Minneapolis

Trump’s “Murder, Inc.” and the execution of Alex Pretti

January 26, 2026 UNAC Editor Immigration, Labor, Mass action, Migrants, Militarized Police, Police Brutality, Political Analysis, Resistance, The War at Home

by Socialist Equality Party, published on the World Wide Socialist Web, January 25, 2026 Alex Jeffrey Pretti, a 37-year-old intensive care nurse at the Minneapolis Veterans Affairs hospital, was executed on the streets of Minneapolis on Saturday morning. His murder was the Trump administration’s brutal response to the massive protests the day before—when more than 100,000 people across Minnesota demanded[…]

After 2nd ICE murder in Minneapolis, community demands ‘Killer ICE off our streets!’

January 26, 2026 UNAC Editor Attacks on the Movement, Militarized Police, Police Brutality, Political Analysis, The War at Home

by Staff, published on Fightback News, January 25, 2026 Editor’s note: The last information I saw was that Alex Pretti, and ICU nurse, was kneeling on the ground to assist another protester who had been knocked to the ground. See HERE for more details Minneapolis, MN – ICE has committed its second open murder of 2026 in the Twin Cities,[…]

Minneapolis General Strike, Then and Now

January 25, 2026 UNAC Editor Action!!, Attacks on the Movement, Labor, Labor Struggles, Organizing, Paths to Emancipation, Peoples' Movements, Resistance

by Joe Lombardo, published on his Facebook Page, January 24, 2026 Yesterday we saw tens of thousands of people march and rally in Minneapolis in -9 degree temperature. Schools and workplaces shutdown in what was termed a general strike against the racist ICE raids on their community and the murder of Renee Good. Yesterday, I heard a commentator say this[…]

MINNESOTA: General Strike! NO WORK, NO SCHOOL, NO SHOPPING! January 23rd

January 21, 2026 UNAC Editor Action!!, ICE, Immigrants, Labor, Militarized Police, Paths to Emancipation, Resistance, The War at Home, Violence Against Protesters

Editor’s Note: This is a great example of Labor working together with Civil Rights and Peace and Justice organizations: FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Stacie Balkaran — stacie@minneapolisunions.org 971.291.9486 MINNEAPOLIS LABOR UNION DELEGATION AND LOCAL REGIONAL LABOR BODIES ENDORSE JANUARY 23: DAY OF TRUTH AND FREEDOM NO WORK, SCHOOL, OR SHOPPING MINNEAPOLIS The Minneapolis Regional Labor Federation, AFL-CIO along with[…]

From Minneapolis to Arizona, ICE targets Native peoples

January 21, 2026 UNAC Editor Militarized Police, Native Americans, The War at Home, Violence Against Protesters

by Gary Wilson, published on The Struggle/La Lucha, January 18, 2026 Jan. 17 — Immigration and Customs Enforcement has escalated a nationwide campaign of racial profiling and arbitrary detention against Indigenous people, seizing members of federally recognized tribes in Minnesota, Arizona, and Oklahoma in what tribal leaders are denouncing as open treaty violations and a direct attack on Native sovereignty.[…]

Bombing Somalia, Raiding Minnesota: Two Fronts of the Same War

January 18, 2026 UNAC Editor Uncategorized

by Gary Wilson, published on The Struggle/La Lucha, January 15, 2026 The intensified bombardment of Somalia and the assault on Somali communities in Minnesota are not separate policies. They flow from the same source: a capitalist system that requires military domination abroad and uses raids, deportations and the threat of denaturalization to terrorize nationally oppressed workers at home. In the[…]

FRSO Statement on the Cold-Blooded Murder of Renee Good by ICE in Minneapolis

January 18, 2026 UNAC Editor Police Brutality, Statement

Statement by Freedom Road Socialist Movement, January 13, 2026 We condemn the brutal killing of Renee Nicole Good, a 37-year-old community observer gunned down by ICE agent Jonathan Ross in Minneapolis on January 7, 2026. We all saw video evidence that shows ICE officers surrounding her vehicle and opening fire. It was an execution in broad daylight. We understand this[…]

Renee Good, Keith Porter and the Normalization of Violence

January 15, 2026 UNAC Editor Abuses of Empire, Gun Violence, Police Brutality, Political Analysis, US Hypocrisy

by Margaret Kimberley, published on Black Agenda Report, January 14, 2026 Law enforcement in the United States are responsible for more than 1,100 deaths in a typical year. This level of bloodshed goes unnoted even when police killings are deemed newsworthy and attract public attention. Police impunity is accepted and normalized by millions of people. The fatal shooting of Renee[…]

Minneapolis protest calls for U.S. de-escalation in Ukraine

February 28, 2022 UNAC Editor Abuses of Empire, Russia, Ukraine

by Wyatt Miller, published on Fightback News, February 26, 2022 Minneapolis, MN – On February 24, around 30 people demonstrated outside U.S. Senator Amy Klobuchar’s office in downtown Minneapolis with signs and banners calling for no war with Russia and an end to U.S. intervention in Ukraine. Held less than 24 hours after Russian President Vladimir Putin ordered Russian troops[…]

WAMM Still Saying ‘No to war’ – 40th Anniversary Celebration

January 22, 2022 UNAC Editor Action!!, Anti-War

by Kim DeFranco, published on Fightback News!, January 21, 2022 WAMM is a long time member and supporter of UNAC. [jb] Minneapolis, MN – Women Against Military Madness (WAMM) is still saying “No to war” as the group celebrates 40 years of organizing and fighting back. On January 16, 2022, people gathered on the spot where WAMM held its first[…]