Unions and Acivists

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[…]