Yes. @mississippifreepress.org is speaking the truth. Please support them if you are able.

We were just sent Alex’s GoFundMe.

Yes. This.

Make five calls, no matter where in the country you live, or what you think your electeds believe.

“How many more?”

The limits of tyrants are prescribed by the endurance of those whom they oppress. — Frederick Douglass

Say it loud, say it clear! Immigrants are welcome here!!!

LOTS of orgs listed here who are doing the work. Please take some time, think about the kind of work you'd like to support--legal, or mutual aid groups, etc.--and pitch in. No contribution is too small!

While attention is, rightfully, focused elsewhere, the attempted rewriting of history continues. This effort may take a long time to rectify. Thank you for the heads-up and continued attention to this issue @btarrington.bsky.social . @drangelasutton.bsky.social @learothawms.bsky.social

You are exactly right @atrupar.com .

Today's the day--how are you standing up for the public in Minnesota? #upstanders not bystanders.

"Minnesota doesn't work without our immigrant neighbors" Take a stand tomorrow. No work. No school. no shopping.

Iconic space joining in! Be sure to go by there when it reopens!

Time is a circle. Thank you, Indigenous supporters.

Yess! UMN just closed campus tomorrow 1/23 for "extreme cold weather." This effectively grants the Graduate Labor Union's demand to shut down for the Day of Action umnglu.org/jan23/

But when I asked an organizer what they wanted to see out of press coverage, they told me they wanted people to see the beautiful things they are building here, and not just the worst stories of the worst of ICE's crimes. What people are doing here is beautiful. It's a tragic beauty, but a real one

I have been actively involved in protest movements for 24 years. I have never seen anything approaching this scale. Minneapolis is not accepting what's happening here. ICE fucking murdered a woman for participating in this, and all that did is bring out more people, from more walks of life.

Spread the word!

I really hope that my peeps in the track of this storm are going to be ok. Let us know how you're doing! @learothawms.bsky.social @drangelasutton.bsky.social @donnerkay.bsky.social @ashtonpittman.bsky.social @tressiemcphd.bsky.social @mlk50.com @thetnholler.bsky.social

Thank you, @atrupar.com .

I keep thinking of people who might appreciate these voices @donnerkay.bsky.social @ashtonpittman.bsky.social @juddlegum.bsky.social @atrupar.com

Yet art & storytelling are the soul of being human. well said, @melissasevigny.bsky.social !

Ff you want to do something to help occupied Minnesota, no matter where you live, here's a good place to start: www.standwithminnesota.com

Y'all also might be interested @hcrichardson.bsky.social @piperformissouri.bsky.social @bencollins.bsky.social @willbunch.bsky.social @willpjones.bsky.social @learothawms.bsky.social @drangelasutton.bsky.social

Voices from the front lines. A long read all at once, but dip in now and again when you're feeling overwhelmed. These folks got this. @ebonyteach.blacksky.app @shannonmattern.bsky.social @profsecchi.bsky.social @altnps.bsky.social @wesburdine.bsky.social

The visible streetcorner stuff is incredible, but the underground networks of grocery deliveries, laundry orders, and other home-to-home actions are truly incredible - I don't know a single person in town who isn't plugged into something in some capacity.

Our online shop will be closed tomorrow in solidarity with Minnesota. If you’re able, we encourage you to join the economic shutdown in solidarity. ✊